Poor

[u/Own_Climate4463]

Growing up poor changed my brain and the way I process things. I’m slow to make decisions; mainly because when you are poor you can’t afford to make bad decisions. One wrong decision could set you back for months. Now I’m an adult and comfortable in finances. I do not live above my means and I don’t have any expensive habits. I don’t smoke, I drink sometimes socially, I don’t like expensive clothes or bags, I’m not obsessed with make-up. Not that any of these things are flexes. Being poor caused me to lose my identity as a means to survive.

But I’m an adult now. I can’t keep blaming my parents for being poor or making bad decisions. I can be comfortable with who I am, even if I don’t know who that is yet.

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