Dulee Paranavitana

  You will learn it the easy way or the hard way - that money has wings as long as you give it wings. How do you give it wings? By not planning out your finances. At this point in time, I’m struggling with the aforementioned issue. I have a habit of spending impulsively - which is something I see as being detrimental to my financial stability. I’m trying to cut costs as much as possible - the first thing I thought of doing was to stop eating out and to stop lending people money without knowing for sure that they will pay it back (unless it is a gift of course). People have a way of taking advantage of people who don’t have a proper financial strategy in place. While it does sound rather harsh, I am writing this because I firmly believe that everyone should plan out how they spend their money - or suffer the consequences (like I have). While failing and making mistakes is inevitable, learning from them is super important. If you don’t learn from your mistakes, you will keep repeatin...

Just as in life we sometimes struggle to find our worth in our career journeys too. Be it your corporate role or your freelance roles, you might want to consider upskilling yourself, staying up to date and charging what your time is worth. If you are a freelancer, this is even more so, so do your best and take the share of what you deserve. You might, if you are anything like me, be reluctant to remind clients to pay their dues, and ask for compensation, but you must. Think of it this way, in life there are things we need to do though we might not like or might make us feel uncomfortable. But to do the things we like, sometimes we need to put up with things we don’t like, like reminding our clients that we need to be paid, and on time, as much as possible.       This article will focus on some tips to go about this professionally so that misunderstandings and misjudgments are minimal. Inevitably there will be people who see what’s wrong with you no matter what you do...