No Monkey Business

This is a rant. Well, sort of.

I miss blogging in blogspot. I miss blogging in blogspot because this is the place where I can simply write all my thoughts without bothering about the syntax, grammar, matters of briefness and conciseness, and other hullabaloo. The words spill into the blogpad and before I knew it, I've written what might look like a brief summary of a series of novels. This explains why I could never ever delete this blog. Here, I am free of worries about what people might feel had they read my entry. Here, I speak and you shut up. (but comments are loved, of course) =))

So anyway, before I forget my real intention of writing this blog, I will start now. Haha.

Primarily, this blog will talk about MONEY MATTERS. Ta-da!

In today's world, everybody seems to be concerned about money, money, money, and more money. By world, I define it with the people who I am currently interacting with, may it be online, personal, or whatsoever. Maybe it's because we are in the point of our lives wherein long term sustainability is a big issue. In as much as I would love to look back on my wonderful teenage years, I cannot fool myself in believing that I am still a young kid who is basically new to the world.

I'm on my twenties now. And so is almost everyone around me.

This is the age wherein people are expecting you to either end or start something. End your education and start with your 'real' life. Thus, this might also explain why the 20s age group remain as one of the major target markets of numerous enterprises all over the country. When you've reached 20, you are expected to finish school and start earning. And by modern standards, earning now isn't anymore defined in a get-a-job-and-be-paid manner. Today, young professionals are expected to be at the front lines of development. And how is this so? By pushing them to do business.

Yes, I used the word PUSH.

I am challenging you to show me a person in her or his twenties who has NEVER been offered a business endeavor at least once in her/his life. By business endeavor, I am referring to business offers on retail promotions, wholesale marketing, and basically anything that involves buying and/or selling something. If we be blunt, show me someone who has never been offered ANY NETWORKING-related business. Quite hard, right?

That's primarily because networking is one of the, if not the most, prevalent business strategy there is today. I don't have problems with this or any business whatsoever; however, I do have problems with people constantly forcing me to jump into the bandwagon.

Let us discuss matters in a manner that is not restricted to value-judgment. We will not speak about how some people just want to get you to work because it will be beneficial to them because that's bad. And we will not speak about how these large fishes prey on small-scale entrepreneurs because they are of a better head start because that's bad. Na-uh. No value-judgments. Just plain and simple principle discussion.

There are approximately eight billion people in this planet and even with the seemingly factual report that 90% of the said population base their principles on what is being spoon-fed to them by the media, we are in no right to assume that all these people share the exact belief in money.

Everyday, we hear about how money makes the world go round and how having none of it basically reduces you into a status that is of the same level (if not lesser) than that of a pikey. Yes guys, money is important but in as much as it is a primary instrument in acquiring the basic needs for human life such as food, clothing, and shelter, it is not the only way for us to have the said needs mentioned above. There is also this wonderful concept that we call social capital.

I do not have any background in business (and I do not have any intention of actually acquiring one) but I am grateful of the fact that I have a rather good understanding of economics. I thank my college economics professors for being effective teachers and it is to them that I credit my ability to choose between options in a manner most beneficial to me.

See, I grew up with money being an unimportant factor in life. I wasn't raised to be materialistic and I am not easily dictated by the strong force that is consumerism. Because of this, I do not really find the need for me to be rich. And by rich, I mean having ten digit figures on my bank account.

Everyone wants to be rich, at some point this is true, yes. But everyone wanting to be rich is different from everyone whose goal is to be rich. Want is different to goal. Want is fleeting as goal is almost always eternal. In an attempt to make it clear, I will use an example using a celeb crush. Everyone, at some point in their lives actually developed a crush on a celebrity. It may be a small crush, major infatuation, or something that borders on obsession. However, the case differs per person. And it doesn't necessarily mean that when you like a celebrity, you actually want to marry her/him. You may come to a point of thinking about such but you will almost always find your way ending up with another person. It works that way too with being rich. Some people wants to get rich but these are some people too who actually don't find it as a necessary goal in life.

Like me.

Yes, it's nice to have good cars, large houses, and endless supply of Jollibee Beef and Mushroom, but trust me, my goals go beyond that.

To be honest, I feel that me dreaming a dream that is shared by almost 90% of the world's population is a big insult to my ability as a person. I can do a lot of better things. My abilities and my dreams perfectly mold into one another and I'm really sorry to tell you this but it's not in any way connected to being rich.

Let the people who want to be rich, be rich.

I can be all innocent and believe that you guys only want my betterment and see me a happy aging woman with luxuries left and right but sadly, that dream is YOUR dream, not mine. I live by the day and it might seem as if I do not have any long term plans about my future, but trust me, I do. I have already thought about what I want to do with my life even before I got into college and I am no way wasting my sixteen years of education doing something totally unrelated to it for the rest of my life.

I have no background in business but I know how business works. I have invested in my dream and that dream will be mine. I am working on it slowly but surely. And believe me, when I get there, I'll be enjoying something that no other riches can offer me. Who knows I might also be rich by then.

Unlike most people, money isn't my ambition. But it could be a part of it. After all, money and ambition aren't exactly mutually exclusive.

It looks like I've written a thesis paper so to sum it up, I'll tell you this really cute fact about me.

I am not born to be rich. I am born to be great. :)