Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Cash Plans 101: Hired Help

The past long weekend has made me very productive. I had no out-of-town trips but I made sure I would be of great use. I bought a gallon of avocado green- colored paint for my room's concrete wall. This complements the plum-colored paint I used on the wooden wall few weeks ago.

I love to do men's work. Maybe it is because when I was a child, my Daddy were always out of town for work so Mom and I needed to do some chores which were supposed to be men's tasks. I find carpentry a fun job so I thought of doing it over the long weekend. While seriously accomplishing my mission, I thought of paying myself as a reward for a job well done. I worked for one day and a half (from Saturday afternoon until Sunday night; with breaks in between, of course!) so in a P300/day basis, I accumulated P450 from doing the chores myself.

The next day, which was Sunday, I alone finished my two-week load of dirty laundry instead of hiring a laundrywoman. In other words, I again earned P300 that day. It was really fun to earn money knowing that you were making good use of your idle time. Let's give that credit to my Mom because she's the one who taught me to value time, money and effort.
I also had my pedicure done by my personal pedicurist called "self." If I go to a salon or call my neighbor Madi for a pedicure service, it would cost me P50. I took it as a challenge to clean my own nails and guess what? I succeeded.
All in all, I earned P800 for my hard work and productivity just within three non-working days. I congratulate myself for the accomplishments. Now I can tell myself, "Balato naman diyan!"

Photo Credits:
Paint
Laundry
Pedicure

4 comments:

  1. hahaha, galing naman. eh kung sa manila ka pa pala nakatira, mas malaki kinita mo dahil mas mataas minimum dito. hehehe.

    im proud of you superf! way to go! :)
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  2. @Superf: Kung nagrerent pa ako sa Matienza, mas malaki ang kikitain ko, Superf, kasi lahat ng gagawin kong chores may bayad: laba, linis, plantsa, hugas pinggan, etc. Sa GMA, limited lang gawaing-bahay ko kasi andyan naman si Fernan at Mommy.
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  3. Wow naman Nicely, ang sipag mo ha. Ako tamad, ha ha ha. Pero magandang tip yan ha. At least ung pera na maaccumulate mo, pwede mong itreat sa sarili mo right? Super thanks sa idea :D
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    BTW, binuhat ung girl kasi couples run siya, so gumawa sila ng gimik, he he he :D
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  4. @MinnieRunner: Yes, ok ito para makaipon tayo. Bayaran natin ang ating mga sarili. Hehehe! Ang saya naman nung couple na yun. Sana nagpabuhat kay din kay CaptainRunner ♥
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