Balancing Targets and Spontaneity: My Personal Habitudes

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My two dominate habitudes are target goals and spontaneous. The advantages from target goals that are most like me are: setting and accomplishing goals, having a sense of well-being and control, and having money for unexpected expenses. The advantages from spontaneous that are most like me are: enjoying an exciting and fun life and being able to respond quickly to opportunities that are given to me. The target goal advantages help me create an emergency fund when something unexpected comes up. For example, about a year ago my dog had to have an emergency surgery that costed me $1400. If it was not for me keeping an envelope in my safe for emergency use only I would not of been able to pay the vet bill; the vet that did the surgery will only …show more content…

I feel like I am missing the advantages of not feeling pressured to buy things from others, being able to give to charities or people in need, and adapting easily to new situations from the free spirit habitude. From the status habitude I feel like I am missing the enjoyment of sharing with others and presenting a strong first impression. Some things I am glad I do not have from the free sprit are: missing items due to sharing, not being able to support myself/always depending on others to support me, and missing opportunities by avoiding commitment. From the status habitude I am glad that I do not create a false impression, get myself into debt to maintain my appearance, and not having any emergency or unexpected money put …show more content…

I could also make sure that I am almost completely out of debt, mainly school loans and car loan. I could learn to be more generous with my money, so that when I do get married later on in life, I will be able to share my income with my spouse and even buy little gifts every once in a while. I think to balance all the habitudes between my future spouse and I, I would suggest that he should be more on the selfless side, and security side. I choose this two, because I feel like the status habitude is something that could be a bad financial trait in someone. Also, I do not like the the free spirit habitude is mainly having someone else financially support you. I do not want a husband that I have to financially support all the time, I would not mind helping put him through school, but it would bug me if I knew he could get a good job and make some income and never

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