$54,000,000,000,000

Twelve zeros. It’s a weird number to look at. That would be the national debt. And we regular-joe consumers thought we were screwing it up. That figure, according to Alan Quasha of Quadrant Management in this article is 3.9 times our revenues as a nation. I have been watching and listening to NPR and CNN a lot about the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the impending recession. I still haven’t deduced what exactly this means to me and what, if anything I’m supposed to change about my life. I got on board with blogging about my wallet and my goals before there was any panic in the air about the economy. I started because I wanted to be more conscientious about how I spent my money and what my priorities were so I could 1) stop worrying about it and 2) start getting better at building my net worth. (And I’ve stuck with it because it’s kinda fun). So net net, I think I’ll stick with that plan and not worry too much about the nation. I’ll leave that to Obama next year :o)

Happy Weekend, all!