it's so interesting to see how money works, and how people choose to spend it.
for example, working on a good day, i could make enough to buy an ipod. so if i were to go buy one, it would be kind of easy to just think, "hey, it's only one day of work". but that money is also a decent chunk towards saving for korea, or whatever goal someone might be saving to do.
the other day, someone at work asked if she could work some of my shift for me because she really needed the money. I said sure, and she went on to explain that she wanted to get a lot of work done on her car to fix it up and then make it really good to race with, because she loves racing. that is going to be at least several hundred dollars, more likely a thousand or two.
i feel like that is one of the last things i would ever spend money on, haha.
money can go very quickly on food, especially just going out to eat with friends or just getting a milkshake or boba a couple times a week. and it's a lot harder to comprehend the value.
working in a restaurant makes it even harder to save money. first of all, because you are more inclined to buy food there, because it is tempting and discounted and you are hungry. many people eat a meal a shift, which over time could add up very much. second of all, because ninety percent of your money is in cash, which is much easier to spend the next day than a check.
personally when i make money it goes straight to my bank account, i handle it as little as possible and then deposit so that i don't use it up on things i don't really need.
but some things i am willing to spend/overspend a little on. like once in a long while, having fun with my family or friends.
i sometimes buy starbucks when i'm nervous, even if i don't want it. i don't know why. some people won't buy starbucks because it's expensive and not difficult to find free coffee.
i can't bring myself to spend money on clothes or books. some people buy clothes like there's no tomorrow, and buy books they haven't read just to see if they'll like it.
i like books, but if i were to buy them they would have to be really special.
i don't know, it's just so interesting because everyone needs money, but we all need it for different things, after food and rent and stuff like that.
i always think it would be nice to live in a place with no money, i could imagine it very well but it's so different from today's world that the idea is crazy.
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hello estelle
ReplyDeletedid you know that tonight i have so much work, and every time i do something that's not working i carefully check the time to make sure i haven't wasted too much so i can get back to work. but i started reading your blog and also martens blog and i didnt even look at the clock once because i was so.. immersed. or whatever. and now i am in some trouble with my school work.
i feel like i have just had a peek into some very famous writer's diary. it sounds like a huge compliment but i didn't really mean for it to be. that's just what i feel like.
so maybe you can see why it is kinda intimidating for me to get one of these. plus for that other reason i have previously discussed with you that i'm making sound more dramatic in this sentence than it actually is.
anyways. i waste money alot. in case you didnt know but i know you do. i went to starbucks today, (i dont know why you would go when you're nervous, that's weird to me. maybe you could elaborate on that some time) to try and do school work and i spent money on an iced coffee and a banana walnut bread (which i appreciate more now that i've read your banana post) and then one of those naked drinks all because i felt like i should be in the process of eating/drinking something from starbucks if i'm gonna be sitting there for three hours. also this year i've had to buy another copy of three books i bought for school because i had misplaced them the night before the project for the book was due.
alls i can say is i hope i dont get married to someone else who spends money easily or we will be broke.
props to you for being a good money saver.
^^^
ReplyDeletesarah has a blog?
... a world with no money would be great.
but it could only work in a society were we think about others more than ourselves.
... its kinda random but at camp I calculated the estimated time until total cosmic restoration is complete, 2074. ... I'll make a chart and post it on my blog...soon.