There
is a truth universally acknowledged by every man that money is in fact the
greatest power on earth. People need
money, as much as oxygen. While people cannot inhale a large amount of oxygen
(as it is lethal) they can however spend so much money to the point that they
need to gulp in a lot of oxygen.
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Most
people know how difficult it is to spend money, which is why when the monthly
pay check comes along; they can’t wait to spend it. Some people will try to rationalize that the amount they will spend goes out for the
bills and what not, and what’s left would be used to treat themselves. However this kind of rationalizing actually
works for the short term, but is terrible in the long run.
People
are more often inclined to spend rather than save, because they are more
focussed on the happiness they can achieve right
now. They do not realize that by saving money they can have a bigger
possibility to be happier in the future.
The
art of saving money is relatively easy, the basic principle of which is to save
an inconspicuous amount of money for a long time, on a regular basis. For example; a person has 150$ a day, he or
she can easily take off 50$ of that money and keep it somewhere, if done on a
three-day pattern he or she can save up to 150$ per week, 600 $ a month and
7,200 $ a year.
The
trick is to save the amount of money you can live without, or the amount you
usually use to buy a coffee at Starbucks.
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With
the country still under recession and the world-wide oil dispute, saving money
is the only sensible solution for people who want to survive until the real
apocalypse comes along.
