It feels surreal. I still can’t believe that I have a job and I have already been working for two weeks.
Alhamdulillah, all praises to Allah SWT.
I didn’t expect to get into working life this fast as I had planned to wait until my youngest is at least a year old in October. But what is destined to be mine will be mine at the right time and at the right circumstances. I am now no longer a stay-at-home mom, but a working mom! *cues confetti*
I am not sure if disclosing where I work is the safest thing to do, but what I can tell you is I’m working in an international school doing what I love the most. And no, it’s not teaching. Let’s just say that my job is basically me chasing payments and also making sure that everything goes smoothly although I’m having a hard time doing just that. Still a newbie.
Anyway, when I found out I was hired, there were a million things that ran through my mind because 1. I will be having a stable income, and 2. I have an income! Hahaha. So being the shopaholic me, the very first thing I thought of is buying a car.
Look at me.
Look. At. Me.
From a SAHM never wanting a car, to a future-working-mom planning to buy a car and everything. Oh well.
So I started calculating my monthly commitments, minus that from my salary, had a certain amount left, and use CarPaymentCalculator.net to calculate how much I have to pay for a car.
I have never been interested in cars. Not a car person. Petrol and insurance and tax? Not my thing. But I have a dream car, and that’s Range Rover Evoque. Obviously can’t afford it now, but in the future, when I have five thousands of extra fun money, I’d definitely get the car.
How do I come to five thousands for the car?
CarPaymentCalculator.net is so easy to use. I simply put in the price of the car, the down payment I wish to pay, the interest (I asked my husband and he said it’s roughly around 3%? I have no idea) and set it to 9 years because cars in Malaysia is just out of the world expensive and if you can only afford to pay it within nine years, then by all means go for it.
For now, I’m perfectly happy with a small car, although I’m not planning to get a car just yet. Maybe next year perhaps?
And then credit cards. Oh, credit cards. The card that would be my best friend, should I own it someday.
The card that makes you lose control and I already have no self control when it comes to retail therapy. I wanted one. I wanna own one.
Even googled what type of cards I can apply for with my salary and I hadn’t even gone through first day of work yet. Ahahaha.
My excitement was extremely and profoundly awful.
But overall, I’m just happy to have a job, you know? It’s one of my 2022 goals that I’m glad I could cross out. Right now it’s all about focusing on my self-improvement and trying my hardest to be the best wife and mommy to my family.
Till then!
