The last few years of my life have been transformational. I've learnt to (truly) love someone else, learnt to love myself and learnt the importance of planning not only for a future but also how to achieve that future.
Until I met my wife I didn't really save. A few hundred bucks here and there. I was earning good money but really had nothing to show for it except a beer belly, high blood pressure and a few decent hangovers a week.
Now, we're planning 5, 10, 15 even 20 years into the future. Something which I hadn't seriously considered doing. Even when people would ask that interview question "where do you see yourself in 5 years?" I would always just make up some bullshit. Now not only do we have a solid idea of what we want in 5 years but also much further into the future.
Because of this I am loving saving money. At the beginning of each month we both put an amount we think is reasonable (based on our goals and what we know we have coming up in the month) into savings + anything we have left over from the previous month and I am genuinely excited by this. In the last 3 months we've managed to save around $1500 (USD) and that has been with some unexpected expenses. I think by the end of the year we'll have close to $6000 (USD) in savings.
I just wanted to share my new found enthusiasm for saving money and understanding the value of having life goals which you're really passionate about. If a guy who in the last 10 years had barely saved enough for a rubbish used car I am pretty sure anyone can do it!
Submitted September 25, 2018 at 02:32PM by manjarofmydreams https://ift.tt/2QWZhPR
