For the past weeks I've been watching back episodes of ANC On the Money, a great program encouraging families and individuals to save and invest. It features living below budget on episodes relating to building up funds while sections about spending on travel, art, beauty and education thwarts the quest to fill the savings account.
Unless the person has struck gold and earns gazillions, it's hard to allot specifics on spending between basic necessities and pure, unadulterated luxury.
On that notion, the cost of education strikes a cord. It's so damn expensive (I'm only talking about the tertiary level) yet people breed and breed as if they're billionaires. Children, as I've observed in most cultures, are used as trophies. Whether they'll grow up caring, kind and successful doesn't really matter. They could hardly be investments in the future if they turn out to be a challenge rather than the quintessential pride and joy of the family. Well.
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