This idea just came to me like a bolt of lightning and I thought why not talk about some of the good things and bad things that have taken place in life throughout the years. I tend to remember only the major things that have happened to me as a normal person should, and why not share them with all of you as a way to reveal a little more about myself. I will attempt to keep things in a financial aspect, but I might sneak in a few that are not about money.
Life does not revolve around money, but this website is based on perfecting good money management behaviors. So I will list both life goals and money goals.
The Ups of Life and Money:
1. I graduated from 2 Universities – Bachelor’s / Master’s Degrees in Hand.
2. The day I received my Toastmaster’s Competent Communicator for completing 10 speeches.
3. My first non spam approved comment on my blog. (Whoo Hoo)
4. Holding the free and clear title for my cars, thus having them paid for. (Three times)
5. Finally achieving credit card Debt Free Status. (Peace Out Chase and Citi)
The Downs of Life and Money:
1. School Loan Debt for my Master’s
2. Not Investing enough in the 2008 – 2009 market crash. (Could have made a killing)
3. Buying an overpriced gas guzzler for 32K when my income was only 45K.
4. Not finding Dave Ramsey / PF Blog World sooner.
5. Accumulating a bunch of useless stuff. (Wasting income on nothing)
OK I had to think a bit about the downs in life as it is always harder to remember bad things. I tend to sway on the optimistic side of life. Do you always think about the good things or bad things? By doing this you guys now have a greater sense of who I am and what I have accomplished to a small degree. I hope to keep adding to the ups in life in the near future but wish to avoid all the downs.
I wish we all could eliminate or avoid the downs in life, but it makes us in someway better individuals as it builds up character. After a down event you come out stronger in overcoming obstacles in life. Do you agree? Also sometimes a down event leads to a major up event in life. For example rags to riches stories of somebody getting laid off and then starting a crazy money making business. I have read a few of those over the years.
Have you recently gotten over a down event in your life? I hope you get motivated to make your own ups and downs list. If I can recall any more ups and downs later I will do a part two to this post.
Stay safe everybody in the East Coast as a major storm is headed into my neck of the woods.
Rich Uncle EL
Pic credited to Jay Fine.
You live and you learn. That's how I view life when considering the ups and downs. Like you I've had a few of both, but being that I tend to sway on the positive as well, I always find reasons for understanding that the bad happened in order to allow growth in my life.
We all make mistakes, especially, financial ones. Just learn and continue to grow.
I agree and that's why I came up with this post, we have to realize where we came from in order to grow. It can be from a money standpoint or from any other scenario of life. Thanks for the comment.