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"In January 2022, I was promoted after a two-year wait (Covid-related) and my gross salary was bumped to Ksh80,000. It translated to a take home income of Ksh61,000 with some loose change.

Coming from a take-home of a few hundred shy of Ksh45,000, this salary bump was a big deal for me. And I did not waste time.

The very next month in February 2022, I moved to Kiambu Road and rented a Ksh27,000-a-month one-bedroom apartment. This is from my perfectly okay Ksh14,000 one-bedroom in Zimmerman. I just didn’t like the location anymore.

In my new Kiambu Road world, I would roughly spend another Ksh15,000 of my salary on food, a litany of other things I considered “needs” and servicing my higher education loan (Ksh3,000 a month).

An additional Ksh10,000 or thereabout would be spent on subscriptions, including gym and TV, WiFi, take outs, entertaining friends, among others.

Depending on the month’s activities, like whenever I skipped the occasional road trips to Naivasha, I targeted to have spared Ksh10,000 by the time my next salary arrived. I thought of it as my savings, although I did not have the personal discipline to keep myself in check.

After all, given how enthusiastically my boss had handed me this promotion, I thought I would soon enough be saving a lot more once my salary hit Ksh100,000."

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Read on to see how the 50/30/20 rule changed the writer's savings habits, the mistakes, tips and how to succeed in reaching your savings goals.

https://www.money254.co.ke/pos....t/i-tried-out-the-50

This article is part of our #Money254 Partner Series produced in partnership with Absa Bank Kenya to celebrate the launch of their new digital savings account.

WAYS TO MAKE YOUR HUSBAND HAPPY

1. Obey Him whether he is poor or rich.

2. Give him food at the right time.

3. Love his parents whether they hate you or not

4. Pray for Him always.

5. Never insult, argue or fight him in the presence of your children

6. Always make him feel he's the superior

7. 🙃 ǝuoɥd sᴉɥ ǝʇɐƃᴉʇsǝʌuᴉ ɹǝʌǝu

8. Give him advice that will help him achieve his goals and mission.

9. Don't waste his resources, be a good manager.

10. Support him when he's broke

11. Respect your husband and be under him.

12. Let your husband's business be your business, join hands and make it grow.
13.Give him plenty sex with all kind of styles whether on bed,on the chair,on the table or even on top of the roof

Sister, never listen nor take bad advice from your friends or family members who are brainwashing you to hate your husband.

Most of them are not happy with your marriage, so beware of bad circle of friends and their bad advice.

Marriage is not a scam, just do the needful and ejoy life

When my dad got sick, lost his leg and his job,
He went from the man of the house to just an extra mouth to feed.
I watched the tallest member of our family learn to shrink.
His mouth was consistently dry,
Something that happens when you use up all your saliva to swallow your voice.

Here, my dad was a former lead singer who now couldn’t even beat his own drum.
I get clowned for fearing relationships,
I keep telling myself, before I am crowned someone’s, I need to prepare myself.
Because in a world where a man is measured by what they have,
I do not have the world,
I have a double decker of dreams but instead I enjoy sleeping on myself.
I use my hands to build walls,
I’d rather box myself than watch the world beat me,
I beat myself.

I used to say I want 4 kids or maybe 3,
but growing up has meant I cannot have a woman carry my child when I struggle to carry myself,
I’m still wounded by self,
There’s a healing I need from a past I cannot go back to,
So I find myself with new wounds from wounding others with my old wounds.

Sometimes the idea cemented in my head is that I’m built to be alone,
Except you can’t be alone.
It’s the law of existence.
Even light needed darkness,
And God needed Angels,
And land needed water to be relevant,
And there was a time my mother needed my father.

#poetictuesdays

#WorldPoetryDay

Kenya Kwanza has continued to claim that all we are looking for is a handshake. We emphatically refute this unfounded rumour. This is an insult to the intelligence of Kenyans. Raila Odinga – Azimio Leader