Done To Zen

Money Blog Network asks us to look back 10 years to examine what our lives were like back then.

Marriage and kids

I was single then. I’m still single now. No kids.

Career

I was counting ducks in middle school classes then. I’m still counting ducks, but now I do it during the ever-increasing number of meetings I have to go to every week.

Education

Like I said, I was in middle school then. Since then, I finished middle school, high school, college, and am now enrolled in a graduate school (and hating every minute of it, like I always do any time I spend in education institutions).

Finances

Ten years ago, I was 11 years old and had no money to my name. Not even pocket change. Today, I’m 21, earning a little bit (well, maybe a bigger little bit) more than what most people my age are earning, and I have a bit more money to my name. Net worth is nothing to sneeze at.

Credit Cards

I didn’t have any credit cards then (for obvious reasons). I do have one now, and I use it for everything I purchase, but I pay it off every month. But I seem to be spending more every month, so I decided to stop using credit card for a month (at least) starting July.

If I could tell myself anything…

The single biggest thing I regret is letting my fear stop me from investing the past 5 years. I wasn’t making much money, but my life would have been very different if I had pushed through my fear and done what I wanted to do.

On the other hand…

Better late than never, I suppose.

What’s more interesting to me is…

What do I want my answers to be if somebody were to ask me the same questions 10 years from now?