Money matters

Angeline Teo
Nov 3 · 2 min read

At that age of 28, money has become a topic that is familiar yet unfamiliar at the same time. Over time, I found myself in a tie toward the way I feel about money. My feelings about money usually center around how well I could answer these questions — how much I had in my bank balance, how much I am saving for the future and whether my rate of expenditure is based on my needs rather than a want.

Recently my spending has been gnawing away at me, particularly because I had not been working for the last 3 months. In addition, I had been forking money to purchase items I had never bought in my life. However a disclaimer I hope to put forward first was that the expenditure were based more from a need rather than want basis. A couple of months before my birthday this year, I was introduced to a TCM practice that promoted blood circulation through massages at vital meridian points around the body. It helped revealed areas of weaknesses that had been nagging at the back of my mind for some time. I was also more acutely aware of my biological clock as the masseur shared that my ovaries were colder than normal. After that session I contemplated and decided to sign up for their $2000 package.

Around that time, I had also began learning to cook my daily meals. I wanted to add more vegetables and small fish in my diet, which I felt was lacking in a lot of food stores in Singapore. As such my grocery expenditure also ballooned to about $70 per week. At the same time, my expenditure on skin care also took a leap to about $80 per month after I discovered a brand that worked really well with my skin. To add on to that, I also began a hair scalp treatment after realising how much hair I had been dropping. This led up to me signing on a $800 hair treatment package.

Surprisingly, as I typed these I realised that maybe all this isn’t so bad. That maybe 20 years down the road, I would look back and say 28 was the year I spent the most on body care. 28 was the year I allowed myself to open up to the possibility of being scammed by these packages but still went ahead. 28 was the year I finally learnt to release the fears I had about money and went ahead to pursue my dreams. 28 was the year I see money differently.

Angeline Teo

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