(By the time I post this one, New Year would’ve already dawned; but I actually started writing this on the New Year’s Eve)
This is the day of a yet-another joyous New Year’s eve; and for employees this day is better known as the day of their salary being credited!
I personally consider this issue alerting me on this eve - my wallet going out mercilessly empty when I took out the last three notes of cash for my lunch.
I was not this much pathetic ever before, even when I was pursuing my collegiate education; I'm, this time, forced to mull over this incident for quite a while. Although I don’t have legitimate reasons to substantiate the scarcity, I think excessive confidence (that I’m self-sustainable) and reckless spending have become the primary reasons for this crumble.
This empty-handedness will not seem to pose big problems until when you fall really sick or until when you find a penny missing for the city bus fare after you just board it!
Money-consciousness has now become a global issue and probably quite a handful of countries have already started dealing with this so-called ‘financial crisis’. While you cannot simply apply all the measures being carried out across the globe on your each ‘financial day’, you can take up certain measures to make your wallet weigh still heavy on the last day of any month: 1. Thinking twice before spending a buck on anything, 2. Finding reasonable reasons to lend money to someone, 3. Not investing too much for some time (until you get revived) on things that need periodical overhauls.
May be too difficult to go ahead but this time I am desperate to follow these to prevent myself from going bankrupt.
Though this occasion seems to be terrible on my side, I have learnt a pretty good lesson (probably the best) in this New Year’s Eve! And I forgot to tell you this: Thanks to one of my colleagues who actually bailed me out today with 200 bucks :)
About Me
- Prasanna
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- If you're a good speaker, then probably you may not find a better listener than me! I listen to a lot; I seldom speak much, but at times, will let this statement go void. I would like to put in some of my intricate thoughts onto this blog to which I seek your ideas/opinions/confessions(?!)
5 comments:
This is an issue faced by everyone. Specially who are in IT industry. Everyone here have to adapt to a lifestyle which requires a lot of money from one's pocket.Treats and gifts are expected in every occasion and a person has to dishout money, even if they have second thoughts.
good luck with your three pointers.. hope you never go bank rupt(i am in need of friend who can give me some money when i go bank rupt)
ya sure da
i too faced the same prob so i remained in my home.
And the way u expressed the scarcity was amazing and elegant.
deedee: Yeah... you're right! When you're just exposed to this gorgeous lifestyle, you are actually tempted.... in a way, we usually forget to mind the consequences...
Aravind: Thanks!!! I guess that would've taught you, too, some lessons :)
Yeah, I was in such a situation once...but that was during college.
Stuck with exactly 4rupees in my wallet...when I needed at least 10 for dinner.
Ah, those were the good old days..
Do you plan to update your blog again?
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