Oooh, a bad, bad title. It’s chilly here on the North Coast, more than I’m used to. Being on the coast, we rarely freeze; even a half hour inland gets much colder. But when I passed my car walking to work today, I was sure glad I wouldn’t have to spend a lot of time defrosting the windshield. Anything to reinforce walking to work works for me!
Sometimes I get the “put your head down and keep going” mentality. It’s not a sad or unhappy place to be, but it’s a very determined place. And right now I feel committed to develop some new habits, and in awhile these tasks-walk to work, eat smaller portions, get my workday organized first thing in the morning, etc.-won’t be hard at all, because they’ll just be what I do-my routine.
Until it’s a routine, I almost wish I could turn my thinking button off. I can muse for days; pros, cons, ifs, thens. Not necessarily so helpful. I want no distractions, even good distractions. Thankfully blogging is a way for me to stay focused; angst or flightiness can be funneled.
On the financial front, I’ve got 48 days left on My Challenge. All systems seem to be go. Last night’s sushi for My Guy’s birthday was not heap but it was anticipated, so I’m good there. Car insurance comes due, but I’ve been budgeting for it, and a bonus is that next month, the last month of My Challenge, I won’t have to budget for it! It almost compensates for the fact that I had to pay the July segment only five months in to my Challenge.
I haven’t had to spend car repair money recently, though I did spend $4.50 this month for self-serve car wash and vacuuming. If my car stays true, I will also be able to pout all my banked car repair money into other categories in February. The whole idea that any banked money come 2/28 is available for addition savings as far as Challenge numbers is pretty exciting. I’m very curious to see what my average spending per month ends up being.
Ice! Ice! Baby, it's Cold Outside
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I'm so impressed, continually so.......by your commitment to the challenge. Not many people I know can go even a day without spending money on something! Look at you! You've got material for a book, you know?? Have you thought about what you could do with your experience & research?
Again, kudos to you. I'm so impressed.
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