When I was at my working place, an idea suddenly sprang into my mind. I realize that in this world there's a lot of principles one has to follow in order achieve our desired success. But, the main thing is one always forget or ignore these principles somehow, although we know exactly that's the thing we should not have done. Well, so i reckoned i will put it down in words so I can always remind myself or get reminded by others (please do so, haha).
First of all, I have to stop one bad habit of mine: spending too much unnecessary money on drinks. When I was studying in matriculation level, I was living away from family and for the first time, using my pocket money with no one to control me or boss me about. Then, I realize that although I did not spend so much on food (still a very considerable amount since my appetite is huge), my pocket money seems to disappear at a faster rate than it should be. Why? well, I noticed that I spent a lot on drinks, which I could have saved a lot of money. Let's say I bought drinks for every lunch and dinner there, and each drinks costs averagely one ringgit, so in one month alone I will spend extra 60 ringgits! Plus, because I am a soy milk lover, I also buy soy milk to drink regularly, causing the extra money spent rise to nearly a hundred ringgit!
Wow, a hundred a month, in a year it will be one thousand and two hundred ringgits! Oh my gosh, I waste one thousand two hundred ringgit on my drinks alone when I completed my one year matriculation course! If I were to continue spending this much on my drinks I will be spending twelve thousand ringgits on drink in ten years, which is a very big amount already!
So, back to the present, I think I should stop this kind of money wastage before it's too late. Of course, for such a soy milk lover to cut out drinking soy milk for the rest of my life is unbearable. That's why I decide to limit my expenses on drinks to five ringgits a week, which allows me some spare bucks to grab a can or two of soy milk, which is the most delicious drink on earth for me! The best thing is, I can reduce my money spent on drinks by 80%, thus greatly increases my savings.
Sitting in a restaurant yesterday, a friend of mine asked me: "How you are going to eat without drinking? It will make your throat feel dry." Well, I still find the idea of drinking later from the bottle I brought along after I leave the restaurant better compared to wasting twelve thousand ringgits in ten years.
Well, I do think I am allowed to spend a bit more on drinks after I have saved quite an amount of money (at least five hundred thousand!). But for now I am just a boy who still get his pocket money from his parents and don't have the ability to feed myself. So it's just fair and more reasonable to spend less on things I don't really need (although soy milk is essential for me, at least mentally) and to spare some money for emergency.
Recently, the restaurant workers in the restaurant I always go to have my lunch have learned not to ask what drink I want (because it will be a waste of time, energy and saliva XD).
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(It's OK if you think this idea is funny or I am too stingy, *shrug* because when one is short of twelve thousand ringgits some other time then only (s)he will know how much this small wasted expenses over the years will cost him(her). I have seen many people striving hard to survive when their business faces problems, yet they are capable of earning loads in the past.)
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