prodigal expenditure
My credo for 2006 until recently has been,
"If spending this little amount of money can bring happiness, then this little amount of money is well spent." The past year was indeed filled with many fun moments with my buddies playing DoTA and singing K-box. Though receiving army allowance and a good income from tuition, most of it all was squandered away in this ritual for pseudo happiness.
Thankfully, God allowed life's experiences to
alter this noxious
perspective. First of all, I read Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki and realised that I had better manage my finances wisely. Secondly, this short period of waiting/unemployment has forced me to do away with the usual luxuries and keep the expenditure low. Thirdly, the 6-day perfume sales job that paid me a basic pay + commission made me feel that money is hard earned. Under these circumstances that God has allowed me to go through, I have become more prudent in my expenditure and less willing to splurge on the usual fancies.
Well, a change in spending pattern does affect relationships to some extent, at least the activities that we engage in. I'm not sure how else things will change, but it bags another question, "Have I changed???" I would say, "No." Reason being that I am still the same person that I am, just that I have decided not to spend so much money. I am resolved to manage what God has provided me with wisely.
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