What does it feel to live in poverty? Worrying to much about money ? Where'll my money come from and how should i pay this and that. Sometimes we even want lots lots of things but we don't have any money to buy it. But have u ever wondered that living in a poverty is like living a challenging life that u never know what will happen next. So what are the positives sides of poverty?
1. Challenges
I think that poverty help us to get through our boring lives because when u are poor u'll have more challenges. ex: u need to work harder than others , u need to pay all your bills fulfill every needs and wants with a very minimum budget. I used to live a lavish life where i don't need to think about money but since i'm working and im a bit tight of budget life is more challenging for me.
It's pretty obvious when i go to grocery shopping i need to stop snacking all that delicious chocolate and change it to woolsworth brand of cookies and chocolate. Instead of eating cashew nuts i need to eat normal peanut because it's cheaper. Moreover when u are poor u'll bcome more eco friendly because ull' only buy fruits which are in seasons because it's CHEAPER. For entertaintment, I only watch movie, order Dominos, eat waffles, and meatballs on tuesday because it's cheaper. For clothing, sometimes when buying a dress i need to wait until my next pay slip coming.Sometimes, i go to FO to get a better deals, hunting on discount voucher and etc( collecting disc voucher is much more useful than collecting frivolous arts). Moreover i'm excited waiting for sale for 6-12 months to buy the dress or the jacket that i really want. It's actually a nice life and a challenging one to become poor once in a while. U know what i want to try ? I'm thinking that one day i'll be forced to become vegetarian because i can't afford meat protein ( other postives sides : u'll get healthier and slimmer and expensive dress will suit you better). Last but not least winter is coming and i'm afraid of cold and also afraid of my electricity bills because of my heater. So u see the challenge that i need to face to coexist with season.
2. Creative
Poverty will make people keep thinking how to find more money and certainly u'll get more creative and smarter in finding better value deal and to find extra income. Ex: street's so called musician ??? AKA PENGAMEN. Other example will be : touching up your resume and promote yourself in an interview in a creative way because u need a job badly ( that happens to me).
3. Comfort
Wonder how poverty can bring comfort? Simple example will be when u plan to go to picnic or bbq in certain park in jakarta u dont have to bring anything because there will be lots2 of people selling food, cold drinks, even hiring tikar for u to sit at there. U want a bbq u can just order sate chicken and sate whatever with a cheaper price and guaranteed that it will be nice. Wonder why there are lots of food sellers ? Because those sellers are poor so they need to make a living somehow. So have u seen how poverty brings comfort for certain people. More importantly if there are no poor people u won't have any maid in indonesia. U'll need to clean your BIG HOUSE ALONE.
Being poor once in a while will not make u suffer but being poor forever will make u suffer because u'll be the one who clean the big house. What i want to tell all the readers here is being poor is not that bad it just that how u see and handle it.
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