Strong Relationships
Inspired by The Simple Dollar, I’m doing a series on personal finance rules and have previously talked about: Spend Less Than You Earn, Keep it Simple Stupid, Pay Per Hour Worked, and Ignore Professional Stock Pickers.
Today is how you (and me too) should build strong relationships. Over at The Simple Dollar it is rule #19 and they offer some helpful reasons why you would want to do this. I’ll add my own thoughts to the mix.
Here in Korea, as an expat and without any “family,” it is especially important to build strong relationships with those who live near to you because for things that you’d normally ask your family to help you with, you have to rely on your friends. My fabulous friends have done amazing things including hosting holiday dinners (Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc), celebrating birthdays, helping me move, looking after my cats when I’m on vacation, supporting me when I was sad about something, giving advice about future plans and planning holiday trips. And I’ve done the same for a lot of people too.
So what am I saying? Life is better when you have strong relationships with those around you. You can then count on them for the times when you need a bit of help, and you can also feel good about your life when you are able to help out others in their time of need. It’s pretty fabulous to ask a friend to look after your cats and know that they’ll love them as much as you do. Or, borrow something from a friend instead of having to buy it yourself. Or, spend a big holiday with good friends instead of being sad about not being home with your family. Or, have someone to check on your house when you’re away instead of worrying about it. It just makes sense to have a strong network of people around you, on a lot of levels.
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