Surviving the month is less about money, and more about patience lasting longer than optimism.
— The Sage
The Sage has long observed that the final stretch of any month brings a peculiar test of character. While money may dwindle, what truly determines survival is patience — the quiet ability to endure without letting hope run off ahead and exhaust itself too early. Optimism, he notes, is enthusiastic but fragile; patience is slower, sturdier, and far better suited to the long haul.
He points out that most people blame their bank balance when things feel tight, yet it’s rarely the numbers alone that cause the strain. It’s the waiting, the counting, the restraint, and the repeated act of telling oneself that this is temporary. The Sage believes that patience is the real currency of the month’s final days — spent carefully, replenished slowly, and invaluable when optimism begins to wobble.
With his usual dry humour, The Sage reminds us that making it to the next month is not a failure of ambition, but a quiet success of endurance. Patience, after all, doesn’t promise abundance — it simply gets you through. And sometimes, that’s wisdom enough.
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