When I turned 24, I suddenly became acutely aware of my spending habits, and my overall treatment and view of money. Some say my biological clock should have been the most active thing when I turned 30 my mom especially said that, since she was hoping my stance on not having kids would change.
For me, it was my thoughts around money that began to activate. Maybe I just began to calculate things and realized that I really only had thirty more years about three decades to make enough money to retire comfortably by my mid sixties.
And, at age 24, I realized how quickly the previous two decades had gone by and realized the next three may go by just as fast. Whatever the reasons, the way I spent and viewed money changed when I turned 24 in a good way.
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When invited to an event that I know will easily cost me Ksh 5,000—like a friend’s birthday brunch, complete with nyama choma and then I started to ask myself how much that friend means to me. In my teens , I attended each and every one of these, even for vague acquaintances. It cost me easily Ksh 10,000 a month money that I wish I had saved as per now and would be very far off.
