My aunties and uncles were jealous of me and my siblings, why? Just because my aunty who was extremely rich was showering us with care. I could remember when she gave me and my siblings 50k to 100k each for shopping, this was around 2010 to 2011. I don't know, but I wasn't that expose about money though I was happy to go shopping, of course to get new things.
My other aunties started murmuring that she was pampering us. But the good lady did not care. There are times we would go shopping and come back then, little me will start feeling cheated, like the clothes we bought are not worth the money, there must be change remaining but hell no! Who am I to go and ask the lady who was in charge of our shopping. Each person's money will be given to her as the eldest. I can bet with my life that she was cheating. Hehe
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But well, even if she was, do I really have anything tangible to do with the money? Silly me! I was so timid about money! Gosh! If only I was wise about money then, I would probably tell my auntie no to shopping and yes to investment. But my younger self wasn't... Cough! I wish I had wilder knowledge about money, I believe I would have been a millionaire if not a billionaire with my shopping money😂
You know what! I don't like talking about this particular thing because it boils me like hell! I mean, how can I be so covered to that limit. Well, I think at this junction, I will have to speak to my younger self to be wise at least
Dear Younger Self
Come close, give me your listening ears let's talk about money. Money is like a bird. When you have it and handle it well, it will stay but when you don't know the value of what you have at hand, you will lose it and trust me, it will be tough for you to get it back.
Dear Younger Self
Never forget this, Money is like a seed... cough... money, like I said, it is like a seed, when you plant it, it grows and of course produces more fruit but when you eat it all, bear in mind, you can't eat your seed and have it back.
Dear Younger Self
If you ever get the opportunity to be cared for, I mean in money, love and otherwise. Be wise about it, don't be too comfortable with it, don't think life starts and ends where you are. Don't be so myopic. Think beyond your presence situation, only then will you be able to grow.
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If you had the opportunity to offer guidance and wisdom to your younger self, what insights or recommendations would you share?
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Financial literacy is important as one gets to know 5he value of things.
Exactly, it is very important oo
That's why I am going to make my children know everything about money before they are on their own
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Your aunt indeed pampered you and at the same time, deprived you of financial literacy but now you know better
Great advice here
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Aswear! Now that I know better, I am not seeing the money again 😂 I need someone to come and pamper me 😩
Family and relatives' drama affected and influenced my life journey a lot yet I also had affectionate family members as well. Money can't buy happiness but can solve many issues and that's why it's important to understand the value of money. But if there is jealousy, it's difficult to deal with sometimes.
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Yeah, exactly
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This is why as a parent I teach my kids about personal finances because the public school will not. I wonder what your Aunt would say if you said, Thank you Aunty "____", I will buy myself one nice outfit and invest the rest in buying Bitcoin for $1 USD! (Back just before 2012) ❤️
My aunty would probably give me more money if I wanted to invest. But no! I was busy eating everything 😩😂
You are right. It's very important to teach our kids money. They should know the value and how to handle it
Lol...funny enough I made similar mistake when I was younger. There was a day I picked a lost phone on the floor when the owner came looking for it I gave it back to him and he rewarded me with a lot of money but I only spent it on biscuits and sweets and my friends then and so called adults made me squander everything and give them their own share. Then later I was asking my mom for money for my textbook lol. Childishness is something...😂
😂😂😂Kai! Ignorance is not good
As children, we don't know until we are taught. That's why I have putting it upon myself to teach my kids money.
Financial literacy is very important in the early stages of our life.
The first major money I made, I used to support myself in school, that isn't bad at all but I could have made a better choice. If it were to be now, I would have invested the money first and then used the proceeds to support myself in school.
Yeah! As we grow, we know better