The plan.
The plan was simple,Everything had to change.Nothing was going to be the same again.He had being living a life with his eyes closed most of the time and now everything was going to change.He realised that this change would be the hardest thing he would ever have to do.He had build a rock solid comfort zone around himself and every thing was about to be pulled down to the ground.The first thing was to find someone to move in with him as that would half the rent.The next thing was giving up the cigarettes which was killing him anyway so if he wanted any kind of healthy life ,he knew they had to go.Next was the drink!Since a young man, he had enjoyed a couple of drinks after work to relax and then on his days off were spent in the pub, drinking with his friends.It was all becoming pointless and boring.Nothing was changing and every week was the same thing with a constant hangover.He just had enough and knew that he had to stop.He decided that he would only have a drink on special occasions.He decided to join the gym and exercise,He would really needed to keep himself busy with all of these changes and anyway, he had heard the swimming pool was great .He would also need to change his diet as it consisted of burgers and chips for most of him working life and anyway he was spending too much on this rubbish.The last thing was to start a savings.He had never saved any money ever and wanted to some day, buy his own flat.He always wanted a car but didn’t think it necessary as he lived so close to his job.He remembered on plenty of occasions being asked by girls about owning a car and house and feeling really embarrassed about having nothing.
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Over the next few weeks, he followed the plan.He found a guy to rent the other room,Was still off the cigarettes,Had joined the gym and was loving it,Was cooking for himself and he had a saving for the first time in his life.He allowed 50euros for entertainment,100euros for food and utilities,70euros for rent and electric,10euros for gym and 50euros for clothes each week.The rest went into savings.Out of 500euros ,He had 220 left.He was able to save 200euros a week and have 20euros left to buy a cd or rent a movie.Why didn’t he think of this before?He was finding it difficult to make these changes but his life was becoming more clear to him now.His work had improved,He looked great and for the first time in his life, He had 600euros in his savings account.Passing by an electrical shop ,he realised that he could purchase anything that the shop was selling and that felt so good…
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