school of hard knocks
a lot of people wish they are schooling forever, refusing to start work.
my sentiments are quite the opposite. being financially independent is a form of self-empowerment. you have self-respect, u dont ask money from your parents, no one bosses u around (except at work). you dont have to always subscribe to what your parents think (this is different from respecting ur parents, if u know what i mean).
it's disappointing when people who do not earn their own money spend it like nobody's business. eat good food, buy good stuff. i am guilty of that, too. but at least i earn some of my own money.
when u only know how to enjoy life, not how to save, how to earn your own keep, that's when u should be worried. because u are a professional at consumption, which anyone can be good at, and not a professional at investment - investing in vital skills which will provide u with the necessary funds for consumption.
when your life is so happy and dandy, happening, social, u have financial freedom thanks to ur parents, good for you. but when shit happens, it's gonna hit one so hard he/she wouldn't come around to realising what hit him. and sometimes, one problem is all it takes to bring a person down.
a very good example is when u put a lot of emotions into one person. never ever let the person become your emotional pillar. it's almost always unavoidable, but when that happens, and when u lose the person, due to natural causes or otherwise, ur world crumbles. and people sometimes never recover from that.
i guess that's what a lot of people lack - lack of threats to emotional or financial security. i still believe that adversity hardens people. for me, for all that i've seen and experienced, it has made me numb. which isn't good. but living too sheltered a life is dangerous. sometimes protection is a form of harm.
my sentiments are quite the opposite. being financially independent is a form of self-empowerment. you have self-respect, u dont ask money from your parents, no one bosses u around (except at work). you dont have to always subscribe to what your parents think (this is different from respecting ur parents, if u know what i mean).
it's disappointing when people who do not earn their own money spend it like nobody's business. eat good food, buy good stuff. i am guilty of that, too. but at least i earn some of my own money.
when u only know how to enjoy life, not how to save, how to earn your own keep, that's when u should be worried. because u are a professional at consumption, which anyone can be good at, and not a professional at investment - investing in vital skills which will provide u with the necessary funds for consumption.
when your life is so happy and dandy, happening, social, u have financial freedom thanks to ur parents, good for you. but when shit happens, it's gonna hit one so hard he/she wouldn't come around to realising what hit him. and sometimes, one problem is all it takes to bring a person down.
a very good example is when u put a lot of emotions into one person. never ever let the person become your emotional pillar. it's almost always unavoidable, but when that happens, and when u lose the person, due to natural causes or otherwise, ur world crumbles. and people sometimes never recover from that.
i guess that's what a lot of people lack - lack of threats to emotional or financial security. i still believe that adversity hardens people. for me, for all that i've seen and experienced, it has made me numb. which isn't good. but living too sheltered a life is dangerous. sometimes protection is a form of harm.
posted by kelvin at 12:29 AM
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