There have been times where I haven't had enough money. I live pretty comfortably now because I always make sure to have a few hundred in my account just so I can pay rent and stuff but when you don't have that buffer, you do stress. One time I went shopping and my card was declined so I went to a nearby ATM, took out money from that and had enough in my wallet so I could get groceries with that. And I also grew up poor and that frame of mindset is what sticks with you. Because when I see my friend has spent 30K on a new car, I'm not really jealous because he worked hard for that I just wonder what I could do with 30K and I usually draw a blank because I have everything I need to survive now.
I dunno, it's just weird cause living that far down the hole to the point of where you're living in a condemned house, when you managed to claw yourself out and you have disposable income to spend on something or anything, you're not really sure what to do with it.
Having grown up with a dad who ran his own business I can say that being intimately aware of what it actually took for the new car to sit in the garage and the nice house we lived in has much the same effect.
Knowing where your food comes from makes you appreciate it a hell of a lot more.
There have been times where I haven't had enough money. I live pretty comfortably now because I always make sure to have a few hundred in my account just so I can pay rent and stuff but when you don't have that buffer, you do stress. One time I went shopping and my card was declined so I went to a nearby ATM, took out money from that and had enough in my wallet so I could get groceries with that. And I also grew up poor and that frame of mindset is what sticks with you. Because when I see my friend has spent 30K on a new car, I'm not really jealous because he worked hard for that I just wonder what I could do with 30K and I usually draw a blank because I have everything I need to survive now.
I dunno, it's just weird cause living that far down the hole to the point of where you're living in a condemned house, when you managed to claw yourself out and you have disposable income to spend on something or anything, you're not really sure what to do with it.
Having grown up with a dad who ran his own business I can say that being intimately aware of what it actually took for the new car to sit in the garage and the nice house we lived in has much the same effect.
Knowing where your food comes from makes you appreciate it a hell of a lot more.