If you live below your means, you will learn to appreciate the simple things in life. Above all, you are preventing yourself from being caught in the never-ending chase for euphoria. If you are able to attain it all, what is stopping you from going beyond? I mean, have you ever come across a movie or real-life event that made you ask, “She has everything; why is she taking drugs?”

When I was a child, eating out at KFC was considered a rare treat. Now that I have kids, having KFC is probably just another dinner meal on a day that this mummy doesn’t feel like cooking. Thus, there is this pressure to go for something more extravagant than KFC to celebrate special occasions. Or perhaps, that would be a time to go back to being simple. Preparing home-cooked meals, serving potlucks and organizing parties at home.

Having life as a pensioner in mind, I am heading in the direction of that. Simple. Not necessarily minimalistic and bland. But living with enough.