If you’re like me, you work for the weekends. In fact, I’m not too sure there is anyone else out there who is a bigger fan of weekends than myself!
I have worked many jobs in my working career, starting in retail, upgraded to an office job, forced back to retail, and then I landed within IT. IT has been an eye opening industry into so many different companies. From software to hardware, there is no shortage of businesses there. It’s often a great place I start when looking at a company to invest. Where are they within the industry and have I heard of them before?
Well, back to the reason for this post. I love the weekend. Getting to spend time with my wife and daughter without work is absolutely priceless. It’s one of the many reasons for why I want to be financially independent. My wife and I want to give our children options that we might not have had. Traveling and experiencing other cultures, learning about the world, and more importantly, give back to the world.
Of course, I would ramble on again. One thing I never thought would be possible since living in the 9-5 world with weekends off. I have loved weekends and loathed Mondays as many of us do, but I now have a guilty pleasure in the stock market. Never would I have ever thought I would be excited for a Monday. Never. Not unless it was a vacation day or a package was getting delivered, or something other than work. Work makes us all dread Monday’s, but now I have a reason to make Monday exciting.
Even though I might not place a trade for a week or two, I still have fun looking at the market, watching it fluctuate, wonder if it would be a green day, or a red day, hope that I have unrealized gains from Pre Market, and maybe some fun news to go along with it.
Honestly, I have questioned myself, and found that I must truly enjoy this, investing, stock buying, selling, and trading industry. It’s become a lot of fun, I have learned so much, but I am excited for the weekend, because it can become too much, very easily.
One thing I am working on is, even though I have purchased a stock, just because it goes down, does not mean to sell. Let everyone panic, sell, then, eventually, that stock’s price will come back to it’s true value. Grab it at a discount and average down even if you can.
Well, I’ll be spending my weekend with my family, dreaming and thinking of the ways to increase my family’s wealth, learning, and reading, and continuing my journey into this new career path. I hope you spend your weekend without worry of the market or anything else for that matter. Soak up some family time, that’s who were doing this for.
Even though my thoughts are fragmented, I hope whoever reads this retains something positive and to be reminded to be thankful in life.
Thrifty Investing 