When I was in my twenties, I had my first taste of luxury. I loved the smell of crisp new notes from the bank. And I loved spending…..what is life after all if you cannot enjoy it? Thus it has always been Easy Come, Easy Go…….for me.

Until I met my husband.

Suddenly, priorities changed. I changed. There were more important things to look forward to, like property, a car, childrens’ education, investments, retirement, holidays, the future etc etc etc.

If I hadn’t spent so frivolously in my younger days, I could have bought my own property at the age of 25 but because I had, I was broke by the time I was 30. C’est la vie. I told myself that there was a lesson to be learnt in this. I asked myself if all the stuff in my cupboard really brought happiness. The answer is yes, but only temporarily. The reasons one would splurge on something unnecessary are varied. Perhaps you’ve never owned an Hermes bag before so you want to. But you will realise that once you do and once everyone has seen it, it goes right back into the cupboard and it no longer serves it’s purpose. Is it some kind of respect that you are craving? It all boils down to self esteem, doesn’t it?

Have you noticed how if a lady is going to join a group of rich ladies, she would put on her diamond rings, carry her expensive handbags and don her expensive clothes? Yet when she hangs out with her lesser rich friends, she dresses more low key? Unfortunately, the charm of a women comes from within. Some ladies could put on a million bucks and still repel and some effortlessly, like my Mother, could wear a fake watch and everyone would believe it was real.

My mother is someone who would never splurge on bags, clothes and shoes. She’d much rather splurge on diamonds or jewelery as she feels that it has a better resale value. And she cannot understand what I see in items of luxury. I told her that it is because I am a designer that I value good design and good quality. After all, I’m not the crazy chic who wants a Gucci bag for the sake of owning a Gucci bag. I am not brand loyal. I only buy something if it is truly remarkable, in that there must be something about the item that I really, really like. This means I value good design and quality, and even a bag from the flea market at a dollar could have this effect on me.

Whenever I flip through the glossies, I cringe at women who appear regularly fully made up to the nines parading their latest assets. I am not jealous, far from it. In fact, I ‘know’ many of them and I thank God everyday, that I am not like them. Because their lives are so empty. Everything about it is superficial. Even the people around them are superficial. Trust me, they are very lonely despite their displays of a packed social calendar. Out of 50 socialites in KL, you will find ONE who is normal and grounded. And it is usually the one who is very, very, very rich.

Why in the world would one spend 5 million on handbags and shoes when you could really make better use of that kind of money?

So I have this constant battle within me. If I feel so strongly about frivolous spending, why do I still do it?

And finally, the answer came to me……

It’s because I have a vagina.

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Who is Mamapumpkin?
Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

Mamapumpkin has not only grown corporate businesses successfully in the past but has grown not one but TWO network marketing businesses in the notorious MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) industry, achieving success in under 2 years. She believes in the MLM business model but realises the DRASTIC PITFALLS and great stigma attached to it, understanding EXACTLY WHY the majority would shy away (or RUN for their lives) from ANY MLM business. But open your eyes and take time to understand it intellectually, remove your hang-ups, confirm your research, and you may just want to seize an opportunity. She did. And no, she never went about chasing people for sales. She had a sophisticated system work for her through technology and a smartphone.

She now impacts lives authentically with proven strategies amassed through the last decade of her own transformation offering online coaching programmes and always supports the underprivileged. She believes that we can all have a life of our own desires to enable real contribution into the world. But first, one needs to understand what this all means.

A beautiful life without limits.

If you wish to learn some tools to propel your life forward guaranteed, be brave enough to make contact as her life's purpose is to build people. She operates through a discovery call after which she will commit to helping you. Or not.

Most lose out on an opportunity because they are afraid they would be sold to, conned or whatever fear resides in their brain without even trying. And that's on them.

Mamapumpkin is a living testimony that women really can have a lot. Being financially and time free has enabled her to travel the world anytime, anywhere, doing anything, and she spends most of her days with her children, having fun, and supporting others wherever she can. Also having fun.