Are You A Literate Financially.

"Making money is hard but spending or losing it fast is very easy."

I have come to understand this fact about money at a very young age and this has helped me understand that financial literacy is very important. Thanks to my parents, who made some rules guiding our spending habits at a very young age. When I was still very little, my mom gave me one of her old colored phones, which has games on it. Since I go around playing games, my friends and young children on the street will always look at me in awe and want to play games on my phone. When I discovered this, I allowed some set of friends to play games and then made a rule of taking 20 naira from anyone who wanted to play games on my phone.

I was still in junior secondary school, a young boy, and in a week, I would make 200 naira or more. My parents noticed lots of kids are always visiting me. When they asked what was up, I told them, and they were impressed.

One thing my parents always do is that, when you need to get something you want and not what you need, they would ask this simple question:

"How much do you have?"

Meaning, before you can bring your want to their table, you must have saved a good amount of money before you can make your request known to them.

When did I first learn about financial literacy?

It was immediately after my dad discovered how I made money from making people play games on my phone. He sat me down and explained what it means to make money, save, and grow the money one is making. At that time I almost opened a gaming shop because I had the passion for it then but I was so young. I wonder what would have happened if I had chased that dream.

How long did it take before I got a grasp of it?

It took longer than I expected. The truth is, I stay in a country where everyone needs to be financially smart and sometimes this is not taught by anyone; people have to learn the hard way. There are some things about finance I learned the hard way and some other things I learned from people smarter and more knowledgeable. There was a time I sent 0.02 BTC to a person so he could send me 1 BTC. Crazy, right? But the thing is, finance is wide, and the more you learn about it, the more you see how wide it is. Who knew there would be digital currency in the future? No one did but it's a whole new world of finance.

I'm still learning and I want to get as much knowledge as I can to make me financially successful. I know Rome wasn't built in a day, which is why I'll keep learning and become a better version of my current self.

Thanks for reading. My name is Fashtiouwa.

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This was so nicely articulated and fun to Read.

Indeed, financial literacy should actually be a subject of study in our schools today, it would not only set up these kids but it will trickle down to the generations yet to come.

I sincerely appreciate your parents for giving you the upbringing they did. I hope parents on here and we aspiring parents will learn from this.

Cheers to more and more intelligent financial Decisions. 🤗👏🏾

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This is an amazing comment
Thanks for taking your time to read this
I do appreciate it

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As part of your financial literacy curriculum, your parents really did well by guiding you on how to spend available resources.

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

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Yeah they did and I’m grateful for that
Thanks for reading

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Yea, Rome isn't built in a day and even though we knew a little about money and financial literacy, we still keep learning more to grow and understand better. I believe learning about financial literacy early on in life is the best.

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This is why people need to learn more about finance so they don’t keep losing money
Like aibenefit

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Your parents encouragement is commendable.

Financial literacy is important if one is to live a life of comfort and peace of mind.

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What? 0.02 BTC now should be getting to some millions now. Well that's the process called growth, growing in things most times requires time of which a times it comes with age. Am glad you have better knowledge on managing finance now which is helping you and you will pass to your generation

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Yeah
0.2 will be in millions
And sometimes it stil pain me the money wasn’t sent
My 1BTC
It’s all good
We keep on learning

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