I'm actually writing this entry at 7:30 in the morning on the 12th. Last night ended bad enough that I just couldn't muster myself to write anything. I realized what our debt actually looks like once we started using our tax refund to pay it off. I need to apologize, to myself, for not getting up and finding SOMETHING positive to write about. I did start thinking about it, and that's what I'm going to write about.
While I was wallowing in self pity, I actually had the thought, "it could be worse." And it could be. I still have my health, my daughter, my family, food, housing, a car... two cars. I have nice things, plenty of clothes, well, the list goes on and on. I couldn't see the forest through the trees last night.
In the world we live in, money is the source of so much happiness as well as so much agony. It shouldn't be like that. Today I'm making myself forget about the money, and spending some GOOD quality time with my family. Money can go on the backburners for a while.
"I cannot afford to waste my time making money." ~Louis Agassiz
Good night (well, morning).
Melissa, Since Jan. 2007 I have been a member of The Compact. It's an online group dedicated to not buying anything new for one full year. If you say to yourself "Hey I need a such-and-such" then you start thinking creatively like what do I have that can fill that need, how can I re-purpose something, or how can I get it for free. This group is a wealth of information. I am now in my 4th year and I have made HUGE changes in my life. I no longer buy paper plates, napkins, or hardly any disposable stuff. I make my own laundry soap, spray cleaners, spray starch. I am trying to use the library rather than Barnes & Noble. I have made some really momentous adjustments to my thinking.
ReplyDeleteCheck out The Compact and sign up at the yahoogroup. There are between 10 and 11,000 members all full of great ideas and so much information. It has seriously changed my life and my attitude about "things" and money. Let me know if you are interested.