It seems fitting on the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens being born to quote one of his famous characters, Mr Wilkins Micawber from his novel, David Copperfield.
Mr Micawber was a jovial chap that was always optimistic about money but had money problems. He always believed 'something will turn up". He ended up in debtors jail. The sad thing is, is that the character was based on Charles Dickens own father, who had to sell all his household belongings to pay creditors, and then when Charles was 12, was sent to debtors jail for owing money.
"Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen
shillings and six pence, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery."
So, the moral of the story is to try and always stay within your budget and don't spend more or get into debt, as happiness comes from not owing money and living within your means, whereas being in debt and overspending is a recipe for misery. You can see why Dickens became such a much loved writer.
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