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Amanda Fox
ENGLISH 1204
Owen Williamson
June 18, 2003

My future hopes


I plan to stay a homemaker for the rest of my life. As a homemaker, I will be a consumer more than a producer for the world. I want my lifestyle to stay simple, living with my husband on a farm, watching the wheat grow. Being a homemaker is a career and also a lifestyle.
Most people would consider my lifestyle old fashioned. Jason and I enjoy watching the sunrise with a good cup of coffee. After, Jason would leave for the fields, I would be cleaning the house, taking Jason’s lunch to him, running errands that need to be done, spending time with the dogs and making supper from scratch. We will live in a 3 bedroom home with a basement on a 2 acre yard, at least an hour from any large towns. We will also have to purchase at least 3 cars for me through my lifetime. We plan to take a week for camping at the lake every year. I can not have children so it will be just Jason and I. I enjoy taking care of Jason, and will do what I can for him for the rest of my life, so I have no plans of retirement.
My husband is my financial support. I take care of the home; he takes care of the finances. After college I will be more educated, but I don’t feel my education will make me any better of a homemaker than I already am, but I will be home more to tend on my husband, who produces crops people would spend their money on. There is no ordinary pay for a homemaker, just the satisfaction of being a wonderful wife with an allowance. There is no demand for homemakers in the public newspapers, but on the Internet men can purchase mail-order-brides, which would be a homemaker, more or less. So there is a demand for homemakers. My husband wants me to be a homemaker and is happy to support me. I have heard concerns of how long this will last. My husband and I are committed to our relationship; we cannot see our lives any other way.
I will not directly create new wealth, but by taking care of my husband, I am helping him create new wealth for the world. My consumption of 50 years, would consist of purchasing a home with land at around $37,600.00, food to be $60,000.00, electric would also be $60,000.00, water would be free since we’ll have a water well, propane would equal to $36,000.00, phone at $45,000, clothing expense at $15,000.00, car insurance $42,000.00, home insurance at $15,000.00, health insurance is another $60,000.00, taxes is estimated at $15,000.00, additional 3 cars for around $54,000.00 and our yearly camping trip would cost $10,000.00 for a lifetime. All together would come to $449,600.00. I would be a consumer; I can’t produce enough money to pay for my lifetime of expenses. What I produce and create in my home for my husband is more important to me than what I buy or consume. I feel I will add value to the world by tending to my husband who is a producer. I will not produce what I consume; my husband will provide me with what I need.
In the world’s eyes I am a consumer, I don’t personally give anything to the world. Most people I know are farmers, and are very proud to be producers. They grow food and everyone needs to eat. I am most proud of what I produce and create for my husband. Taking care of him is more valuable than anything I can purchase. The media tries to influence people that consumption is the way to happiness, I disagree. My life will make the world materially richer by making Jason’s life better. He is the one who will make the world richer materially. I feel I will leave the world no better and no worse intellectually, spiritually, or culturally.

Email: mrsamandafox@yahoo.com