26/02/2024
HALF PLATE OF AKPU IS BETTER THAN ONE..
So I and a friend were out of town for a job, and as usual had left the luxury of home-prepared meal and had to subscribe to eating out most of the time.
Now there's this particular restaurant we usually go to eat, and on this fateful day we were there again to solve our hunger issue. They serve varieties of meals from rice, beans to swallow, and we opted for akpu and egusi on that particular day.
Waiter had served the food we ordered and mine was one wrap of akpu and egusi. I began devouring the food, and on almost finishing that wrap, I noticed that my hunger issue wouldn't be totally solved and I needed some extra. What i also knew was that I wouldn't be able to exhaust one more full wrap, so I gently asked, 'madam, you fit give me extra half plate of akpu?'
All the while, they were two beautiful ladies sitted at another table and i only as much as noticed their presence. In the process of 'madam' trying to respond to me, my friend now said, 'omo you suppose ask for full plate, make e no be like say you no get money' (He made that statement probably because of the presence of the two beautiful ladies).
Then me (quickly digesting the words before speaking, as a habit) who knows that my real-time worth is not determined by how much I can 'eat', I respond by saying nahh, I rather not eat more, than pay for what I wouldn't be able to finish, and everybody rested.. 😎
Bringing home, this is the situation of many people. Many of the reasons why you spend money are based on the validations of others, and I can tell you with my full chest that it is a bad financial habit.
If you want to make headway financially, focus more on assets than liabilities. It is said that 'expenses will always rise to meet income', which is a fact, as money is very psychological.
The idea is to increase your income capacity and curtail your spending ability, always. You can't become financially ahead by buying that Gucci shoe just because it's Christmas and your friends are doing same. Don't buy Bvlgari today and drink Garri next week.
And this is not me saying that buying luxury and the things we like is a bad thing, but before you buy one thing that doesn't have capacity to bring income for you, you should have had in possession three other things that can produce in that time frame the worth of that liability or luxury. Life na sense!!
Financial principles are no respecter of anybody that ever lived and will ever live. If you follow the rules, you would see the results.
No gree for poverty!
© Finance with Willz
