Twentyten
Oh hey there 2010! You mean a lot of different things to me....some crazy, some exciting.
On new years I was sick and didn't do anything. Mike got some sort of flu, I'm pretty sure, today his temp was 102.4 err something. We did stay up tho and listened to the rest of the town making ridiculous noises for about 15 mins. We went to bed about 1 but for some reason I COULD NOT sleep for a couple of hours. I just was too excited about 2010. I've never given a shit about new years, in fact I went to LA with friends a few years back and fell asleep in the hotel around 11p. Just didn't care.
This year I will turn 24. It's getting to be adult time. I will never grow up completely, what's the fun in that? BUT if I want to be able to enjoy life later I NEED to start taking action now.
The last couple of days of 2009 we've kept track of our spending....even wrote down the 1.09 we spent on redbox. We've written down everything and kept track of our budget, subtracting our spending from the appropriate budget amount. I can save around $400 if I just STICK TO A BUDGET. Oh...that's $400/mo. Okay?? We feel poor because we act poor. We cant buy nice things because we spend little bits of it ALL the time and we dont know where it goes.
2009 was spent losing, recycling and making new friends. We lived with Mike's mom for the first half, mike was able to work through a portion of his anxiety, help out his mom and save us from paying rent all before his anxiety spiked back up and we realized we needed to GTFO. When I'm around her I feel anxiety myself...not the kind that makes sense.....but the kind that he has. We moved to my Dad's Normal Heights condo and THANK GOD FOR THAT. Mike's anxiety has been at a new low (compared to the last 2 years), my stress level is at a new low, we got to move to a new SWEET ass town where we dont know anybody, we have really down bars within walking distance...god I can go on. Anyway we've been here for about 5 months, we're happy to start over. We're still starting over but holy hell, 2010 means a real start for me.
As much as I'm over school and how FREAKIN long it takes, Its time to just do it.
As much as I dont like spending excessive amounts of money I'm going to be focusing on buying quality items over quantity.
I'm paying more attention to me, my goals and right now. I need to remind myself that today is the day I make the right decisions so that tomorrow is a lil easier and a little more fun.
Instead of "treating" myself to sodas and fast food often, I'm going to treat myself to annual passes to the zoo (done) and other places. I'm going to save money and reward myself for doing so (in ways other than spending).
This time next year I will have grown and be in a better place.
Here's to 2010 and changing my life through small, stupidly simple choices.
Cheers.
On new years I was sick and didn't do anything. Mike got some sort of flu, I'm pretty sure, today his temp was 102.4 err something. We did stay up tho and listened to the rest of the town making ridiculous noises for about 15 mins. We went to bed about 1 but for some reason I COULD NOT sleep for a couple of hours. I just was too excited about 2010. I've never given a shit about new years, in fact I went to LA with friends a few years back and fell asleep in the hotel around 11p. Just didn't care.
This year I will turn 24. It's getting to be adult time. I will never grow up completely, what's the fun in that? BUT if I want to be able to enjoy life later I NEED to start taking action now.
The last couple of days of 2009 we've kept track of our spending....even wrote down the 1.09 we spent on redbox. We've written down everything and kept track of our budget, subtracting our spending from the appropriate budget amount. I can save around $400 if I just STICK TO A BUDGET. Oh...that's $400/mo. Okay?? We feel poor because we act poor. We cant buy nice things because we spend little bits of it ALL the time and we dont know where it goes.
2009 was spent losing, recycling and making new friends. We lived with Mike's mom for the first half, mike was able to work through a portion of his anxiety, help out his mom and save us from paying rent all before his anxiety spiked back up and we realized we needed to GTFO. When I'm around her I feel anxiety myself...not the kind that makes sense.....but the kind that he has. We moved to my Dad's Normal Heights condo and THANK GOD FOR THAT. Mike's anxiety has been at a new low (compared to the last 2 years), my stress level is at a new low, we got to move to a new SWEET ass town where we dont know anybody, we have really down bars within walking distance...god I can go on. Anyway we've been here for about 5 months, we're happy to start over. We're still starting over but holy hell, 2010 means a real start for me.
As much as I'm over school and how FREAKIN long it takes, Its time to just do it.
As much as I dont like spending excessive amounts of money I'm going to be focusing on buying quality items over quantity.
I'm paying more attention to me, my goals and right now. I need to remind myself that today is the day I make the right decisions so that tomorrow is a lil easier and a little more fun.
Instead of "treating" myself to sodas and fast food often, I'm going to treat myself to annual passes to the zoo (done) and other places. I'm going to save money and reward myself for doing so (in ways other than spending).
This time next year I will have grown and be in a better place.
Here's to 2010 and changing my life through small, stupidly simple choices.
Cheers.