Sophie's Diary: There's nothing wrong with storing cash for a rainy day

I feel as though this week I've matured an awful lot. Quite often I've written articles about my journey from teenager to adulthood, but I think I am prone to really only acknowledging my continuing maturity after a big event in my life, like starting university or getting a new job.

But looking back in retrospect at the week I’ve just had, I feel I’ve grown up a lot due to small incidents.

Firstly, I experienced one of the first big knockbacks I’ve ever had. To cut a long story short, I was selected to attend an interview and, unfortunately, never made it to the next stage of the process.

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For me, this was the first time I’d ever failed an interview and initially I didn’t know how to handle the situation.

I was upset for a few days, but then I reminded myself that other opportunities will arise.

Just because I hadn’t been successful in my interview didn’t mean I’ll never get that job. It simply means I have to be patient – I learned that good things take time.

Secondly, I’ve started to understand the concept of money. Usually when I know I need to save for something I’m good at budgeting and setting money aside.

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Recently that hasn’t been the case, therefore, I’ve learned the lesson that, when it comes to cash, there are no shortcuts – you just save what you can in order to live comfortably.

Money burns holes in my pockets, and so resultantly I spend it on nonsense.

However, this week I’ve been taught that I need to be responsible with my spending. There’s nothing wrong with storing cash for a rainy day.

I think this week I got a bit of a reality check as to the important things in life.

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I realised it’s important to be responsible but it’s also important to remain positive.

There’s little time in life to be unhappy or negative – however, I’ve learned this week that happiness isn’t created with the amount of money you spend. It’s created by you.

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