06/09/2025
"๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐. ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ผ. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. Ang galing mo magpalago ng pera โ pero, sino ang magbabayad kapag tinamaan ka ng isang ng malubhang sakit?"
Kwento ng isa kong client, si Ate Jen, 42, breadwinner.
Solid ang investments niya โ may UITFs, may VUL (pero minimal lang), may condo pa na pinapa-airbnb.
Sabi niya, โ๐โ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฐ. ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฉ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐บ๐ข๐ณ๐ช.โ
Pero life had other plans.
Nagka-breast cancer si Ate Jen. Early stage, thank God. Pero ang treatment? Over โฑ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ in less than 8 months.
Walang critical illness coverage. Ang ending?
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ. ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐.
At habang nagpapagaling siya, wala munang income.
Ang sakit marinig 'no? Pero alam mo ang pinaka-masakit?
Sabi niya sakin:
"๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ โ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃโฆ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ค ๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐จ๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ช๐๐ค๐จ."
๐ญ Hereโs the truth nobody likes to say out loud:
๐๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต. ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ.
And if youโre the breadwinner, the business owner, the one your family relies on โ
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ.
Kasi habang pinapa-tubo mo ang pera mo, ๐๐ต๐ผโ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐?
Hindi ito takutan. Ito ay paalala.
You can be a smart investor ๐๐ก๐ a wise protector.
Pwede namang sabay eh โ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐.
๐ฉ Message me if you want to talk about balancing both. Walang pilitan, usap lang. Baka makatulong.