Money isn’t just a necessity — it’s a love language. Sure, it doesn’t text you back on those dark and lonely nights or help you with your group project, but it always knows how to take your breath away — like when you check your bank balance after your rent payment clears.
For many students, money is more than a means to an end. It’s a reflection of our inner abundance or lack thereof. Happiness? It’s measured in triple-shot lattes and Ubers to campus. Self-love? That’s splurging on overpriced matcha because you ‘deserve it’ even if your credit card disagrees.
In a world where paying tuition costs feels like a hostage negotiation and textbooks cost more than a high-end tablet that could replace them entirely, the only way to thrive is to turn every financial decision into an empowering mantra. So let us take a moment to affirm ourselves, not in the mirror, but at the checkout counter. Here are five affirmations you didn’t know you needed to manifest your way through university life. Now, say them with me:
1. I may not have a trust fund, but my student loans are doing a great job of funding my questionable life choices — and the major my parents chose for me.
2. If I fail my midterms, I shall treat myself to Uber Eats as an act of self-love and an investment in my mental health — the more groceries I leave to rot in my fridge, the happier I will be.
3. As an economics major, I shall not skip class to pick up a shift because I need to pay my rent and survive; I will do it because I love to use my major in the real world by upholding the core values of my employer and making the shareholders happy. And no, my GPA won’t suffer because of this — because it’s not a measure of my self-worth, obviously.
4. Every dollar I spend at Aritzia is a manifestation of the future girlboss CEO I pretend to be in my LinkedIn posts. Every $300 purchase shall get me one step closer to breaking the glass ceiling and dominating the boardroom in matching suit sets of rich mocha brown, nomad taupe, and smoky sage. #womeninmaledominatedfields.
5. Every credit card swipe at the bookstore is a blissful reminder that knowledge is priceless — even if the card reader says it’s $400.
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