I started working not long ago, and two days ago I started the job that I will have for at least a few months. Today I received my first paycheck and it such a change from being a student and living on a student loan. I am fantasizing about all the shopping I can do. That even I can place an order at Net A Porter. That I finally can stop by that shoe store across the park that sells all kinds of gorgeous designer shoes. The truth is that things will probably not change that much. I remember the last time I was working before I started studying, I was just as broke at the end of the month as I have been the last few years, and I didn´t shop any more. There´s something about money that makes them disappear no matter what you do or how much you make. At the end of the month the bank account is empty.
I am going to try to keep my student mind set though. I have noticed already, just affected by the thought of incoming money, that I have gotten a lot more careless about money. When I´m hungry I pick up some fast food. I never used to do that before. One day I was getting nail polish. As usual I stopped by H&M and all those cheap store looking for one, but they were all sold out for the color I wanted, so I went and bought one from Chanel. The old me would never do that, she would have waited for the cheap one.
I hope I´ll be able to keep my old mind set so that I can afford to put the extra money in something of better quality once in a while, in stead of splurging on all kinds of crap. It´s a new life and new things to get used to. I was even sceptical to the idea of making more money cause I didn´t feel like I needed to…