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Friday, 25 October 2013

Understanding the philosophy of making savings


Filed under: Personal Finance |
 
Most individuals who are privileged to attain a certain level in financial ladder attribute the act of saving money as inherent quality, whereas to financial experts saving money may not necessarily be inherent, but also attitude developed over time.
The act of saving money is an enviable quality which some individuals have failed to posses, though quite dependent on various factors.
However, cultivating the habit of saving money is a good quality that usually undergoes a gradual process. It is not a spontaneous action where an individual could be perfectly glued to saving money. It must be cultivated over time.
However, this quality could be beneficial and help to strengthening the financial status of retired individual who may not be able to earn any other income. With this, such retired person could lean on the little savings that had been accumulated over years by spending prudently.
Globally, saving money has always been influenced majorly by poverty, misplaced priorities and the quest to living a ostentatious life, among others, this trend making it quite difficult to be to surmount unforeseen forces that could erode money in once pocket.
Generally, low income earners and poverty stricken individuals are always worried over making provisions for the basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter as a result of the little or no income. With these needs confronting the set of people that belong to this group the mindset of having little savings is totally out of it.
Also, nobody will love to live a life of penury, so everybody wants to live in luxury, which in most cases conflicts with the relationship between income and expenses. If an individual must get acclimatized with the act of saving, the need to curtailing expenses cannot be overemphasized. This is in line with setting priorities.
With the continuous invention of technology growing from strength to strength, most individuals have continued to misplace priorities which often deny them of making a little savings for themselves. Mostly, the teenagers who are expected to lay a good financial foundation for themselves for future have the overriding ambition of possessing all the smart devices that will aid their quest for technological innovations.
By: Justice Godfrey Okamgba

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Nice article on finance