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I just came back from a funeral of my fellow sales person’s husband, who died of a sudden heart attack. It was emotional and shocking for all of us because we were just playing volleyball with her husband in a company event not long ago. It was such a tragedy and I wish my co-worker the best in everything she does for years to come.
One thing she (and all of us) can take comfort is that her husband’s sudden death saved another person’s life. My company’s accountant’s husband felt pain in his chest recently, and despite the accountant’s suggestion to go see the doctor, the husband refused as he had to direct his crew in Beijing for the Olympics. What finally changed his mind was the incident that happened to the saleslady’s husband. My accountant went to the doctors with her spouse, and the doctor diagnosed that he had a 85% blockage on one of his arteries and needed emergency surgery!
During the operation, the doctors actually found another artery that was 90% blocked which they also repaired. To say “I owe you one” was an understatement because consequences would be huge if the doctor visit never happened.
My co-worker’s lost was devastating, but I hope that she can take comfort in knowing what happened saved another precious life.
What I got from the event sparked a few things that we’ve always talked about, which is be prepared.
- Be prepared with an emergency fund, because you never know what will happen next
- Be prepared with health insurance, because sudden illness can be devastating
- Be prepared by saving, because having extra money will always come in handy one day
On this blog, I always talk about saving, frugality, investing and wealth building. Some of the advices might not be original but sometimes we just need to read and hear the same thing over and over again for the idea to sink in. All I really want you to do is to be prepared for the unexpected, because anything can happen and catch you off guard. Read the articles and help yourself.
- Clever Dude teaches us how to lower the cleaning cost by 2000%!
- My Two Dollars tell us something we should all know. We can save money and reduce our debt at the same time!
- Four Pillars does a comparison about Canada’s RRSP vs United State’s 401k Retirement Plans.
- Canadian Capitalist talks about his worst financial advice.
- Save some money by reading Squawkfox’s piece about 5 cheap, easy, healthy family dinners for $5.
- Blunt Money talks about 9 more reasons why you shouldn’t buy a particular stock.
- The Digerati Life gives us some tips on saving money on our grocery bills!
- Check out Ask Mr Credit Card’s survey to find out PF bloggers take on credit cards!
- Thinking you cannot spend less money? Check out Get Rich Slowly’s post on making the next month your no spend month!
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Thanks for mentioning the survey. Much appreciated
Mr Credit Card
How true! It seems difficult but we really must think about investing, spending and saving money seriously.
It need practice and with little efforts and discipline it is possible.
Here in India we really have a good finance magazine called Moneylife.
MoneyLIFE is a fortnightly personal finance magazine. Mr Debashis Basu is the Editor & Publisher and the well-known journalist Padmashri Ms Sucheta Dalal is the Consulting Editor.
Focused on financial services, stocks, funds, insurance, borrowing and spending plus features on careers, education and small business, it is empowering me to invest and spend wisely and smartly.
Thank you Moneylife!
For more visit http://www.moneylife.in
Learn how to save money on gas through a little known government program at http://www.getcheapgas.info.