Life · FORTUNE
Fortune #12
Good fortune
Seeing essential bills before discretionary spending reduces guessing and preserves options if something changes.
QUOTE CARD
A quote for you
“หากชีวิตประจำวันของคุณดูยากจน อย่าโทษมัน จงโทษตัวเอง บอกตัวเองว่าคุณไม่ใช่กวีมากพอที่จะเรียกความร่ำรวยออกมาได้ เพราะสำหรับผู้สร้างแล้ว ไม่มีคำว่ายากจนและไม่มีคำว่าสถานที่ใดที่ไร้ค่าและไม่สำคัญ”
— ไรเนอร์ มาเรีย ริลเคอ
กวีภาษาเยอรมันเชื้อสายโบฮีเมีย ผู้เขียน Letters to a Young Poet
- Person
- Rainer Maria Rilke
- Source work
- Letter One (17 February 1903) as translated by M. D. Herter Norton (1993)
- Source text
- If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.
STORY & REFLECTION
Bills listed before month end
Guidance-based illustration · Bills listed before month end
Illustrative scene: Someone feels flush after paying rent and agrees to a trip. They have forgotten an insurance bill and travel costs due the following week.
They list all essential amounts and due dates before calculating what is available, then discuss a smaller trip budget or another day with friends.
The Bank of Thailand describes budgeting as comparing income and expenses over a real period and adjusting when circumstances change. Seeing essential costs helps preserve choices before taking on new obligations.
Visible bills let an invitation remain a choice, not a later worry.
Reflection
Knowing essential costs can ease uncertainty.
A small action today
List this month's essential expenses.
A question to reflect on
Which bill this month is still missing from your plan?