BRIONA SAAS
Special to The Leader
If you were lucky enough to partake in an Easter egg hunt this past weekend and you found some cash when you opened up your eggs, good for you. You may be thinking that we’re too old for Easter egg hunts, but who cares, especially if you’re a little tight on money!
As college students, we all know that every penny counts. Tuition, housing, meal plans and books — it all adds up. It’s also not easy to work while taking classes every day in school. Our free time is important to us, and it can always be a bummer working back to back, but when money is tight, you have to do what you have to do.
When saving money, you really have to have a good outlook on your priorities. What is worth saving your money for, considering the work you put into achieving it? Give a little love to your bank account in different categories and try not to spend your whole paycheck on, let’s say, a shopping spree.
Make a piggy bank for good eats in case you want to go off-campus and enjoy a served dinner with friends. Traveling is important to a lot of us, as well as the occasional indulging in luxuries. Give back to your community and your family. It can be achieved if you learn to save your money the right way.
For the times we can’t help but spend our money on a big item like a concert ticket olr travels, plan ahead. That way, when all that money leaves your bank account all at once, you expect it and still have some money for an emergency.
Whether you struggle with money or not, it’s important to create a stress-free attitude about it, as hard as that sounds. In reality, we pretty much are in college to get a job so we can make money … but don’t let that be your only reason. Money can buy you an education, but it can’t buy you knowledge. The effort and work you put into it is only done with a passion for knowing more about yourself and the world.
A lot of people will tell you money can’t buy happiness. Well I’m going to tell you something different … money can buy you happiness, but it’s nothing more than temporary. A temporary moment will never have any real value or significance to your identity or who you are as a person. Don’t let your wealth define you or your character.