Promise, I will save for myself this coming 2021
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@ZedSmart (19839)
Philippines
November 1, 2020 11:22am CST
The pandemic brought us or just perhaps me a lot of realization. Halfway through 2019, I had engaged in a little investment (which I no longer want to discuss) hoping that it will bear positive results but due to the pandemic, it has nothing to return except losses. Now, I"m on financial struggle and I can"t get back what I had been given out. It"s stressful to think but what was done was done. I look forward for what is next and to overcome this current problem I have with me. Probably, not the end of the world and I have to rise for another beginning. Being on a situation where movements are limited, opportunities also come the same. It's hard when almost nothing is left in our finances when we need it the most. I learned my lessons. Top of my resolution is to save more for myself as we will never know how the world would turn and it's not good to be caught off guard.
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@rsa101 (41005)
• Philippines
2 Nov 20
Everyone was caught off guard by the pandemic. We never expected that it would last this long and still we are still in the dark as to how this will end. That investment of yours might have been doing good had the pandemic didn’t happen. Oh well we too had been literally robbed of our savings when I got infected and was hospitalized. I am just grateful that I was given a second chance in life.
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@vandana7 (102698)
• India
1 Nov 20
I too did a serious rethink on somethings and have charted out a plan for better management. I am sorry it is so bad for you. But investing immediately is not such a good idea. Especially if you are new to it. Everybody burns fingers. So it is always better to start. In the long run, everything will turn out fine if you have focused on good scrips. It does not matter if their values are temporarily down.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
2 Nov 20
There's a saying in our national language."Kung ang tao gumugipit sa patalim kumakapit." I think you know what does it mean. Hope you can make it. God bless.
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For now, I'd keep bending while the blanket is short. I hope I am correct with my translation 
.@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
2 Nov 20
@ZedSmart That's too literal. Anyway I got what you mean. To try to make things meet.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
1 Nov 20
At this time of my life, I have dealt with investment in a very particular way. I had my money in the Bank which wasn´t risky but gave me too little insterests. My daughters wanted to invest on a house but did not have all the money they needed. If they asked the Bank fot it,the interest would be VERY big. So I lent them the money. They pay me half the interest they would have had to pay the Bank and I still get a lot more.
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@kaylachan (84863)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Nov 20
Trust me, I know what you mean. It's the same way for me, here. We aren't drowning per see, but we don't really have much in the way of savings, either. The vast majority of the money we had, went to this house and paying my cat's final vet bill. Sometimes life happens, and you have to take the good with the bad.
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@luisadannointed (11881)
• Philippines
1 Nov 20
Same here, I also want to save more.
I am also in investment, but since I have no funds to pay for it monthly I lost it all. I can't take back what I have given to them because that is the policy, but given a chance to reinstating my investment I will still do. It is a good investment after all if only I have money to pay for it.
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@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
1 Nov 20
I think it's the same for a lot of people. Nobody is actually 100% prepared for this pandemic. Even those who have managed to save a lot are also concerned in case this situation drags on for years. But it does help if we become cautious of our spending habits and adjust our lifestyle.
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