Hello beautiful people. Let me share some experiences with you, not all are personal. I have seen a lot people who have tied their happiness to what they don’t have , with the perception of if only I have money, I will be happy, if only I have that dream job, I will get married, but unfortunately, they never find happiness because they never had the money, they still remained single because they never got the dream job, what a pity, what a life
So many of us are in such situation where we have deprive ourselves of the good things God has given us because we think we need *that thing to achieve *this thing, so we go on a quest to get what we don’t have to get what we want, so as a result, we pass through a lot of difficulties, problems and even compromise our faith and belief in the process, and if maybe we finally get it, we are already worn out and torn off.
I remembered vividly well after my service year, I was able to save #150,000 from the #19,800 I was paid, I do intend to get a car and run a transportation business along Abuja metropolis. I saw a golf-car that goes for #500,000, so I needed the sum of #350,000 to add to what I must buy the car, my focus was now shifted from the #150,000 that I had to the #350,000 that I didn’t have to purchase the car. That was where my dilemma started from, I began to think of strategies to get the money, I started with asking friends , relatives, family and even those i wasn't close to, to lend me money, no help came from them, then I began looking for job, so I can earn and save to raise such amount, I finally got a job, and I was paid #25,000 per month.
However, if I am to save my whole salary, it will take me one year and two months to be able to save #350,000, my heavenly father will have to send me manna everyday to eat and a heavenly chariot to transport me to work so I won’t have to take from my pay check to achieve my aim.
However, I started working, along the line, the work became so frustrating, the salary was never enough, it doesn’t even came as often as it should, I started using my already saved #150,000 to sustain myself, I became depressed, I no longer see myself having the car anymore, my focus began to change from owning a car to getting a better job, I spend most of my time writing and editing CVs, going different places in search of a job that never came, what a life.
I have observed the lifestyles of most cab drivers around my locality, the reason most of them live in penury, is because most of them have a red light district they do visit immediately after their day job to languish their money either on alcohol or women, the ones that don't patronize such places probably have a wife and many kids at home and they are not expected to leave behind nothing less than a penny everyday for welfare of the house, they also lack the intellect to make proper planning..
Going back to our calculation, If I want to observe religion, then I have 26days in a month. That is all you need to decide about how to live your life and how to perform with your finances.
