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I'm 19 this year, not officially yet since I have not celebrated my birthday. But this year, 2015, I am 19. When I was 18 or I should say before I turned 18, I had lots of goals and dreams. I wanted to do this, I wanted to do that. There were so many things I want to achieve. Some of which I have achieved, for example, being in the Toastmasters Exco Committee and having a leadership position in my mentoring cca. There were many more that I did not achieve. Perhaps there are regrets now as I'm writing this, but I must say that there were many times which I'm already satisfied. I'm really thankful for the opportunities I was given, the learning and experience which I have gained, the friendships which I have forged and some became deeper and definitely not to forget my overall growth. I have gained a lot, what more can I asked for?

I had a meaningful 18 year-old life. Now that I'm approaching 19, I hope to complete the goals which I have not attained before my youth leaves me. I hope that I'll be able to use this limited amount of time when I do not have to worry about external conditions to achieve and grow even more. I'm greedy because this current condition that I'm living in will not last. It dawned on me as I talked to mom that day that I might not live under such comfortable conditions any time. Not that a sad thing will happen but life is full of unpredictables, it is time I realise and understand that I should not take anything for granted.

I came across this saying that goes along the lines of "Don't work for money, let the money work for you" . I used to believe in that. But that was because I took money for granted. Whatever I had wanted to achieve, it was done with money. So how can money not be important. But if I do not want to work for money in future or be desperate for money so as to achieve my goals, I need to train myself to reduce my dependence on money. The worse scenario is when I lost my source of income, then I'll have to work. Its not tough to work, but what is tough is the opportunities lost to enjoy this teenage life. Previously, I did think about the worst scenario. So I know that I should not spend money like water and be more thrifty. However, the impact only hit me hard after I talked to Mom that day. Ever since that day, even though I had a lot of desires for many materialistic things, I'll ask myself : "Do I really need it? "

What I can do now is to save as much money as possible, that is not to buy things which are not needed and work on improving my skills and experience that will help me grow as a person. No, my expenditure will not decrease. Its contradicting, but what I mean is that I will use the money on important things that can help me grow instead of those extra unimportant things.

This 19th year of my life, try hard to make the best out of it! Go Go GO!!!!

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