LIVING WITHIN YOUR MEANs english TUNAY TO

“LIVING WITHIN YOUR MEANS” Living within your means have a lot of meaning; it can be getting something that other people have like money, expensive cars and big houses. It can be not overspending money but for me “living within your means” means to live in a way that we can afford or live within the amounts we have or knowing the certainty on what we are going to get. As what Robert Brault said “everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden and scarcely a day passes that we do not add to it.”And as a teenager, it is often hard because we tend to live in the moment and buy based on our emotional impulses and personal preference. But there are many things that we can do to help our self to live within our means or become thrifty like budgeting wisely our money and not wasting it in useless things. We can also track our expenses to know if our money is waste in good things or in useless things. And lastly we have to differentiate the difference between what we want, and what we really need; we must know what is absolutely necessary so that we can prioritize our purchase decision. Now the question is, how can we live a meaningful and simple life? If there are technologies that really affect every single thing we done. When I was reminiscing my past childhood days, the time when I don’t care about everything, what I care is to play. Mr. Bean, Doraemon and knockout those are cartoons that always make me smile whenever I feel bored. A simply five peso coin from the drinks of my grandpa, can make me happy and feel like a rich man. My childhood life is really different from the childhood life of today’s generation. I live in a very simple, contented and not so complicated life, so that it makes my childhood life very memorable for me. Those are the factors that I can’t see to today’s generation. They just depend on the high-tech gadgets, without thinking about the consequences. And also they missed to experience how to live in simple but happy life. As what I had said, living within your means is living with just a simple life and being contented on what you have. Being wise, but considering what is the most important and made it not only for yourself but also for the sake of others. It also about knowing your priorities that can help you to set your goal in order to live a good life. Dean Koontz says that “stays low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, and enjoy what you have.” The simpler you live the happier you will get. So, keep in mind that even though we live at the modern world, we still have to be simple and just live within your means not on the influence of technology or on colonial mentality of others.