Caption:<\/strong> OMG. Life goals. #lifegoals #rich #yolo<\/p>\n *scrolls feed again*<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Post:<\/strong> My parents seriously??!! What the. Urgh.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n *scrolls feed again..*<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Post:<\/strong> BTO money, transport, road tax, bills. When am I getting rich?!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is the kind of world we live in now, unfortunately. We have become so materialistic. We allow a perishable object like money to define our happiness. On some days, we see people ranting about their parents and siblings openly on their social networking feed because \u201cit is their accounts.\u201d Sometimes, we see these posts posted by youths as young as 13 years old. But that\u2019s not really my point.<\/p>\n I turned 21 this year. And I\u2019d like to speak to all my fellow 21-ers who struggle like I do. I am at the juncture in my life where I have to fulfill my individual responsibilities as a young working adult \u2013 paying my own bills, transports and all that jazz.<\/p>\n When I first started earning my own income a year ago, my mother taught me how to plan my finances. The first thing she said (and emphasised) was, \u201cAlways give me a portion of it.\u201d<\/em> But Lo and behold! We can\u2019t run away from the associated frustrations. Sometimes we may feel that our parents don\u2019t need our money because they have their own income too. The responsibilities may sometimes feel like a burden and we think to ourselves, \u201cI shall skip this month since I\u2019ve given them last month.\u201d Now this<\/strong> is my point.<\/p>\n So, to give or not to give?<\/p>\n When Allah SWT wills, we all can get stuck at one point of the month. After a month\u2019s worth of hard work, that $10 left in our wallet is so precious that we had to forgo eating our favourite Long John Silver\u2019s for lunch. Must eat $3.50 Mee Soto! Can survive two more days. Drink from water cooler.<\/em> Have we ever questioned why we end up in that state? Why are we always stuck? This is where we need to re-evaluate what we give back to our parents.<\/p>\n There are \u2018high-peak\u2019 or \u2018more important\u2019 months such as the month with three of your best friends\u2019 birthdays that requires a huge withdrawal from your monthly salary. We tend to prioritise those needs over our responsibility as a child. We either give our parents a little lesser, or worst, none at all. Here lies our fault. This will eventually become a habit. A bad, bad habit. When our parents start asking about this very sensitive issue, we pull a face. Anyone guilty? Don\u2019t raise your hands.<\/p>\n The problem with us is, we are not confident that our rizq<\/em> is set. We are not confident that we will survive through the month. We are not confident that Allah The Provider will replace it with better things. We are not confident that Allah SWT will help us. We think the salary we earn is solely from our hard work. We don\u2019t have Yaqeen. \u201cIf I give this amount to my parents, then I don\u2019t have enough to buy iPhone 6\u2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
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