Good evening, I'm Tata.
こんばんは たたです
Today, I want to talk about my allowance situation during my elementary school days.
今日は小学生の頃のたたのお小遣い事情です
My family wasn't poor, but we didn't have an allowance system.
たた家は貧乏というわけではありませんでしたが、お小遣いというシステムがなく
The principle was that if I wanted something, I had to find a way to get it myself.
欲しいものがあれば自分で何とかしろという教育方針
during summer vacations, I would go to the mountains to catch beetles like stag beetles and rhinoceros beetles, and then sell them to children of tourists at a corner of a drive-in (similar to what are now called road stations). I had obtained permission for this, but it was one of my main sources of income.
夏休み中が稼ぎ時、山へ行きカブトムシ、クワガタを採ってきては観光客の子供たちに売って荒稼ぎしていました
一応責任者に許可を取って当時のドライブイン（今でいう道の駅みたいなところ）で商売していました
I also harvested wild vegetables like butterbur sprouts, taranome (angelica tree shoots), and fiddleheads in the mountains and sold them wholesale.
また山へ山菜を取りに行き、フキノトウ、タラの芽、ぜんまいなどをドライブインに卸していました
Also, since my family ran a business, I was paid an hourly wage for helping out 250 yen an hour.
また家が商売をしていたので、お手伝いで時給250円で働くことができました
When I was in elementary school, It was more than double the allowance my classmates were receiving.
頑張れば、当時ほかのクラスメイトのお小遣いの２倍以上の稼ぎがありました
With the money I earned from these ventures, I could buy the things I wanted.
当時欲しいと思ったものは何でも買えました
I mainly wanted the latest stationery items such as pencil cases, mechanical pencils, and character-themed pencils and pens.
欲しかったものはペンケースやシャーペンなどの文具やキャラクターグッズ
Even though it was money I earned myself, I could buy anything I wanted.
自分で稼いだ金とはいえ、なんでも欲しいものが買えてしまう。
Looking back, I guess my sense of money started to get skewed from that time.
思い返すと、このころから金銭感覚がおかしくなってしまったんでしょうね。
Today's results
80.0kg
25.5%
I still didn't drink alcohol today.
今日もお酒を飲みませんでした（23日目）