Step Away From the Cake

Because when you think about it, it is really all about mindfulness and not doing things automatically. Which I haven't quite gotten over yet. Let me explain..... Last post I talked about having a goal of paying down my debt. Excellent goal and something I absolutely will achieve, but it's going to take some time. In order for this goal to be achieved, I need to be mindful of every single penny we spend. And I'm not there yet. I sat the other day and paid off a couple of cards, paid my bills, and had a little bit of money left over. I thought that will get us through to next payday. But then I made some purchases without thinking. Only after the fact did I consider what this would do to my financial state for the rest of the month. So I am moving money around to prevent an overdrawn charge, but it may not happen quick enough. Side note: how come they can take money immediately yet it takes a couple of days to put money back???  So that is what happened. It's my own...

After my last post, I did something I normally do and stood back and said bullsh*t. I can focus on more than one thing at a time, I just need the right mindset and a program or routine to do it. I have successfully meditated for 60 days simply by putting it in a place in my day I knew would work and sticking to the routine. I get up, make coffee, empty the dishwasher, meditate. Easy. So I need to just make walking and financial stuff easy too. When in school, walking is easy as I walk to and from school. Now that I'm on break it's a little harder. I've been walking Mavy back from the park and that helps a lot, but I would like to get more steps. Just need to add the routine of taking him out in the afternoons. I would like to do that when school is in any way, so that's something I need to work on. As for the money.........  I realized yesterday that my view of money is a little skewed. It's not unlike my view of working out and eating. Let me explain, I will ha...