Mentality in working life

Back in the days when I was unemployed, I had plenty of time just being alone in a quiet environment and not to worry too much what's happening next. I had all the time I needed to think about life, think about my attitude towards life yet nothing very valuable really came to form.
Now I'm busy at work and rarely get some free time, so it's time to summarize what I feel what I think from the perspective of a working person, does it make any difference to me as a student?

What made me happy when I was just a student:
1.good food
2.party time
3.being with friends
4.gaming
5.reading
6.watching videos/films
7.buy cool stuff

What makes me happy now when I'm working:
all those things above, plus FREE TIME

Now I've got more money to buy, but less time to consume, the combination is always a tradeoff, you either possess more time or money, you can hardly get them both together as a young man just started your career.

Mentality is important.

These days I've been using Wolf of Wall Street theme to psych myself up before go to work. I listen to the soundtrack from the movie and real Jordan Belfort's speeches, I tell myself that I'm going to make money, to confront the clients, to master the art of being professional. I do the hum song on my way to work. And my ambition grows as I did so, I think bigger and further when I try to relate myself to the "wolf", I see more possibilities than just working for someone all my life and make no more than 20k a year, I want 10 times of my current pay, 200k a year. I want to take charge of a hotel or apartment on my own,  be on my own, maybe still pay my partners but it would be working on my own schedule, working for myself.
It's just a month since I got this job. What do I feel about the job? It's a start up, full of possibilities, new partnership just brought in new opportunities for us as a player in this business. The working environment is lax and flexible(but most of the time I over work), relationship with colleagues and boss is simple and we love each other. About business ideas, I may have my own way of thinking but that's not my business, I only take orders and get things done on behalf of my boss. It's challenging, not boring daily desk-sitting job. The pay is very generous for a student yet not satisfying when considering my ambition and potential. So overall I like the job very much, especially the first a few days I was very excited, but after a month the enthusiasm just faded away inevitably, now I feel like having more free time, I demand more control on my own.

To be happy, you just make yourself think that you are happy.

Do a meditation with me, think about your job tomorrow, there must be something exciting about it, either new challenge, new events, new faces or just think about the pay, there must be something in it. Everyday you are growing stronger and more independent, every day's hardship will reward you in the future, it will all build up to your future ideal career.
Give yourself a smile, because you are doing a heck of good job!


About spending

After I got the job, I was so excited, I thought I was suddenly rich, I counted on the future pay, like some sort of credit in my mind, I started to spend in advance, I purchased this surface pro 3 that I'm using to write this blog right now, and just installed Skyrim last night (this is an amazing tablet-laptop hybrid). The four weeks since I got the job I spent €1,816.55 including the surface tablet (965Euro), 250Euro rent, 138 Euro for yearly stay permit application in Italy.
Why do I spend so much? Mentality. Instead of rational spending and saving, I thought, now my income just increased about 10 times, so my expenditure should be allowed within 10 times as much as before... but wrong, before I got support from my parents, I tried to save every penny for them, now I'm on my own but still I need to save every penny for myself.
Next month, my second four weeks, I'm gonna try to do some saving, control my spending. Well, rent is 290 Euro cannot be changed, food probably takes up to 300 Euro, then there's 800 Euro left, it's quite a big amount, even bigger if I ever know to save and prepare for investing.
But it's just unrealistic to save all the 800Euro, let's say my goal is to save 500 Euro next four weeks. Add 500 Euro every month on my bank account not the other way around! Let's get started!


day dreaming: one day I will make 10,000 a month and won't mind whatever I bought any more