Justifying Investing

// March 5th, 2007

Financial management is my waterloo. And it is one of the reasons I said yes when my Aunt proposed that I use a part of the ancestral home as my home office. It would mean that I might learn a thing or two from her financial management prowess. I’m happy that my intuition’s right because just yesterday, she started making me test the waters of investing.

I’ve figured this is the best time to invest because of the following reasons:

1. I’m starting to get tired of impulsive shopping.

2. I’m getting more and more hooked with the current flow of my career, which means less whim-induced jobhopping for me, which means more financial security.

3. I’m not getting any younger. 

So what have I invested in? Real estate. Whoah, right?! Alfa is getting filthy rich each day, eh? No way, Jose! You know what I’m actually starting to become? I’m getting more and more comfortable with risk-taking.

It’s scary but at the same time it’s very exhilarating to know that I’m actually doing more and more of the adult stuff (25 is still a pre-adult age for me, hehe) - trying to stabilize my career and making both ends meet, etc.

Now I’ll start working on my amortization fund-raising plan. Got any tips?