Nickolas worked as a
journalist for already ten years. He was earning enough to make a modest living
without any luxury. He was married once, but his wife couldn’t stand his
personality of not trying to reach high goals, so he lived alone and
comfortable with no reason to complain about life. His all days were similar to
each other, except one, when he bought a lottery and appeared to be lucky. He
won thousand dollars. Once in a lifetime Nick wanted to try something new, something
he hadn’t done before, so what to do? –I always liked traveling and wanted to
see new places, but everytime something was keeping me away from doing it,- he
thought,- hmm I haven’t taken a holiday for a long time already, it’s right
time to do it. Next day at 10 o’clock in the morning he was waiting outside of
the principle’s office. –Come in,- he heard someone calling from the room.
-So you want to take a
holiday to do what Nick?, - asked the principle. –Travel, Mr. Armstrong, I
always wanted to visit Greece as my ancestors are from there,- answered Nick.
–Oh, I see, but there is a little problem with your decision. –Problem, what
kind of problem, sir? –It’s not a surprise that you haven’t written any good articles for a long time already.
Maybe you have some problems I understand, but now you want to take a holiday
for a month and I think it’s too much. I cannot let you do that until you give
me some good material.
Nick was upset, as his
desire was not fulfilled. The fact was that he really wanted to spend that
money now, so what to do? He was considering leaving his job and doing what he
initially decided, in the end he wanted to do that for a long time now, but it
wasn’t a sensible idea and he was a sensible man. There had to be something
else he could do with the money. Several ideas crossed his mind at that time.
Buying a video camera sounded nice to him at the beginning, but then he
remembered that he is divorced and doesn’t have children, he cannot even go
traveling then why does he need a camera? He could also donate the money to the
charity, it would be very kind of him, but despite of this wonderful idea he
really wanted to spend the money for himself. His head full of this kind of
thoughts he didn’t even notice that he was already sitting in a café and one of
his old friends was trying to catch his attention. They had been very close
friends once when he and Michele were still married, but after the divorce many
of their mutual friends chose to support Michele and Harry was one of them.
They talked about old times, remembered good days and Nick told him about his
lottery prize and that he cannot decide what to do with that. It appeared that
Harry was trading on foreign exchange (forex) market for several months and
already earned some money. – It is certainly a risky business, but in case of
having a good strategy, you can earn quite a lot and that is what I do. You
should try, it will be a new and interesting way to invest money-he said.
It was late at night Nick
couldn’t fall asleep. He was thinking about life, about the money and Harry’s
words. It was a risky business he said, but Nick was never a man who was
getting engaged in risky businesses. It could be the reason he was alone now.
He never enjoyed dangerous trips, was always careful and sometimes boring as
his friends used to say. Maybe it was time to try something risky, he wouldn’t
lose anything. That night he followed his old friend’s advice and started
trading. He lost money and won money, he was thinking about new strategies he
could use to earn money, besides he made some new connections during that. The
change made in his life had a good influence on him and also on his career,
because he became more enthusiastic and interested in what he was doing. He found
good material that he could use in articles, which in fact Mr. Armstrong
appreciated and approved his desire to travel.
Now he had money and had
permission from boss, he could finally do what he really wanted for a long time
and it felt wonderful. New life was waiting for him full of new and exciting
experiences.
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