All I could ever see was some penciled-in entry in my passbook. That seemed a bit arbitrary to me. Tracing back to that moment, I realize that was when I started living paycheck to paycheck. Once a normal person gets a couple thousand dollars ahead of the game, they start thinking about investments, houses, stocks, vacations, retirement, whatever. I yell on my way out of town.
Instant gratification is very important, though.
This is why I contacted the Social Security Office in Washington, D.C. and requested to have my name and number removed from the ledger. I m guessing they ve heard this request once or twice before. I didn t really accept their answer, though. I wrote letters to them once a month. After I hadn t heard from them in two months, I bumped my letter writing up to once a week.