Achieving financial security is really hard these days. A lot of people have planned before that by the age of 45, they should already reach that certain financial stability that will sustain them for the rest of their lives. However, things change.

I always see September as a month of renewal. I harken back to the years, where the beginning of September heralded a new school year, a new teacher, new friends and catching up with old friends. It meant I had been successful the year before and now, I was on to learning new, exciting things. Well, some were exciting — I wasn’t a big fan of algebra! I remember the smell of the new pack of Laurentian colouring pencils, which my parents bought for me every year, along with the new notebooks, erasers, pens. The simple things brought joy.

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