So I got home from work the other day and decided to turn on the TV. Usually it's right to Sports Center whenever I have control of the remote, but something else caught my eye so I tuned in to a usually unappealing E! news special.
The program was dedicated to the top 10 highest paid entertainers under the age of 30. So I sat here watching people like Miley Cyrus, who is approximately 5 years younger than me and made 25 million dollars this last year (I would have made the correct numerical association for the 25 million but.... I don't know how to since I'm unfamiliar with such large numbers).
The Jonas Brothers who are in the same age category as Miley Cyrus made around 20 million this past year. The teenage heartthrobs are expected to only gain more popularity in 2009.
So after seeing the results for these, and other celebrities with names like Timberlake, The Harry Potter kid was in there too along with Keira Knightley, I stared to feel a little insignificant; so I watched the rest of the program in the fetal position dunking Oreos into a tall glass of milk.
Finally after I felt like I was below the poverty level they named the highest paid celeb under the age of 30 for 2008. Any guesses? Anyone?
If you said Beyonce your right. The 28 year old made approximately 80 million dollars in 2008 which seems small in comparison to her net worth which is currently $9117.7; that's not a typo. SO, while the near billionairette keeps rolling in the cash I will stay here in my ordinary office with my ordinary chair (that always makes a loud cracking noise when I lean to far to the right) and the I guess I'll go home and partially enjoy a for the most part ordinary life.
Obviously I'm joking about the few last remarks I made. I am blessed with so much, I have so much more than I could possibly need. But we get caught up with all this material stuff that sometimes its hard to keep reminding yourselves, ourselves of what we have.
Next time you think of what you don't have remember what you do have.
