Chapter 88
Vronsky looks frivolous in society, but he hates irregularity
In spite of Vronsky’s apparently frivolous life in society, he was a man who hated irregularity. In early youth in the Corps of Pages, he had experienced the humiliation of a refusal, when he had tried, being in difficulties, to borrow money, and since then he had never once put himself in the same position again. In order to keep his affairs in some sort of order, he used about five times a year (more or less frequently, according to circumstances) to shut himself up alone and put all his affairs into definite shape. This he used to call his…
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Critical Thinking Exercise
Build Your Three-Class Debt List
List everything you owe or must pay soon. Sort into must pay for honor or survival, should pay to sleep at night, and can wait without real consequence. Write your actual monthly income beside what people think you earn.
Consider:
- •Notice which debts are about reputation versus need
- •Identify help you refuse because of strings attached
- •Ask whether any relationship is creating a new first-class debt
Journaling Prompt
Write about a time you cleaned up money mess before anyone found out. What did you sacrifice, and what problem remained afterward?
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