Money

The thing we can't live without, we go hungry without money, we go without warmth & shelter without money, we work our ass off just to live. Just for the simple pleasures, because that's the control money has. My dad leaves the house the latest of half 7 every day & comes back at the earliest of 5 on a normal day he does this 6 sometimes 7 days a week, he's done this since he was young. He's done this for me & my family, just to live. When I was younger he fell of a scaffold and hurt his knee badly, what did he do, take ONE day off work & carried on the next day like nothing ever happened. Still to this day his knee will cause him pain, partially his fault because he didn't rest. But if he rested then who would pay the bills? Who would put the food on the table? For this I respect my dad. He is what you could call the typical 'man of the house'. Money can break a family, it can break a person. My dad is a self-employed builder, who has one employee. Lots of people can go home and leave work at work but not my dad. He will come home & still be working, pricing & looking at jobs with my mum. Contacting suppliers and loading his van for the next day. I admire my dad for being the hard working man he is, but I do not want to be like him. I don't want to work my ass off to get nothing in return, I don't want to be unhappy because I'm worried & stressed about work, concerned I won't be able to put food on the table or pay the bills. This is why I'm even more determined to go to University, to get into a good occupation, offering me a comfortable salary. Even at the age of 17, I'm worried and concerned about money. At the moment I have to get 1,609.26 out of thin air to pay for my car and that is definitely not a nice feeling to have. I know i'll get it sorted, a few extra hours here & there, cut back on spending my money on junk. But this is just a small scale of what my dad feels. I just hope once I go to Uni they won't have to worry paying out for their children, even though I know without a doubt they'll do their best to support me. Money isn't happiness but it definitely helps along the way.