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Day 2024: Kindness and Money

Kindness doesn’t cost a cent– that’s my message to the world

It’s 11 : 44 AM on day 2024 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Revelation 1, learn one new thing –The Leaning Tower of Pisa took 344 years to build, beginning in August 1173. It began to lean in 1178 once construction on the second floor had begun. The lean was due to one side sinking into the soft ground. – have breakfast, go shopping with mom, and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $3 822 only $2 428 more to raise by 10 Jan 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ).

Recently seeing that my neighbour was going through a hard time I told some of my Twitter followers about her and asked them to write her short messages of support (I’m going to print it out and ask mom to drop it off) I know it won’t bring her husband back but if it makes her feel a little less alone it’s so worth it small acts of kindness could possibly pull people out of the depths of despair.

Day 1822: Money and Me

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“Money makes your life easier. If you’re lucky to have it, you’re lucky.” – Al Pacino

It’s 12: 31 PM on day 1822 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, read Luke 12, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing – Unlike many other cats, jaguars do not avoid water; in fact, they are quite good swimmers. Rivers provide prey in the form of fish, turtles, or caimans—small, alligatorlike animals. – have breakfast, promote my Educate Generations campaign – $4 730 raised so far [thanks all] – and watch the announcement about the discovery of Homo Naledi – apparently before there were homo sapiens there were Homo Naledi (sort of like a less advanced version of humans [similar feet, hands and teeth but a smaller brain compared to that of a human] it’s so cool!!).

Today I was thinking about how with age the way I think about money has changed when I was younger as soon as I got money I would want to divide all of it amongst the causes I cared about but in recent times I have realized that I should save and invest some of it because the truth is one day my parents are not going to be around to help me out so now I plan to use the 10% rule (I want to give 10% of however much I earn away [according to the Bible you’re supposed to give it to the church but I was never really hung up on technicalities as long as the money goes to doing good I don’t really care who gets it]) (see daddy I do listen when you speak LOL).

Day 1670: Spending Your Character

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Doing the right thing costs you money and time but doing the wrong thing costs you your character what you choose to spend depends on what you value most – that’s what I realized today.

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 1670 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read Ezekiel 30, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –Gestation [period of a zebra]: 12-13 months – have breakfast and hang out with family (it’s Easter break here so everyone’s home).

Today I realized that doing the right thing costs you money and time but doing the wrong thing costs you your character what you choose to spend depends on what you value most I would rather spend my money and time and keep my character than keep my money and time and spend my character. Do you spend your money and time or do you spend your character?

Day 1169: Poverty exists because there isn’t enough money?

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If all of us who have much used our considerable resources to empower those who have little poverty would be a thing of the past – that’s what I realized yesterday.

It’s 1 : 00 PM on day 1169 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to pray, brush my teeth read 1 Chronicles 2, publish my Disability of the Day feature, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, feed myself All Bran Flakes and boiled egg for breakfast, listen to music,continue reading Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell and hang out with my sister.

Yesterday I was watching one of those stupid wedding dress shows to keep my sister company and I was shocked to find out some people spend upwards of $10 000 (R100 000+) on a wedding dress if all of us who have much used our considerable resources to empower those who have little poverty would be a thing of the past it makes me sad that some people spend $10 000 on a wedding dress while others go to bed hungry.

Day 1162: Money + Fame = Greatness?

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Money and fame does not equate to greatness – that’s what I wish the world would understand.

It’s 12 : 00 PM on day 1162 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray, read 2 Kings 19 and 2 Kings 20, publish my Disability of the Day feature, stretch my hamstrings, practice sitting up straight to strengthen my core muscles, feed myself boiled egg and All Bran Flakes for breakfast and hang out with my sister

Today I was thinking about this celebrity obsessed culture we live in there are people out there who are famous just for being famous while people doing extraordinary things with their lives hardly get any attention at all I have nothing against celebrities but if you’re famous at least be famous for doing something. Do you equate money and fame to greatness?

