Why I was against investing (and why I was wrong)

It's not so much that I was against investing - I was indifferent to it. I've never been much good at maths and I tried to distance myself from related fields. Investing was always something adults, people like my father, were interested in. Fresh out of college, my focus was mainly on writing, earning, and enjoying. To me, enjoying and investing did not sound synonymous. It could be because I always thought of it as a very specialised skill. I thought not being an expert would mean I would just lose money. I was fine not to dabble with it. I had a good enough idea of what I wanted my life to look like and I was prepared for it. That was until Noida auto-rickshaws hit-and-ran over my preparations. The last line was exaggerated, but it's not untrue. The real culpri

This article was originally published on March 08, 2025.