Financial Lessons Of A Lifetime As An Adult

Growing up watching our parents provide for us and we see them as super heroes because they always make the magic happen for us, I always wondered how they did it. My Dad made sure we didn’t lack the basic things of life, they were always made available, but the extravagant things of life was unreachable so we always stayed on our financial lane. I used to think he was being too harsh on us because he sometimes placed limits on what we get. Here I am after more than 10 years later understanding why my dad did what he did. I have always wanted to get myself a lot of things when I was younger, I promised myself I would get them myself when I become older since my dad didn’t get me everything.

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Here I am now older, not still getting them because as an adult, I have to sacrifice my wants for my needs. The only want I got myself was a MacBook I have always wanted, I needed a laptop but I wanted a MacBook, so I got myself one. Aside that, my life has practically been just not getting everything I want, even though I can afford them, this can be painful. We keep pushing the day we do things because we believe that by the time it gets to the new date, we will be more prepared for it than the last time. But guess what? Sometimes we still don’t get prepared, but we still make the magic happen in our own little way by making sure we get our bills paid.

Today is my mom’s birthday, she is turning 52 years today, I had a great plan figured out, this month was supposed to be great financially, so I was relaxed, earlier this month, I decided to start a new business to support my source of income, because having multiple sources of income is one way to survive as an adult. Forgetting my mum’s birthday, I invested in this new business, it’s not been so rosy at the beginning, but I expected it so I didn’t have high hopes or expectations. Then my mum asked about how I was going to celebrate her birthday, there I was, thinking I had all the time in the world to figure something out before her birthday, it’s her birthday and I don’t have anything ready yet.

I had to sell some of coins, did some trading and figured a way to get some extra cash so I could do what I promised her, so she doesn’t get disappointed. After doing it, I felt so proud because I just watched myself perform those magic I used to watch my dad perform when I was much more younger. But how was I able to do this? My dad always made the magic happened without begging for money outside or borrowing, but he did that through his investments and savings. With crypto I have been opportune to make multiple investments and saved enough for times like this when I can make the magic happen. Mind you, this is the bear season, imagine how bountiful it would have been during the Bull season.

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