{"id":1315,"date":"2010-06-01T09:44:30","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T09:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iceandlemon.com\/v6\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2011-06-06T19:22:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T19:22:36","slug":"the-potential-of-forty-five-euros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iceandlemon.com\/v7\/the-potential-of-forty-five-euros\/","title":{"rendered":"The Potential of Forty-Five Euros"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This morning I’m sitting in Starbucks finishing off a few articles that I’ve so far not managed to finish. However, I remembered that I had no cash in my wallet when I left home this morning…One of the errands I needed to tick off today was posting a mobile phone back to Orange (long story…) and as I got my wallet out to use a debit card to pay for the postage, I noticed in the corner of my wallet a few folded Euro notes, probably from our last overseas holiday or one of my business trips to Ireland. They’d been there unnoticed and unused for over a year!<\/p>\n

That currency is pretty much useless in most UK stores, bar a few who’ll accept larger purchases in \u20ac from tourists etc.<\/p>\n

\u00a3, however, ARE useful in the UK. But I had \u20ac…<\/p>\n

Once I’d posted the phone, I went to the currency counter just a few feet away in the same post office and unfolded the notes. There were more than I thought – \u20ac45 in total… checking the exchange rate and commission, I realised I potentially<\/em> <\/strong>had around \u00a335 sitting there in my wallet.<\/p>\n

I say potentially<\/em> as that’s all those \u20ac were – POTENTIAL.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I needed to take action to turn them, to convert that potential, into something useful.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So at the currency counter I did exactly that, and a few moment later I had \u00a335 in crisp notes in my wallet instead. I walked a block or two and promptly spent a few \u00a3 on the large Chai Tea Latte than I’m now sipping as I type…<\/p>\n

Since I’m the thoughtful type I wondered what other stuff I’ve been carrying around with me, within me, unnoticed, untapped, perhaps for years, that it might only take a few simple decisions and focused action to turn into something useful..?<\/p>\n

What about you..?<\/p>\n


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