I used to think that working and saving up was really important. I don't deny that saving and being financially smart is important. However, at the same time, I feel this way of thinking has also prevented me from certain experiences in life. You see, when I was a student, I felt that I should spend my vacation working to save up, rather than take up travel opportunities with my friends. Now that I am no longer a student, I realise that the amount of money I saved up really is not so significant, and yet nowadays, coordinating scheduling so that my friends and I can travel together is so much harder to come by ( ... )