Where the heck my Salary vanishes?

...ever wondered what's the plight of so called elusive 'high-salaried' IT professional in this hi-tech environment of high-inflation and high-interest rates? Inspired by a similar post of one of my alums and tried to analyze where the heck my salary vanished in the last year (May to April)

May: Education Loan
June: Engagement expenses
July: Tax on Income
Aug: Marriage expenses
Sep: Gift items for better-half!
Oct: Setting up 'new home' expenses
Nov: repaying short-term borrowings
Dec: High rents
Jan: More tax on income
Feb: Sister's marriage expenses
Mar: Inflation and Interest rates eating on household expenses
Apr: Share losses!

...now, getting ready for the new financial year with a new vision!

Expecting decent hikes or promotions, getting disappointed, hoping for a better future are the cyclical events in most people's lives! I honestly believe that no one owes you a better future than yourself. Your company, your HR, and your managers aren't thinking of your career day-in and day-out - you are the one who ought to be thinking and acting!

In career, like in anything else in life, you won't get what you desire or what you want or what you need - you will only get what you are ready for? I will elaborate on this sometime later :)

tata...Satish