I woke up this morning already having a case of the "blahs"... and then I check my bank account. FML. Where's my money tree?Let me explain how I got to this sad, sad point. I've never been much of a saver. I suck at budgeting myself and I "nickel and dime myslef to death", as my mother says. I'm a sucker for a bargain. However, after the credit card bills got bigger, I realized that my poor habits needed to stop. And I got better at managing my money. Well, a bit better.
Do you all remember my food court job at the wholesale store? I quit because I was being completely unappreciated and was diminished to tears by an evil manager. I quit without much in savings and without another job to go to. Not smart, I know that, but it needed to be done. So that's when I started pinching pennies. This happened in the beginning of June.
After a few weeks of searching, I found a job at a boutique and was all excited about finally working in fashion. Less than two weeks later, I got a phone call saying I was fired. I had never been fired before, so I took this pretty hard. My boss was nuts, to say the least, but regardless of her irrational behavior, I was without a job. Again. I started searching for change in the couch cushions.
I was luckily able to pick up a few hours at the salon I had previously worked at, but that wasn't without its own drama. The small checks I got from working a few hours here and there were barely enough to keep me going, and I thank God for my wonderful Boyfriend who has paid for practically everything since this chaos started.
Finally, I have found a job as an employee at an electronics retail store, and it is going well. The first check I got was small, as was to be expected. But I'm hoping my check on Friday blesses me with some dough to get me by. Also, I'm dying to hear back from two paid internships that I applied for. Cross your fingers for me!
Moral of my Story...
1. Have enough in savings to get you by when times get rough.
2. Learn how to budget yourself and kick those bad habits.
I'm definitely working on #2 right now, and I'd love your advice.
What do you do to save money?
(money tree found here)
1 comment:
Well with regards to how to kick the bad habits...it's not easy. Not at all. I ran out of funding last semester and really had to stop myself from buying every cute thing I wanted or souvenir I thought was cool and justifying it by saying I was abroad. What I've started doing is picking one thing that I really want - looking around a lot first and finding that one item that I feel like I must have. Then I save for it and when I buy it, it feels like a big reward and I'm proud of myself. I'm not going to say I always do well at this - you know me better than that. But it's what I've got so I hope it helps!
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