Life is all about learning from your mistakes. One mistake I made changed my mentality forever. Spending 5,000 dollars in 3 months is one the worst and most remembered mistakes of my entire life. Clearly, I have learned in many ways possible on how to save money, and how to bypass spending it all in one place.
Or to go back:
November 26, 2016, I had left Virginia to work in Tennessee with my aunt. Carlex Glass Company was the name of the warehouse, one of the largest windshield and glass companies in America. I started my first day of training there the day of my sisters’ birthday, December 12, 2016, she had turned 17. The starting pay amount was 12.59 for the morning shift and the night shift was 13 dollars. I started working the morning shift which was opposite from my aunts shift. The line I worked on was called GS1 which stands for gravity sag. This line manually places a thick, almost translucent rubbery substance called vinyl in between the inner and outer windshields. Vinyl feels almost like a car tire, but it is thicker and softer than …show more content…
You don’t know them or what shcmes they are trying to pull. The next thing I learned was as long as I have a job I can save money and invest into something valuable. I learned to bargin and window shop, in order for me to see something I want and get it online or just to admire something I might give away or not even look at in a week. I learned to save my money in incriments. For example, I would put all of my coins in a container or my piggy bank, then I would put my dollar bills in a different container and then keep the bigger bills with me just in case if I don’t want to use my card. I do this to save my money quicker. The most important thing I learned from it all was to listen to my father even if he doesn’t listen to me. Moreover, I can’t get everything I want even when I do have the money to pay for
Or to go back:
November 26, 2016, I had left Virginia to work in Tennessee with my aunt. Carlex Glass Company was the name of the warehouse, one of the largest windshield and glass companies in America. I started my first day of training there the day of my sisters’ birthday, December 12, 2016, she had turned 17. The starting pay amount was 12.59 for the morning shift and the night shift was 13 dollars. I started working the morning shift which was opposite from my aunts shift. The line I worked on was called GS1 which stands for gravity sag. This line manually places a thick, almost translucent rubbery substance called vinyl in between the inner and outer windshields. Vinyl feels almost like a car tire, but it is thicker and softer than …show more content…
You don’t know them or what shcmes they are trying to pull. The next thing I learned was as long as I have a job I can save money and invest into something valuable. I learned to bargin and window shop, in order for me to see something I want and get it online or just to admire something I might give away or not even look at in a week. I learned to save my money in incriments. For example, I would put all of my coins in a container or my piggy bank, then I would put my dollar bills in a different container and then keep the bigger bills with me just in case if I don’t want to use my card. I do this to save my money quicker. The most important thing I learned from it all was to listen to my father even if he doesn’t listen to me. Moreover, I can’t get everything I want even when I do have the money to pay for