A short description of a time you earned some money and what you bought with it
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There was one occasion that sticks out in my mind. I was 17, and while I had held down summer jobs and earned some money before, during the school year I wasn’t working - and therefore, had no money.
At the same time, there was a girl in my high school that I desperately wanted to date. I had heard that she liked this “fancy restaurant” (wasn’t actually that fancy, in retrospect) and I was determined to take her there. But I had no money, and no money meant no date (and no girl).
As luck would have it, it was the middle of the winter so I went out one morning to shovel the snow off of my parents driveway. One of our neighbors happened to be out too, and she waved me over to come chat. It turns out she hadn’t been shoveling her snow regularly, and there were patches of ice that had formed underneath the freshly fallen snow. She was all of 5 feet tall, whereas I was a high school football player - so she saw a solution, and offered me $20 to take a metal shovel and clear off all the ice and snow from her driveway (she didn’t want to use salt/sand, for environmental reasons). Thinking immediately of the girl, the restaurant, and the date - I got to work. It was backbreaking work to get all the ice off, but once it was done she paid up. We got a TON of snow that winter so I continued to help her through the next few weeks, and she continued to pay me.
Once I had enough money, I gathered up my courage and asked the girl out. She said yes, and we went on a date to a lovely restaurant. The only problem was, once we got there we realized - we barely knew each other, and had nothing to talk about! Even as we started awkward conversations, we both could see that we had nothing in common. I had created and followed through on this elaborate plan in my head, all to meet a girl who wasn’t a good match for me. I had toiled away in the snow for hours, all for a lousy date.
The lesson here - before you start working towards a goal (financial or otherwise) make sure the goal is something you really want to do.
At the same time, there was a girl in my high school that I desperately wanted to date. I had heard that she liked this “fancy restaurant” (wasn’t actually that fancy, in retrospect) and I was determined to take her there. But I had no money, and no money meant no date (and no girl).
As luck would have it, it was the middle of the winter so I went out one morning to shovel the snow off of my parents driveway. One of our neighbors happened to be out too, and she waved me over to come chat. It turns out she hadn’t been shoveling her snow regularly, and there were patches of ice that had formed underneath the freshly fallen snow. She was all of 5 feet tall, whereas I was a high school football player - so she saw a solution, and offered me $20 to take a metal shovel and clear off all the ice and snow from her driveway (she didn’t want to use salt/sand, for environmental reasons). Thinking immediately of the girl, the restaurant, and the date - I got to work. It was backbreaking work to get all the ice off, but once it was done she paid up. We got a TON of snow that winter so I continued to help her through the next few weeks, and she continued to pay me.
Once I had enough money, I gathered up my courage and asked the girl out. She said yes, and we went on a date to a lovely restaurant. The only problem was, once we got there we realized - we barely knew each other, and had nothing to talk about! Even as we started awkward conversations, we both could see that we had nothing in common. I had created and followed through on this elaborate plan in my head, all to meet a girl who wasn’t a good match for me. I had toiled away in the snow for hours, all for a lousy date.
The lesson here - before you start working towards a goal (financial or otherwise) make sure the goal is something you really want to do.
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