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Finding Your groove
I went skiing yesterday. Knowing the system, I saved about 40% off the cost of a lift ticket, and spent nothing on ski equipment rental, having purchased the gear in past years, used at a fraction of the retail cost. My boots, for example, are over 10 years old and they still work great. So I spent $32 for a day on the slopes, compared to what might cost a new skier over $100. And others we met there were skiing for what amounted to under $10 a day, with special package deals. But even then, there's the whole thing about "finding your groove" on the slopes, which is what I've written an article about.
Schussing or struggling through slopes and life there are two kinds of skiing-- hard work, straining, easily tiring, thinking yourself down the mountain, or effortless, easy, natural schussing, where you see the mountain a whole different way. And in life the same is true-- some postures cause pain and ineffective hard work. Others elevate you to success almost effortlessly.
I beat the system for skiing by getting used equipment at ski "shows" over the years, and buying used skis at ski rental shops, near the end of the season (a pair of skis with bindings for $100 compared to $400 or more.)
So, how do you save and beat the system.
The economy is going to get tougher and tougher. Let's help each other beat the system.
