Since I moved out from my parents home just two years ago, there have been a number of lessons that I have had to learn.  I guess the first one that I learned quickly was that money really didn’t go very far.  I failed to realize that my parents paid for a lot of my expenses, which resulted in me having to change my lifestyle so that I could live with what money I had.

One of the lessons that I learned once I was paying everything on my own was that there was an opportunity cost for everything.  A wonderful example of the “cost” of something was when I decided that I absolutely needed some western bedding from the western decorating store down the street from my home.  I bought it because I wanted it and I was very happy when I made my bed in my room.  It was like I was in heaven!

But what my brain failed to realize was that I spent everything but twenty dollars of my grocery money for the next week, and I was forced to eat spaghetti for seven days in a row because that was all I could afford.  “Surprisingly”, I am not a big fan of spaghetti anymore…

I did learn from these experiences and I take my time when I am deciding what is most important and for the most part, I make the right choice.

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