Money Discipline 

Depending on my own salary is teaching me money discipline that my parents never could. I love buying stuff, either for myself or others. I love eating out in restaurants and I love techie stuff. All these adds up to tons of $$ that is way over what I have. Since young, I’ve had the nasty habit of spending more money that I had, always relying on my folks to give me more.

Now that I’m working and responsible for my own upkeeping, and also have to pay my college loan back to my parents, managing my money properly and wisely has become critical. I’m learning day by day, month by month, that living paycheck to paycheck is NOT a wise thing and putting aside savings is very important for my future… and also for getting that new MacBook that I want (since my old Powerbook is close to dying).

I guess it’s a daily battle of practicing self-discipline and control, of NOT buying things on the spur of the moment, but plan out my budget and STICK to it. Sigh… Responsibility is hard! But I better learn it now while I have only myself to handle. Imagine when I have a family, that’ll be even harder!

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