perceiving value
June 22nd, 2005 by boon
I may not be the only one, but I’m caught in a vicious cycle of perceiving value for things that I cannot buy.
Take for example a top of the line 2005 Volkswagen Golf GTI DSG. I’ve been dreaming about this car for days, and I’ve been trying to find ways in which I perceive value out of paying RM1800 for 9 years… and that’s after trading in my Kelisa.
I should be shot. But it’s weird how I derive that the depreciation of the car, which would amount the about the same price as my Kelisa, is actually not a lot. Basically, it’s like paying RM30,000 to drive the car of your dreams each and every day. At the end of the day, when you’re done driving the car, you sell it off for what it’s worth.
And I haven’t even tried the car yet, although that’s just a matter of a few phone calls and a sunny afternoon on a clear road with some coffee.
They say that you shouldn’t spend more than 20% of your monthly income on a car. And by the looks of it, I’m way off course. Suddenly I’ve got this urge to make it big somehow, maybe by writing a book and getting lots of royalty or doing photography and selling my works for a high price.
I don’t know if this drive is healthy or not, but I see no point in mediocrity and destructive contemplation when one can have fun and accrue value out of it. Fun as in writing a book or photography, not the Golf GTI. But then, you write a book, get the money, and buy the Golf, and then that’s more fun.
Mm hmm…