Winter is here

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Winter is here

Well for a lot of you out there that look forward to winter, the rain, snow, fire place, winter clothes and cold weather, well that is not what I am talking about here. If you are looking for some romance or a weather forecast on how winter is going to be, then you are in the wrong place. 

If you have never watched Game of thrones, oh dear you are missing out on a lot of action and drama and a lot of phrases that have became popular over the years. Not to spoil it for you, you can guess that the meaning of “winter is here” is that things are going really bad. 

If you have already braced yourself and prepared yourself mentally, physically and financially then winter shouldn’t affect you that much, but what happens when you don’t?

I have been taken by surprise by winter a few times, finding myself in a position that I did not see myself reaching. In the past, I got a new job with a decent salary and started to organize and budget my spending’s accordingly; however, I didn’t prepare myself for winter and oh boy it hit me hard.
While it is always wise to look ahead, I guess I was just too confident that I will stay in my new job which only lasted a few months only for me to move on. What happened was unexpected, and the common mistake was I didn’t prepare for worst case scenario. 

I had to learn things the hard way, one day being in a nice summer day the next day I was in the eye of the storm. Life sometimes can get a bit intensive and unpredictable but it is always good to have a plan B and a worst case scenario plan just in case winter takes you by surprise. 

It can be anything from a savings account, a passive income, a friend that can get you a job or an old company that you used to work for and still have a good relationship with. Though you can never be over prepared and confident that you your current state will last forever, it is always good to have another option just in case things go sideways.

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