a $600 experience
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 (7:31 PM)
would you spend $600 just for an experience in the business world? not exactly business world. rather, $600 to have a shot at starting your own business online to find at the end of the day that it didn't reap any benefit. i don't really know what i'm feeling. of course it's quite an amount for someone like me who had only $2000 to my name and before i know it, i'm left with $1.4k.
i could've saved that amount of money for a 2nd hand ibanez rg550 from desmond which he's selling at $880. i could've gotten a boss/digitech multi-effects pedal with some top up or i could've gotten the $125 ticket for eric johnson's concert in ucc (i got the $75 ticket instead) and still have over $400 left. i don't really know what i'm feeling now. it was a good experience and $600 was really worth the experience. it gave me an insight into starting businesses. it provided me valuable understanding to starting businesses that cannot be learnt by words. to be honest, i feel the ache because $600 is not a small sum for a student like me who has no allowances or salary coming in. i just hope to make myself feel better by seeing the positive aspect of it.
for the past few weeks, i've also learnt that i need to learn to say 'no'. i went to storm for a haircut alone and got talked into going for a promotional treatment, followed by a hair dye because i didn't know how to say 'no'. i went to california fitness for a 2 weeks trial but got talked into signing up for membership because i didn't know how to say 'no'. and i end up spending much more money than i expected. i need to control my expenditure now. i'm back to my old ways which is not a good sign. i always save up a lot and spend all on something expensive.
the good news is that i received marksmanship award of $200 last week which was a surprise because we were told there won't be rewards. and i'll be expecting another $120 coming in from the sale of my electronic dictionary. i'm at the stage where i need to resort to selling my stuff to survive again. the last time it happened, i was in a worse situation - $12 in my bank and i had to sell my peavey amplifier for $50 just to get by till i enlisted - so i should make sure that this scenario never happens again. i've stopped further expenditure towards my marketing efforts and can only see what comes out of it.