Minimum wage mistake on Saving Money - Food Choice

Barely scraping by? 

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& basic expenses is almost the same as the daily wage? 

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    pamasahe

    food

    once in a while fast-food treat

    lucky if to save a thousand pesos a month

My biggest mistake when I am earning minimum wage is to cheap out on food.

Mind you, this is when 400 pesos a day pa lang ang minimum wage.

Well, not to blame everything on not having money, but I am ignorant as well what is means to be healthy.

My health deteriorated and especially my mental sharpness. 😵‍💫🤕🩼

I had no idea that quality food will bring out your best self and keep you mentally sharp. Imagine if you leverage that at work, be good in your craft and eventually get paid better in time?

Wouldn't that be awesome.

I don't know why, I believe I already know the importance of saving money that time.

Or the thought of study more so you can earn more.

But I had no idea about food & how it affects you physically and mentally.

I easily follow the low fat diet or eating less rice diet that keeps me ravenous 🦊 all the time.

I can still remember how annoying I was for thinking what would I eat the next meal. 

If I am eating lunch, I am thinking, what would I eat for dinner.

If I eat dinner, what would I eat tomorrow for breakfast.

I am constantly hungry. 

My performance at work suffers.

My social life suffers

Its hard to stay professional at work as I become too sensitive for feedback.

Remembering it today, it feels like it is the worst time of my life.

What was my diet like back then?

I thought that two pieces of egg and rice is already a complete meal 🥺🥀❤️‍🩹.

A simple chicken meal at fast-food. Well to be honest, I do not have more money to spend to add more to that meal.

 Lucky if our ulam is Caldereta, that is already a treat for us. 

 

But if I only knew the Carnivore Diet back then and give importance to what I eat. Focus on beef since I am so picky. I should have feel better on my 20's and imagine what could I have accomplish.

My diet now. 

If I am earning a minimum wage I will try to eat roughly like this. 

Buy 1 kilo of meat and half a kilo of beef bones ( if I will eat alone and not feed my family, this will last me around two weeks (comment if you want recipes 👨🏻‍🍳 I will share  the link where I get the recipe)

Buy around 10 pieces of chicken wing

Buy dried fish (dangit and squid) , corned beef

Occasionally eat out if I feel disgusted about my own cooking (sad I am not the best cook, but I am a great sous chef)

I save budget for food and it cost me 3000 pesos. 3000 pesos worth of real food is not that bad. & 1000 pesos for eating out.

3000 per cut off

6000 pesos per month.

I prioritize this food budget over everything else. Well I might remove "eating out" if I am really tight on budget. & it also means I am saving less money. I thought that saving 10,000 pesos a month would get me ahead, but if it means I cant concentrate and loose my job. It is not worth it. The money I will save will be eventually be gone if I loose my job.

Wow, I never thought that this post will be quite long. 

Moving on, I feel like with the clarity I have now. 

I am not anxious

I minimize mu "uhmm" "ahh (I am not so forgetful)

I am not emotional

I get along well with my colleagues

I feel prioritizing quality food is worth it. This things sound so simple, but for me, comparing it with the my troublesome past, this feels like I am living my best life.

See my attitude is appreciative, and I love it.

Hope I get to convey my point. Quality food, better mental health, better output socially and financially.

That is it for now thanks for reading all the way.

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Stress Part 3: Ignorance is a Bliss

Ignorance is a bliss, maybe add more lines to it and it can be a good poetry  🤩.

This popular phrase might be the key to stop feeling stress all the time. 🥱😩😵‍💫

💸🤑💰The more knowledge you have about inflation and how it would affect your life in 10 years or in your retirement, well that freaks me out.

🧳✈️⛱️ Taking on vacation and spending all the money you earn in one go

👩‍❤️‍👨The thought of being alone at your old age.

💪🏋🥩Eating highly processed food that taste great, with no regard of health and how it would affect your mental sharpness.

 

Imagine if all those worries, is not really lurking in your mind all the time. That might be a blissful feeling. 

Someone who can live to the present FULLY and not to mistake it as being irresponsible its just that, you do not have the "planning ahead mentality".

Anyway, wouldn't it be nice if those heavy thought went away. But sadly, adulthood thought us to be adult.

Be responsible

Know the cause and effect

Weigh the pros and cons

& that is life 😎

Maybe the true anchor of life is not being ignorant but faith (a believer of Jesus here 😎). Where life does not depends on material things or a type of mentality.

That is it for now. Thanks for reading all the way. 

 

 

Minimize Stress Part 2

Understanding that stress can't be avoided, I thought maybe there is a way to distract myself positively and put my focus away from stress.

So here are the list of activities that diverts my mind into a more enjoyable experience.

1. 🎤 Karaoke - there's a new karaoke place in a mall near my area and I love how you can ♫ sing  your heart out without bothering your neighbors 
2. 🚲 Biking - running an errand on a bike adds to my physical activity and somehow it elevates my mood, not sure if this is a psychological thing, but I enjoy biking 😎🚲
3. 🤸Stretches - doing small stretching at home especially that target my neck and shoulder area is the best. It fixes my posture and alleviates pain
4. 🎬C drama- my newest obsession, watching C-drama. I totally sworn I would not watch K drama because I hate reading subtitles but the light funny story line of C-drama is very entertaining in my opinion that I don't mind the subtitles anymore. Let me know in the comment if you like suggestion, I will be happy to share. Guarantee its a light drama that will uplift your spirit 👍.

Hmmm, writing down this list makes me realize I am too idle.

Maybe being idle is one of the reason that causes stress. 

Probably...

Anyway, stay away from stress and enjoy life more. 

Time will pass by and no one can stop it, so why not spend life with a light heart and joy. 

That is it for now, thanks for reading all the way :)

Race Against Time , Minimize Stress

 Nearing 40 years old is nerve wracking!

I noticed that I have a lot of things to worry about.

Weather it be about;

• money
• retirement
• moving out
• earning more
• money for leisure
• health
• piling stress
• declining physical health
• mental health
• love life
• conscious about appearance
• aging

Well, I could go on.

There are so many things to worry or could go wrong with one's life and I feel I am helpless as a human being.

Well, I am not aiming to be a deity, but I mean, I feel the vulnerability.

That is when I've come to a conclusion that I cannot be worrying constantly to, how do I call this, a vanity? Well that might be one way to describe it, vanity.

It's just my inner thoughts again to get ahead of everything since I am accumulating age.

I am really thankful that there is a higher being who is always humbling me when I seem to be destroying myself with constant stress and worry over something worthless to Him. (a believer of Jesus here :))

With the right mindset, my mind is enlightened that all I worry about does not really matter.

This lessens my stress and I feel better :).

That is it for now.