My situation is a pretty typical story.
I grew up in a middle class migrant family. My parents moved to Australia when I was just 7 years old. They wanted to “live that dream” (like all migrants do) of feeling freedom.
I was taught at a very early age that money mattered. It gave us food, gave us a place to live- money gave us things to buy like books, in order to achieve goals like studying.
Like all typical children I wanted to buy things but never really could. I understood at an early age that we were not that well off and that we were just making enough to get us by.
By high school the luxury and unnecessary items of the world drew me in (Thank you advertising) and I wanted to buy! Buy! Buy! all these things which I knew I could not afford.
By the age of 15- I had my first job. (Looking back, I can’t believe how young I was.)
But my determined nature put two and two together:
1) I wanted the item
2) I needed to buy it somehow.
3) So what was the missing equation?..Job.
I have to admit my parents instilled strict principles into me which I think is summed up by the following equations:
Work = Income Followed by Income = Items
Pretty typical thinking don’t you agree?
I appreciate the discipline and knowledge and wholeheartedly do not condemn my parents for teaching me what worked for them- but to an extent I also felt like I was working way too much without actually reaping the rewards in the long run.
I was aware of the long term consequence- but thought I had time to spare and so I did not deal with the situation immediately as it arose.
I actually worked from the age of 15- up until now (27).
This is my Journey - a self discovery and personal experience of learning how to work smarter not harder.
I grew up in a middle class migrant family. My parents moved to Australia when I was just 7 years old. They wanted to “live that dream” (like all migrants do) of feeling freedom.
I was taught at a very early age that money mattered. It gave us food, gave us a place to live- money gave us things to buy like books, in order to achieve goals like studying.
Like all typical children I wanted to buy things but never really could. I understood at an early age that we were not that well off and that we were just making enough to get us by.
By high school the luxury and unnecessary items of the world drew me in (Thank you advertising) and I wanted to buy! Buy! Buy! all these things which I knew I could not afford.
By the age of 15- I had my first job. (Looking back, I can’t believe how young I was.)
But my determined nature put two and two together:
1) I wanted the item
2) I needed to buy it somehow.
3) So what was the missing equation?..Job.
I have to admit my parents instilled strict principles into me which I think is summed up by the following equations:
Work = Income Followed by Income = Items
Pretty typical thinking don’t you agree?
I appreciate the discipline and knowledge and wholeheartedly do not condemn my parents for teaching me what worked for them- but to an extent I also felt like I was working way too much without actually reaping the rewards in the long run.
I was aware of the long term consequence- but thought I had time to spare and so I did not deal with the situation immediately as it arose.
I actually worked from the age of 15- up until now (27).
This is my Journey - a self discovery and personal experience of learning how to work smarter not harder.
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