Looking at my money situation today it has come in to stark contrast where I used to be to where I am now. My wife and I were pretty poor when we first got married, only just being able to pay the bills and afford the bare minimum of food to survive. We never ate out and if we could get a free meal off of someone else then we would take it. Just looking at the numbers back then makes me wonder how we managed it. I effectively earn about 6 to 7 times what I did back then depending on how you calculate inflation. That boggles the mind in some ways especially when looking at the figures. From a pure number point of view (ignoring the fact that it is in a different currency) every month I see so much money moving around for stuff from bills to savings to just buying things that if I could look at how it was back in England all those years ago it was so much simpler. Also considering I was only paid once a month in England as opposed to twice a month here (and sometimes 3 time a month when I used to be paid every 2 weeks).
What I'm trying to say is when you get in to larger figures you start to ignore the really small stuff. You add it up and see a bigger number but when you see it dwarfed by other things you dismiss it. It is a strange feeling for me when I think that when I went to university I had the grand total of about 2500 pounds in my bank account. Money, that along with my grant, would have to last 3 years of learning. Now I can spend that much money in a couple of weeks paying bills and pushing for savings. Some of the money being stashed away could get quite substantial in time so I can retire. The figures then will set us up for the rest of our lives and let us have a life of if not pure luxury then at least leisure. The annoying thing is that if I could just get a little bit more then I could make that happen so much sooner.
I think it is time to repeat my plea. Any rich people out there feeling like making a philanthropic donation to a happily married couple so they can spend their time together with lots of animals?
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