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Sunday Morning Money


HollyInGriffith

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I am a believer, that until you have nothing, you cant appreciate anything. Doesnt always work with everyone, but most people. Once you have been in a near poverty experience, money and material possessions hold no value. Instead you focus on what you do have, love, support, family, friends, all the things that cost you nothing that can bring you joy and happiness.

 

Ive never been a brand name type of girl. Sure, i have worn brand named clothes, but i dont go looking for them. Im a tight ass i guess. I just cant justify the price of labels. There are so many other things id rather spend my money on like rent, food, essentials! When it came to clothes shopping in my house, Mum would give us $30 each and set us loose in a op-shop (opportunity shop- second hand clothes). I would go thru baskets and baskets of clothes, looking for things that were 'me' and also in my budget. With $30, id have a few bags full. <!-- more --> My little brother on the other hand, would scout the store and then come back with one item, like for instance, an Adidas or Billabong jacket that cost close to $30. He wanted the name. Mum would shake her head, but what could she do.. she didnt want to deny him of it. So i would have a new wardrobe almost and he would have a jacket.. To this day, my brother refuses to buy anything that is not a known brand. He can afford whatever he wants these days and i guess, going without as a child, he is making up for it in a big way lol.

 

People assume because Im a Working Lady that Im rolling in cash. WRONG! The potential is out there to make $5000 a week, but what the fuck am i goin to do with $5000 a week?? Once you start gettin used to having that kind of money, you spend more, you need more, you long for more. Where does it go?

 

$1000 a week. Thats a lot of money. Thats more than the average income in Australia. $1000 a week and Im happy. Thats me and my household sorted. I dont have to stress about making a certain quota, i dont have nightmares about when my next booking will be. $1000 in my industry, is not a piece of cake to make BUT when you have a good set of regulars like i do, its a cruisey week!.

 

Why would i want to work everyday? Why would i want to bust my butt and then never have time to experience life! Life, you know that thing alot of people seem to forget. So caught up in the rat race they forget to live! We all could be dead tomorrow, do i want to spend my last days worrying that i have made enough money this week? Having my head hurt stressing about crap that in the big scheme of things is irrelevant?? No thanks. I just want to live!

 

A few people have said that the sex industry is something you get in, make your fortune and then leave. But what if i dont want to leave? Its not a job so much as it is my life. My lifestyle. Mostly each day is a new adventure. I dont know what its going to bring! Sometimes i may have a booking that was made in advance but generally when i wake up, its a fresh day, anything can happen! Im open to the possibility of it happening too. I hate making plans in advance and people that know me can attest to this lol. I dont know what im doin in a months time, ask me in a month! LOL

 

Money.. the necessary evil. It changes people. It can make people ugly. Greedy. Needy.

 

When I was little, after my parents had split up, we lived in Housing Commission (public housing). All of our furniture was donated by a local charity. Everything except a fridge. So for 12months, we had an eski (cooler) for a fridge. Everyday i would have to go to the petrol station and get ice to fill it up. I hated this chore with a passion but as i was dragging my feet to the store, i would ask myself, "is there someone out there worse than me?"

 

YES

 

There always is. At least we had running water, at least we had beds and a roof over our heads. At least we had each other.

 

After a year of the eski, Mum finally had enough money saved from her pension for a second hand fridge. We were so excited! I think our electricity bill doubled for a while there, because it was such a novelty to have a fridge door to open, stand in front of and just look! We could now freeze stuff, less trips to the shops and we seriously thought we were the luckiest people on earth!

 

Now as an adult, i have a fridge. It was second hand, cost me nothing but it did the trick. This fridge does my freakin head in at times. Some times, it just decides to freeze everything while it is on the lowest temperature setting. Thats fun. Frozen eggs, not cool lol. Then after a few weeks it goes back to normal, just like nothing ever happened. I have a second fridge outside that i have as back up. It also was second hand, came with the house im living in, so even when my inside fridge is fucking up, i can still have liquid milk, not ice for my coffee hahaha. My point? Yes i can afford a new fridge, but why buy a new fridge when the ones i have are doin what i need them to do? Yes ok, they have a mind of their own.. but i have a fridge!

 

I HAVE A FRIDGE!

 

Who cares if it has issues? I think it adds personality! lol! At least its not a bloody eski LMAO

 

Im not a huge advocate for recycling, but i dont like being wasteful and to me, the way i like to recycle is to buy second hand stuff! Or as i prefer it, "pre loved" stuff! One mans trash is another mans treasure! Its so true! I can afford to buy new stuff, but really, do i need it? I cant justify spending over $500-$1000 for a brand new fridge, when i can get one for $300 max, pre-loved that will probably last the same amount of time if not longer. have you seen how they make stuff? Its made to break in 5-10yrs! Not like the old days lol. Omg i sound so old!

 

My mum had a washing machine for 20yrs. It was HUGE! It was a beast of a washing machine. It had a few services here and there but it stood the test of time. When it finally died, she bought a new one.. it survived for 2yrs then died. She bought another new one.. it lasted 3yrs. Not happy. Then she thought, fuck this, and got a pre-loved one.. that was 7yrs ago and its still going! What does that tell you?

 

They make shit to break!

 

Some of my happiest moments have been when ive lived on the poverty line. The moment you realise that all that material shit doesnt matter. It can be a little tricky once you do come into money, keeping that humbleness, but it is possible!

 

How much money do YOU waste? How many things do you buy that you dont really need? Is that what you want to be remembered for? The girl who had a brand new shiny sparkly fridge?

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Wow! Well you certainly made me think holly!!

 

Some of my happiest moments have indeed been whilst living below well below the poverty line.. The materialistic shit doesn't matter.. You are just happy to be getting through everyday, and be grateful for what you do have.. Xx

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Your awesome Holly, fuck the material world it shouldnt be significant

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I just spent this Sunday morning having a three hour chat with a WL about this very topic.

 

After recently returning to the industry after a break of about five years and many personal upheavals, she's finding she's just not able to do it anymore.

 

Until she learns to manage a life within the bounds of a salary less than 1/5th her working income though, it's not a vocation she'll be able to leave yet.

 

To take a step back, perhaps the real adage underlying this problem is that there really is no such thing as quick money. Pretty much every dollar we earn, male or female, comes at a cost of some description, no matter how insignificant, whether or not we can observe that cost in our personal lives and feelings or not, it is still being taxed.

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Riley Alexander

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Well said babe. I'm very much the same with my needs, my spending, my hours and lifestyle, and I too am in no hurry to leave an industry that I love.

Stay Gold. xxxx

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