What's a grand worth ?

One thousand Rupees.

I can remember a time when that much money would make me feel richer than Bill Gates. Fast forward to today and it makes me feel like I am not as rich as I used to be a month ago.

One thousand bucks has really started to lose it's significance. Hurting, I tell you. I'll tell you why this has, all of a sudden, gained relevance.

I drive this nice car. It's a car which is constantly underestimated by a lot of people. It's deceptively fast. It's in fact so fast that it took a You Tube video for me to realise how fast I can actually go in my car. Now, coming to the most important and relevant part, my car runs on petrol. And in keeping with my unnecessarily flamboyant lifestyle, it runs much much much better on Xtra Premium Petrol (with Friction Busters) as opposed to the normal Petrol. Of course, I have regularly started using Xtra Premium Petrol. This shit, of course, costs more.

Today, I topped my car off at the petrol station. I blew off Rs.2,500/- and gained 47.35 litres of Xtra Premium Petrol @ Rs.52.81 per litre. That works out to a shade under 19 litres of Xtra Premium Petrol for Rs.1,000/-

1,000/- bucks used to mean, I was good for an entire month. It used to mean 20 movies. It used to mean a b'day treat for 15 people. It used to mean I was the lender and not the borrower. It used to mean, I was drowning in surplus.

Today, 1,000/- bucks means, my car will run for a week. Perhaps, a day or two more than a week, depending on traffic conditions, availability of alternate means of transport and my constantly changing moods.

1,000/- bucks makes me feel like I need a lot more 1,000's to last the month. It makes me feel normal. It makes me feel, well nothing extraordinary.

Realising the Time Value of Money has just one effect - Pain.

Let me say this, Ignorance is truly bliss.