Even After Earning So Much Money, I Didn't Improve My Standard of Living

Hello friends,

You won’t believe it, but I started living in very poor conditions during my 11th and 12th standard.

I had freedom, privacy, and even some comfort — but the room I lived in used to be a kitchen store.

There was mud coming out of the toilet.

My parents had turned the second room into a large storage space filled with 30–40-year-old junk.

I only had access to the first room, and even in that, I slept on my mother’s dowry bed — without a mattress.

I used 2–3 quilts layered as a mattress and used another one to cover myself during winters.

There were no good pillows either — just old ones stuffed with fabric scraps.

Technically, we might have been lower middle class, but my mother treated me like I was from a much lower class.

Now that my mother has passed away, one shouldn’t speak ill of someone who’s no longer alive — but the truth is the truth.

My study table was new, so that was great.

My computer and computer table were also new — that was great too.

There was a new desert cooler in the room — another great thing.

And there were 2 new chairs.

So mostly, I would spend my days and nights in front of the computer and would go to that noisy old bed only to sleep.

That bad setup started giving me back pain.

I asked my father to buy a new bed or at least a new mattress, but he never got one for me.

Then, when I started earning money, I should have purchased those basic things — but I didn’t.

I bought a new netbook worth ₹25,000, but didn’t buy a ₹10,000 bed or even a ₹5,000 mattress.

I don’t know, maybe I had started believing that I didn’t deserve a good and comfortable life — because my parents raised me in such horrible conditions.

Today, I live in a ₹3 crore 4 BHK + S flat, with 4 beds and proper mattresses in each room. But even today, my father exhibits the same low-class behavior.

Just today, I saw his body towel — it was torn in 5–7 places — and when he came out of the toilet, he was half-naked.

I told him, “Just change it already. What kind of extreme frugality is this?”

He replied, “Yes, I’ll change it. I’ll turn this towel into a floor cloth.”

I told him, “It’s not even worthy of being used as a floor cloth!”

And then I didn’t push further.

But this low-class mindset and behavior seriously impacts your psychology in a negative way.

So now, I believe: avoid luxury and unnecessary expenses — but definitely spend money on necessary things.