Show Me The Money!

So for this blog post we were supposed to reflect on the lessons we learned about money growing up. Growing up money was more scarce when I was younger but once I got to be a young teenager, having enough money for things was not a problem. In my family, money was not kept a secret and was discussed among the family so that we knew what would be going on in regards to if we had enough money to do certain things or not. I think that money was seen as a good thing in my family because you could do things you wanted to with it after the bills were paid. Another thing was that I was not required to have a job during school because I was out for sports and didn't have much time for a job because of that. Now being in college, I do have a job to go along with my studies. I think that having my family be open about money helped me out a lot because you realize how much things really cost and you appreciate the money you receive more. I know that because of this, I usually only buy the things I need instead of the things I want when there is not a lot of money to be spent.