High society isn’t all of what it is cracked up to be. Living here in Parkville, MO I’ve seen a lot of what “Affluent Society” has to offer. Parkville is sort of your quiet rich neighborhood, sure the average income (even including us who make less than $20,000 a year) is around $250,000 a year. So we’ve obviously got some very wealthy people around the area, but it’s still nothing like our neighbors in Johnson County, KS which is one of the wealthiest spots in America. People generally move to Parkville to get away from the high class, high society types… even though many of them are very wealthy themselves.
There’s a new book out about Surviving High Society where Elizabeth Mulholland writes her true story about her life in the upper class. I don’t pretend to desire to be in her, or any ones shoes who has lived the life of the rich and famous, quite the opposite for me. I’d like to make enough money to survive, but just enough. I want the freedom to live creatively with my writings, bloggings, and jewelry creations without the pressures of what the world expects of me every day. I like to live a life that is beneficial to everyone around me, but I don’t want others telling me when and where my “skills” are needed. I had a friend in high school who’s father makes well over $2 million a year, she was a great artist, and wanted to go to an art school… but because it wasn’t within their idea of what someone “should” do for a living they threatened to cut her off from all the lifelines of the family if she wanted to go to the school. Not exactly the kind of life I want. I’d rather live free and poor than a slave and rich… but that’s just me.
