If You Don't Want to Be a Burden on Your Children in Old Age — Never Make These 6 Money Mistakes

I am 90 years old. And I will tell you something that took me a lifetime to understand. Budhape mein sabse bada dard yeh nahi hota ke tum beemar ho. Sabse bada dard yeh hota hai ke tumhare apne bachche tumhari taraf uss nazar se dekhein — jaise tum unka bojh ho. I watched this happen to men I knew. Men who worked hard their whole lives. Men who sacrificed everything. And in the end, they sat in small rooms, waiting for someone to bring them a glass of water, ashamed to ask for medicine money. I made six money mistakes in my life. And those six mistakes are the reason I spent years feeling like a burden instead of a blessing. The first mistake — I always spent first and saved later. Every month I told myself — jo bachega woh jama kar lunga. Nothing ever remained. Forty years passed this way. The second mistake — I ignored the small daily expenses. My son Aslam once calculated that in twenty five years I had spent enough on small unnecessary things to build a small house. I did not believe him. Then I saw the numbers myself. The third mistake — I depended on one single source of income my entire life. Jab woh band hua — main khaali haath tha. No backup. No second option. Nothing. The fourth mistake — I trusted the wrong people with my money. A relative, a friend, a business partner. Log apne lagte hain — aur phir chale jaate hain. The money never comes back. But the lesson stays forever. The fifth mistake — I never invested in learning anything new. Jitna seekha tha — usi par zindagi guzaar di. My income never grew because I never grew. The sixth mistake — I saved nothing specifically for old age. I thought my children would take care of me. Bachche apni zindagi mein busy ho jaate hain. That is not their fault. That is mine — for not preparing. Agar tum chahte ho ke budhape mein tumhare bachche tumse pyar karein — bojh na samjhein — toh yeh 6 galtiyan aaj hi band karo. Main nahi chahta ke tum wahan pahuncho jahan main pahuncha. Ek budhe ki yeh aakhri gujari