I always find these photo’s of Mecca pretty spectacular. How millions of Muslims flock to the holy land and do whatever it is they do there. Pretty spectacular. If I was Muslim, I would of course question why…why do I have to go there? It is indeed a MUST and a requirement for every Muslim.. rules rules rules… why?
V.
Money, we all want it, we all need it, we never have enough of it.
I made a few choices a while back which I believe is really helping me NOW in maintaining the correct balance between how much money I have, and how much money I need to stay alive.
It all boils down to living under your income level. Sounds pretty basic, but so few of us can grasp, and have the self control, to achieve this. It’s simple, you cannot live a higher more “fancy” lifestyle than what you earn. You see people are and will always remain selfish and full of pride, always comparing and competing with one another on who is the greatest, richest and have the most “toys”. This competition with each other seem to be driven into our minds, deep indise from the day we are small. It’s all about the money they say.
I came to the realization very early that money is not that important after all, and I found other things which I placed higher up on my list of things I want to achieve. It changed from trying to impress people (which costs money) to not looking to others to make me feel good about myself, it changed from avoiding a flashy lifestyle (which costs money) to coming to the realization that I am fortunate with what I have, and that majority have less. Lots of these small lessons have taught me that money is simply a tool, nothing more nothing less. Unfortunately the world has turned it onto one of the most sought after, most desired, most loved things on this planet.
So it really PISSES me off, when I see people who can’t seem to make ends meet, who cant pay the bond, who cant make the payment on the car, who cant pay for the kids’ school BECAUSE of bad financial choices. Their stupidity results in the innocent that must now suffer.
Wise people make good decisions early and simply maintain it for the rest of their lives.
Don’t ask me for money if you already have the weekend away planned to the Kruger park next month, don’t BITCH and moan about the price of bread when you don’t think twice before swiping for a pack of smokes.
Now, let me just say that I am no angel here, but at least I am aware of my shortfalls, and things which I need to break free of. It is a journey after all, and the more knowledge we have, the better the change of a bright future for ourselves and the generations after us.
V.
As per the normal excuse for not posting regularly.. “I’ve been busy”, or “Things have been hectic”.
I’ve been preoccupied with thing which I would not have any other way. So in a nutshell:
Things are great!
You know that feeling you sometimes get that someone is constantly looking over your shoulder? This is what I have, but in a good way. It’s like someone is just making things happen for me. No matter what I do or where I go this FAVOR is on me. Yes!! Someone is looking out for me and laying a grass green path out before me. Hell Yeah!
I managed to get quite a few things under control over the last few weeks:
1. I finally managed to break the cycle of buying lunch at work, and am now packing my own healthy lunch!
2. I finally got back into the routine of going to the Gym again.
3. I am making time for the important things in my life, remember a while back I posted these 5 pillars of my life:
1. Spiritual
2. Family
3. Friends
4. Work
5. Personal
I am in a place where I have the perfect balance between these 5 things. It feels good knowing you are in control of your life. That the decisions I am making are well thought and planned decisions. Nothing is rushing me, and I am in control. To a certain extent though, like I said, Big Brother is looking our for me and I am giving Him the needed recognition.
Doors are opening for a few new business opportunities, and I am seriously considering mutating my financial income leg to a tripod, or even a 4 legged unstoppable creature!
Cheers
V.
I am back from my week break, and oh man was it great. I will post more later, but have a look at these 2 images, that give a glimpse of where I went… pretty… darn… spectacular!!!
The view from where we stayed…
The view if you are standing on the beach (image above) and look behind you…
V.
This is just a quick note to say that I will be away from blogging for a week. I decided to get my ass to the ocean, and stay there for a week!! Awesomeness!!!
Like this…
Cheers
V.
I posted this post a while back, Life Evaluation Part 1. So here is a bit more detail based on the 5 pillars I have that run my life. They were:
1. Spiritual
2. Family
3. Friends
4. Work
5. Personal
As I mentioned, measuring once life is extremely important, if you don’t measure your life, then you will have no idea whether you are actually going somewhere, or stuck (I think it is a pretty good assumption that everyone wants to go somewhere in their lives).
4. Work: My work has always been to me nothing more but a means to an end. I work so I can focus on the other 4 pillars on this list. It is important to me to have a job that allows me to have a balance between still having a life after work, money, time and satisfaction. Doing a job that you hate is signing a suicide note, you definitely have to do something you love. If you are lucky enough to generate money from you passion, then you are set for life. People always said that if you do what you love then you’ll never work a day in your life. I am not this fortunate, kinda.. I have a job where I can do what I love, and a job that I am good at, but it definitely is not my be all and end all passion in life. So I am relatively to quite sufficiently happy with the satisfaction level of my job. I can see a future for myself in this job, and the idea wont kill me. The money is ok. The time is perfect, when I go home I can forget about work (most of the times) which enables me to focus on the other pillars, and have a life after work.
So, I think I can say that based on my own requirements for work, I am not doing too bad (Regardless of this, I think it is also important to be open for new opportunities, something new, a new job, a new challenge…).
Money is important, and I consider myself lucky to be in a situation where my Job can give me this, and not steal from me my personal life and happiness.
So that’s Pillar 4.
Cheers
V.
