19/07/2019
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I'm Kulas Basilonia and I'm an artist, a musician.
I knew IMG even before I graduated nung 2012 dahil kay Bro. Bo Sanchez, pero 'di ako agad nag-start mag-invest kasi may mindset pa akong "De sige bbwelo muna ako." or "I'll start when it feels right."
I attended my first financial class with coach Chai Santiago nung 2014 pa. I was even with my bestfriend. Still, I didn't join.
Several bonuses & 13th month pays passed, all of them went to nothing but excessive food & luxury services. I always end up asking myself "Hala saan napunta yung pera ko?"
Mid 2015 came and the AlDub Fever was lit. I was blessed to be the courageous one to pioneer the AlDub Songs. I posted my song 'BaeYaya' on social media and it got 200k combined views overnight.
God blessed me through that song with lots of gigs, TV & Radio guesting, and I got signed to a major record label, Universal Records Ph. I was able to write songs for artists like Solenn Heussaff & Elmo Magalona. Of course, the cheques were fat.
My family & friends see me like one of those singer songwriters who's gonna be so rich; I thought so too. Coach Chai even contacted me and told me to start saving and investing already. I imagined the fame will last long so I thought maybe I could start a little later.
Then drought came; no calls, zero. Then, my contract ended. All of my music money was spent, yet again, on food and luxury.
I asked myself what's wrong? What's going on? Why does this feel like a pointless cycle? And that's when my bestfriend (whom I went to IMG with) came to say "You have to start saving and investing, build a solid financial foundation."
We went to IMG, I attended their free Financial Coaching class, and that's when it hit me; I should have started 5 years ago.
Good thing, I'm still young, Iโm still at my 20s and for sure it is not yet too late to start. But again, sayang, sana noon pa ako nagsimula.
It felt uncomfortable at first, yung mag tabi para sa investment, but later on, it started to feel very rewarding, cause I know, someday, it will come back to me in good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over โ or siksik, liglig, umaapaw.
I hope you'll learn from my mistake. Stop delaying, make that decision to love your future self through investing, start today.
Love and joy surround you,
KB
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