Hi everyone! The title is slightly dramatic but it speaks to a certain mindset I’ve been carrying for awhile. Today I’m going to write about being foiled by health. In my post Love and Money, I had a debt repayment plan for the credit card, the line of credit, and the store credit card. I was planning on using the extra money I was earning from
This week, I have just started coming up for air for the first time since starting my blog. I look around and I see the pile of dishes in the sink; my laundry room is in disarray; and there’s more than a fine layer of dust on my bathroom facets – let me assure you. I haven’t updated Quicken for about a week I can’t
When I started writing out what my resolutions, I had no idea how life-changing some of these goals would be. I had a foggy idea that I wanted to spend more time with my friends and make more money – that was it. Things started to come together when I began acting on some of my resolutions, like contesting and spending more time with my
I was reading another blog recently and I noticed that she had her yearly goals posted as part of her regular posting. She included the goals and then posted updates on her progress quarterly. I thought it was a great idea so I thought I’d give it a try over here at Cents. This year was a bit different from previous years for me. The
Have you ever tried to reach a goal and found that you get derailed by the little things? For me, it’s never the big stuff that I struggle to overcome; it’s the everyday ‘little’ things that make it hard for me to stick with my plan. A Common Goal Trap All or nothing thinking is one of my biggest challenges with achieving my goals. When
So I’ve done the calculations and since July 2009, I have paid off $32,114.58 of my total$65,912.21 in just three years, eight months. Honestly, I hadn’t done the math for a long time and it’s heartening to see I’m actually making progress. One of my biggest barriers I have to achieving my goals is being able to appreciate the smaller steps that I must take to accomplish
Someone once said to me: “You have to look after your nickels and dimes before you can save your dollars.” Wise words, right? It might be at this point that you believe that I moved on from my chaotic financial times and became a True Monetary Believer. That I heard this message and with a deep and unwavering conviction, I embarked on an empowering journey
