Invest in your dreams, not in sofas.
As most of my friends know, my mom takes me on some pretty wild trips that she actually manages to plan all by herself. For example, here’s me casually posing with a shark in the Dominican Republic. Cool, right? Unfortunately, every plane ticket that she buys pulls my family further away from investing money in something that we really need – a new sofa. We moved into our new flat ten years ago. Everything was new and shiny, except for the sofa we brought from the old flat. It’s old, squeaky and worn out. I don’t envy anyone who comes to visit and decides to stay the night, as they have to sleep on it. And the back pain the next morning... oh, the back pain. I asked my mom once why we never got to saving up for a new sofa. She looked at me like I was crazy “And what? Miss going to Thailand?” (here’s her and my dad in Thailand) This blog is for those of you who have been saving for a phone, a computer, even a car. For those of you who've always had th...