How to Invest

Today I was thinking about investing, or rather my lack-there-of. Being young I suppose I haven't thought too much about big investments like houses or shares, and I've always had the mentality that investing is something that I'd start to do in the hopefully near, although likely far, future. Then it occurred to me today I've already been investing. In fact from the first cent I spent I've been investing, I just didn't know it.

You see, every cent we spend and every hour we devote is an investment. The $7 I spend for lunch everyday is an investment. The money I pay for my public transport ticket is an investment for work. The time I spend working on my personal projects is an investment.

Realising that I'm already investing now gives me access to seeing where I'm currently investing and evaluating those areas. For example, my lunch money. Does it have a good return on my health? And my personal projecs, do they provide satisfaction, make a difference to others lives or bring back a monetary value? Most of my investments have a small if not negative return. So it's now my responsibility to start identifying where my losses are and start looking for things I can invest in that will give me a good return. Whether that be in money, health, satisfaction or in the results it creates for other people.