Making Ends Meet

It is the best policy to make both ends meet. But sometimes it is not easy to. When I cannot do so, I just try to live as simple a life as possible until my financial status gets better. Most of the time, I well plan my life without being an over-consumer to avoid the hard time.

that is very true. i have four kids and it is really a head ache making both ends meet. with everyday needs such as food and things they need at school. such as papers, school projects.... head ache and heart ache all together. but i am still greatful that my sisters help me financially. thanks to them.

It depends on your obligations. Even though someone might make a whole lot of money, they are expected to do more. If you just live in a small hut and just have a small patch to grow vegetables and raise a few chickens, no one expects you to have people sleep over or entertain guests, but they do expect that of a richer person. They may be expected to donate so much for charities and if their stock goes down, they may not be able to put so much in. It might mean no new wing for a hospital or no extra equipment, for example. It does no good to envy those who have more. If they gave away their wealth and lived like someone who was not that well off, that would be communism.

Hi dolce, the key is "the more you have the more your needs", by nature people are like that. Its all the same whether your single or married we tend to spend more than what we have. They may not spend more on non-essentials but they use it on other ways. You are right I could not imagine those have have less how they can raise their children (they even have more than those who are well-off) and sent them to school.