There used to be a period in my life where I was so precise with everything I do. This was when I was neck-deep into network marketing. I had time for everything and I felt like if I didn't work according to my schedule everything would fall over.
A lot of people consider me to be an avid planner and I am to a large extent. I'm a control freak, but I can't control time, so I control what I do at every given time in order to fully utilize my 24 hours every day.
This doesn't mean I'm not flexible or spontaneous. It only means I create an allotted time for everything. So if I have a planned date with someone for 6 pm, I mentally set out my entire evening from 5 pm for that person.
Setting out that time by 5 pm until further notice means I'll have to write at least 2 Hive posts between morning and 4:30 pm, engage in as many posts as I can, interact with everyone around me, write for clients if I have them, read my school notes and just be active where I'm supposed to be for the day.
I do this to avoid getting distracted. I understand that I'm a very forgetful person so I love listing out what needs to be done for a day and when my internal clock would be ready to take up the task.
This funny behaviour also adds to my "rich wife qualities" according to what I've been told. Apparently, it makes me disciplined as I also have a similar attitude with my money. At least recently, since my parents toned down their free will.
Just before writing today, I got a text from a friend telling me to get some money ready for an outing this weekend. I would love to hang with this person, but yeah... I don't have money to spare on such an unplanned movement.
I handle events on different scales of preference.
While preparing for my brother's wedding, I constantly made mental calculations of how much I would need and how I would spend. It wasn't a lot of money but I'm somewhat poor, so I have to plan according to my poverty.
I spent 2 weeks planning and gathering money for the wedding weekend. It was worth it. My brother's wedding was top on my priority list.
Last weekend, I made plans with my girlfriends for this weekend. At first, I wanted us to spend some time outdoors for cocktails, but we don't like other people so much so we decided to get some drinks, make an awesome meal and have a sleepover.
Plans were made last week against this weekend. I placed that on my top priority list and well, I'm saving up for it. I will not be caught unaware of expenses that are within my control.
So, a friend texting me to spend 3 times what I would for an indoor chill with my girls out of the blues doesn't really go well with me. I told him I'd add it to my budget for July coz I can't really be stressed over an activity that's within my control.
Maybe this is a "Rich wife quality" after all. I'm still relatively poor, so I don't really know. But I guess I'll find out in 4 or 5 years. I live below my means, for what it's worth, so who knows though, who knows.
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