Then the squirrel has to go back out to scrounge for food, even in the dead of winter.What if, instead of spending all that time gathering acorns himself, the squirrel had devised ways for the acorns to accumulate automatically?

., as well as allocating money for food, utilities, etc.

You'll make more money if you invest in the stocks of the best companies but, when the market goes down, you'll generally still lose money because the stocks of the best companies will go down too.I could write a book about this but hopefully I already gave you enough food for thought.

But the way I look at this example is I go to the supermarket I pay on time, bag my own groceries, carry my food out to the car and still the super market raises prices on food.

I equate this more to my Maltese yapping like crazy at my Bernese Mountain dog every time he comes within 10 feet of their food. 

Here in DC area its killing landlords as well as the small retail as the office buildings are all first floor retail/food service and the govt is not back to office or they are 2-3 days per week which for these businesses is a 406-%+ drop as typically fridays would be the day you go out for lunch etc. and now most people work from home on fridays.

Just food for thought. 

We typically do a happy hour at a local brewery or rent a suite with catered food/drink at a local baseball game. 

You make sure your family has food and a roof overhead. 

I still love it- great music and food, good biking and climbing and world class kayaking.