Day 275

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One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good – he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad – he and the world is destroyed. – Maimonides

It’s 7: 29 PM on day 275 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself a banana for breakfast, make sandwiches for Virginia’s Sandwich Run – I decided to make the sandwiches during the week because I never know if our housekeeper will show up on Saturdays anyway I would like to take this opportunity to thank my sister for helping out today … I love you sweetheart you are truly a masterpiece in the making 🙂 – tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck 🙁 – watch TV, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, watch some more TV feed myself a banana for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

A few months ago I promised myself that I would donate 25% of my earning to charity when I started earning some money and although I can hear my father in the back of my head saying are you nuts you can’t give away 25% of your money this is only your second paycheck I will stay true to the promise I made to myself because at the end of the day if all we do is take and take and take some more there will come a day when the world will have nothing left to give. Are you tipping the scale to the good by giving to the world more than you take?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

If you’ve given to my cause or you can’t give now, please help me by sharing my cause with others. You can tweet about it like my friend Stan Faryna. This is the tweet he uses: @Nisha360 is a brave, smart young woman trying to make a better world for us all. Please help her do an amazing thing. http://bit.ly/hC7vOu

Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 273

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When you know you’re doing the right thing the negativity around you cannot touch you – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7: 30 PM on day 273 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck 🙁 – feed myself a chicken nugget sandwich for breakfast, watch TV, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my campaign – still no luck 🙁 – feed myself a banana for dinner and brush my teeth once more.

Yesterday while we driving back from my niece’s birthday party my father and I got to talking about the money I made from this blog and I remember saying I’m going to use half of it to make sandwiches to which he responded as if to undercut me sandwiches don’t double and I came back with when you give it comes back to you although it is only now that I understand the truth of that statement because every time I give I always seem to get something in return even though I don’t expect it. Are you easily swayed by the words of others?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://twitter.com/Nisha360

Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.
Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 251

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I am not as perfect as I thought I was – that’s what I learned today 🙁

It’s 7: 25 PM on day 251 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to finish reading A Purloined Life – the first of two books in Stella Cameron‘s Charmed – it was a typical romance novel … so predictable 🙁 – brush my teeth, feed myself two-minute noodles for breakfast, publish my Kid of the Week feature featuring 12-year-old Elliot Mast (@elliotmast) – Elliot’s such a sweet boy he sent a short and sweet thank-you note a few hours later – Elliot as I said in my reply I am SO proud of you 🙂 – feed myself rice and curry for lunch, watch TV, tweet and Facebook about my Clean Water For All Campaign –no luck – feed myself Chapati for dinner and continue to tweet and Facebook about campaign – still no luck 🙁

As you know I pride myself on honest but today when my father looked at my bank balance and said you only have a $100 in here I felt like a loser so I responded by saying I’ll get more money next week advertisers are paying me – I lied – but now I realize that I had no reason to lie and that it’s okay to make mistakes once in a while. Have you ever said or done something that has shattered your self-image?

Are we connecting on Twitter? If not, say hi at http://www.twitter.com/nisha360

if you’ve given to my cause or you can’t give now, please help me by sharing my cause with others. You can tweet about it like my friend Stan Faryna. This is the tweet he uses: @Nisha360 is a brave, smart young woman trying to make a better world for us all. Please help her do an amazing thing. http://bit.ly/hC7vOu

Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!

Day 223

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The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them. – Frank A. Clark

It’s 10: 05 PM on day 223 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself Appam – A bread made of rice batter – and beef curry for breakfast and spend Easter lunch and dinner with my family (see pictures below).

Today lying on a mattress in my aunt’s TV room I heard that my cousin’s nine-year-old daughter was getting her father’s ‘old’ BlackBerry and in that moment I couldn’t help feeling as though my cousin and her husband were missing a trick with regards to their parenting because in the twenty years that I’ve been alive I’ve never owned an ordinary cellphone let alone a BlackBerry and not because I didn’t want one either but because I wanted to wait until I could pay for it myself. Are you spoiling your children by giving them everything they want on a silver platter?

My geandma and I

My grandma sleeping (I love this picture it's so cute)

My cousin's son – Shaun

My cousin’s daughter – Shannon

My sister – Neethu

Day 216

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You appreciate money more when you earn it – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 10: 39 PM on day 216 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself rice and curry for lunch, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign for a few hours – no luck – feed myself a bread and jam sandwich for dinner and tweet about my campaign some more – still no luck.

Today I woke up to find that someone had made a donation to this blog and told my father that I could pay the electricity bill if he’d let me because although my parents had told me that their money was my money I wasn’t like most people of my generation who were more than happy to live off the fruits of their parents labour so I promised myself that I would contribute to the household expenses as soon as I started making any real money and I guess that is my message to all my peers out there who sleep until noon and sit around playing video games the rest of the day you have to have enough pride in yourself to say mom dad I am grateful for all you’ve done in raising me but I think I’ll take it from here. Have your parents robbed you of your self-esteem by giving you a free ride though this life?