If you listen to Jim and Chris, you know the story about “strawberries.”  If you listen to Ramit, you know his ridicule of buying frozen blueberries, or something like that.

I’ve written about being risk-averse in different ways. 

I’ve written about being logical (illogical) when buying a product on Amazon and searching your options, often by taking 30-40 minutes to compare other brands and prices, only to save 3 dollars or less.  What an illogical use of my valuable time/life.

This random thought is about allocating some of my frozen blueberries to my oatmeal each morning.  I’ve been thinking about this for a while.  Yes, that’s part of my life processing. 

I sometimes dump in the ½ cup serving I love.  Sometimes I do a little less, so I don’t run out of blueberries in the bag too soon. 

In the past few months, I’ve bought two or even THREE bags at Costco each visit to try and break away from my conserving blueberries illogically.  The blueberries are a whopping $7 or $8 per bag, and there are 20 half-cup servings.  You can see the daily cost is minimal while the flavor enjoyment (and health increase?) is great.

My wife and I were inventorying our spare chest freezer (doesn’t everyone do this?) after not knowing what was actually in there near the bottom.  Turns out I had 3 full, 3-pound bags and TWO half-full (emergency) bags of blueberries.

I need these idiotic reminders that I’m well set on blueberry inventory (assets) that I can use (spend) a little extra now–especially when I know I will enjoy it now–and not cause a future shortage if I keep an eye on things.  “Remain Agile,” as Roger Whitney says.

When will my risk-averse blueberry usage end?  How will it end?

Is this my blueberry in the coal mine of life?

*** Nothing in this article is to be construed as financial advice.  I am not a financial planner, nor do I pretend to be.  You should always consult your own professional when seeking advice. This post is not a piece of literary mastery, just a random thought I had.