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"Penny wise and pound foolish, my mother used to say frequently when I was growing up. Though I didn&amp;#039;t know then that pound meant currency (I thought it meant weight), I was still able to catch her meaning: cutting corners foolishly on little things can hurt you in the long wrong. And I&amp;#039;ve been reminded of the truism of this aphorism in my own life lately. I recently cancelled my gym membership when the local branch of the gym closed for remodeling. Who has time to drive to a different gym further away? Not me. But after a month of not working out, with both my crankiness and flabbiness increasing, I knew I&amp;#039;d not made the wisest decision. Lunch with a friend? I&amp;#039;ll pencil you in in January. I&amp;#039;m simply too busy until then. I cancelled drinks with another friend, though we planned meeting up for several weeks. I had a deadline. Then Max said he&amp;#039;d like me to volunteer more in his classroom. I do: but only once a month. &amp;quot;I miss you, Mommy,&amp;quot; he said. And when I asked how we could fix that, he replied. &amp;quot;I want to see you more during the day, at school.&amp;quot; And then I realized: penny wise and pound foolish. In the hustle and bustle of my life, as I rush from thing to thing, I may be crossing things off my to-do list, but am I missing the big picture? Am I focusing on the pennies, the less important currency, rather than on the larger payoff \u2013 spending more time with friends, family, and taking care of myself? Sadly, yes. And as I hear my mother&amp;#039;s words playing in my head, I vow to fix that. Time to focus on the pounds. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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