Cents and the City

You simply cannot avoid it. Flip to the entertainment segment of any paper and chances are that you will see the four females who glamorized middle-aged female sex drive. Sex and the City made a once taboo subject become a trend, for women everywhere to be proud of their sexuality.

Money is like sex in many ways:
1) You can never have too much of it.
2) Earning it is never easy.
and most relevantly,
3) It remains a taboo subject.

Would a drama series of four flirtatious investors who can charm money out of every investment remove this taboo? The fact remains that many people, including families, seldom share money management tips or their financial plans. Children always assume that their parents financial plans in place, only to bear the brunt of it when they find out that their parents do not even have basic health insurance.

Families are not the only ones treating money as taboo. Why is calculus, a subject most of us will never need for the rest of our lives, compulsory while money management is conspicuously absent from all curriculum. A Money 101 module could help many fresh graduates plan for their retirement better but we're often forced to take some other elective module that we will probably not need at all.

So until Cents and the City is made into a movie, work on that taboo today. TALK about money management, do not be afraid to ask for help especially from your affluent friends or relatives. By asking for help, I do not mean taking loans from them! I mean to get valuable advice and tips to improve your financial situation. Take control of your finances today and you will feel the difference.

Look out for the casting auditions to Cents and the City.

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