With a bank loan of 80 lakhs, my 40 years old friend asked me, who hardly has some amount in savings, how can I be so cool in life? The bank loan that my aged friend has, is nothing to do with any sort of debt, but it is all for the possessions of a good car and decent house that he has taken that loan from the bank. Yes, he is in a well-paying job or I can say what he earns in a day is what is my monthly salary. If he simply does some coaching or freelancing work, he can make my monthly salary in an hour’s time.
Mexico’s central bank hikes key interest rate for 7th time
His occasional conversations with me would always start to examine what am I doing in my life with so many Master’s degrees that I earned from distance learning universities. He is quite practical and doesn’t let emotions come in the way of his life’s decisions. Whereas he knows that I am completely opposite of his thinking and living standards. So if I plan to get a laptop, I would take a year’s time to even plan and think for the same. Whereas in his case, he would book some electronic gadgets just in a span of time with the help of options like EMI and credit card offers.
Doctors denied salary for strike period, write to Mandaviya
For me, the concept of my life has been simple and that is to be happy and content with whatever you have and whatever you want to achieve in your life. Whereas, for him, the more he possesses, the happier he becomes. I believe in minimalism, like having 4 dresses to wear throughout the year and lending it to the poor or needy before I get another set of 4 dresses. To maintain a lot of stuff is not my cup of tea and I find happiness even if I just achieve my daily tasks well, which adds up to my monthly and yearly goals.
Leading a simple life is quite easy but defining what is simplicity according to you is quite messy. For some, simplicity comes in minimalism while for some simple life is quite boring and so they try all the adventures that they want to try to get that happiness in life. For some those adventures of living in an anxious mode is itself a journey while for some, it manifests into health issues for the body and mind. Whatever it is, whenever you come across people who are quite high-qualified or in high-paying jobs or are having a lot of material wealth, do not get small in your mind about yourself.
When I say I am happy with what I have, I really mean it and that level of satisfaction comes only when we realize the importance of what we have. It is quite easy to count your blessings rather than your neighbors even if your neighbor ensures that you feel jealous, hatred and negativity through her actions, behaviors, and stuff that she keeps buying to irritate you. When you give water to your plants, when you broom your floors and count the stuff that you have in your home, when you count the friends who keep messaging you to know about your life, you realize that it is so simple to be happy and content. After, it is truly said that simplicity is really classy.
