sns007 Every once in awhile, a word or phrase comes along that everyone loves.  They love it so much that they use it in everyday life, and in normal conversations.  They use it so much, in fact, that they absolutely kill it.  “Snowflake” is one of those such terms.  Everyone, it seems, is playing with snowflakes.  Just spending 5 minutes online, I’ve realized that it’s a perfect storm of snowflaking.

Yes, in case you didn’t realize, “perfect storm” is one of those phrases too.  I may actually hate that term more than snowflakes…. though the gap is narrowing.

My point is this.  You don’t have to use the same word or phrase that everyone else in the world uses.  You don’t have to say it 15 times per day - for any reason.  Using new terms in moderation will keep them around.  Once a phrase is dead, it’s dead forever and ever.  Here’s hoping Snowflakes leave just as quickly as they came.

Note: For those who don’t actually  know what I’m talking about.  “Snowflake” is a term for a very small thing you can do to save money / reduce debt / pay off bills.  The idea is that while one snowflake is meaningless, they add up to something quite meaningful.  The idea behind the term is not bad…. just the fact that everyone has killed it.

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