Don't Break the Bank !

Don't Break the Bank !

These days, everyone has one too many priorities, one too many MUST-DO's, MUST-HAVEs, MUST-BUYs.  So what's next ?  Do what's best based on your best judgment but here's the non-negotiable caveat:  DON'T BREAK the BANK, please.  Unless and except you are part of the top tier lording over our commercial markets, then please DON'T BREAK the BANK.  Too bad, there's this basic economics mantra that when demand dives, prices dive as well. And that's when the monied investors 

will gobble up properties now priced at least 20-30% less than the pre-pandemic market.  But that's fine with them because even if they lose out in those greedy buy-outs, whatever they will lose will just be a drop in the bucket.  But such is not case for 98% of our population where we're either part of the working class or we're just owning small proprietorships so if and when you that temp arises, DON'T BREAK the BANK.

Obviously, it is easier said than done.  But the thing is, it is what it is.  In this very stubborn pandemic, only God knows when this will be over and the scary and speculative note here is that, before this gets over, this has to turn worst, much worse than where we are now.  And when that piggy-bank gets filled up, just human nature, we may be soon tempted to  BREAK the BANK.  With the end not in sight now, it cannot be avoided that quite a 

number of even our relatives and/or closest friends may now be feeling the ramifications of the financial crunch that has exacerbated after a year in this pandemic.  And don't get me wrong here.  By human nature, helping is part of our natural inclination.  We have seen accidents happen in the road and people will rush to help in any way the injured ones.  BUT this pandemic is unprecedented.  Unlike other 

fiascos, emergencies and unknowns that have indeed happened in our lives, surely for almost all of us, this is the very first time we got caught flat-footed by this pandemic.  So how do we cope with it ? It all boils down us asking ourselves how fit and ready are we to survive the worst of the worst scenarios ever.  

Now for the tough test, I'll share with these recommendations for us to hue:  ENGAGE in NON-DIGITAL activities, AVOID reading forwarded and unreliable information [even if it comes from people you know because they themselves were in the receiving end too, TAKE CARE of your LOVED ONES and that starts with your IMMEDIATE FAMILY.  Let's hope for the best but prepare for the worst folks.❗❗❗

DON'T BREAK the BANK

 

Enjoying the journey way too long...DON'T BREAK the BANK

Good Saturday morning! We’re all into a journey in life, like it or not. And we deserve to get immerse with it, enjoying every tick of the clock BUT, here’s the BUT. At most, your journey is akin to a long-haul flight. It was not plotted to span 90% of your lifetime. Otherwise, what will be left in the bucket by the time you are at the last lap, the very homestretch of your life? Worse, please DON’T ‘break the bank’! Whatever is left in your reservoir should remain there, and be reserved for upcoming turmoils, the real ‘rainy days’ yet to come.

This is our most common pitfall, one where we’re most guilty of [and I admit a mea culpa as well]. Often times, we get so immersed in our journey, ending up so mesmerized with the moment and getting stalled in that pitstop. Problem is, that pitstop ends up as your pitfall because you end up staying way too long in that pitstop which, by then, turns upside down into your pitfall. Remember, your long-haul flight does not end up at the portals leading to St Peter’s gates! Instead, that long-haul flight you’re onboard now is just one of life’s many pitstops. Get your feet off the brakes and pedal on the accelerator as soon as you get reawakened from that state of stupor.

On the other side of the coin, we sometimes look back after we stumbled, face down, on the ground. And that’s fine. What becomes unbearable is looking way back way too long, dissecting way beyond the buzzer, coming up with tons and tons of WHAT IF’s and WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. Hey dude, wake up, you gotta get back on your feet firmly on the ground and continue your journey.

And what lesson have we picked up from this global pandemic? That in life, there will be always a ‘new normal’ that will unfold. What happens to your fate is now solely at the palms of your hands. Either, you got to ADAPT to that NEW normal, or ADJUST to it or, at worst, ACCEPT it at its face value and carry on in life, factoring that new variable as part of your EQUATION in LIFE.

Sometimes [and I’ve been guilty a few times on this], we end up so locked-in either with the journey or even our destination. What gets enshrouded and cloaked to the point of becoming obscure even from our vantage point is the outcome we all envisioned, the results we want to achieve at the latest, in our last lap, last leg and homestretch.

To cap it all, let’s go back to one of Steve Job’s enduring words: ‘Your time is limited. Don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinion drowned your own inner voice and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary’.

Talking of ‘high speed data transfer’. Please DON'T get side-tracked and distracted by it. My lips are sealed.