Opportunity Cost

It has been a little over a year since i started private practice.

i remember the days when i felt like i never had enough money.  so little that:
1.  a friend and i would just lur and chat at the side walk.  and rant about how purita we feel.  and laugh when we would bump into each other at different racket sites across qc.  cost: 5 pesos each.  kung may candy, plus 2 pesos each.
2.  a friend and i would just buy 7-11 coffee and chat for hours on end OUTSIDE 7-11 on a sidewalk until the late hours at night.  cost: 30+ pesos
3.  reunions would happen post precepts at a school over free lunch provided by the administration.  cost: free.  
4.  sun to sun phone calls ranting to other people: ganito ba talaga ang pagsisimula ng private practice?  cost: free.  basta sun to sun.

one year later, i find myself doing the following
1.  giving advice to friends who are starting a racket.  "never say no.  just say no when you have another racket that will pay more that the one you will cancel."
2. having friends who don't know what to do with opportunities so they pass them on to me for more happiness.
3.  having many opportunities myself that i get confused at what to get.
4.  limiting my business opportunities to areas near me because of the dreaded TRAFFIC!
5.  giving others opportunities i can no longer afford to take myself.
6.  investing on 5 digit things rather than 3 digit things to generate more income.
7.  thinking of investing on 6 digit things to generate MORE income.
8.  speaking like a veteran when sometimes i don't know what i am doing.
9.  still being patay gutom, but with friends who consider a lrt stored value card as something of a status symbol of being a regular commuter.
10.  having enough time to blog and to become a professional retreatant.
11.  lending other people money.
12.  having difficult time catching those other people you used to make sun-to-sun telebabad to.  dahil toxic ka na sa practice. or dahil toxic din sila.  hehehehe.

i guess some kind of growth has come along the way.

and that i am thankful for.  

but sometimes, i miss the old days.  

kaya gimik tayo safm, botd, frichmond and ms Q!
special mention to princess di and rose with thorn in this post. :)
special sun to sun mention to mrs j, mrs t, faithfularlene and wordpressingaggiepie! :)

may the coming year give us more growth and more happy memories to look back to!