Trying to take control
of my life. I have realized recently that I am not taking myself as serious as I can and as I should. I take school seriously. I take my job some what seriously. In the respect that I don't fuck around and not show up or do my work once I am there.
I just realized today for how well I do in life I could do so much better in certain aspects of my life. Just by changing a couple of things. I need to keep better track of my money. Although I do not spend much money I just feel like I will have more control over what I spend. I realized that besides food, rent, and utilities I really have no idea how much of my money goes to gas and little stuff that I buy. I never go in the red on my accounts unless a check doesn't get into my account on time. I just think it would be nice to really see how much money I spend on stupid shit that I don't need, like impulse clothes purchases. I think once I can see how much it all really adds up I will be more likely to stop buying and start saving more.
I already saved myself 50 bucks today by not buying a couple of clothing items from Target that I did not need. I actually thought to myself "I have to write this down and will I regret it" the answer was obviously yes because I didn't walk out of there with any of the clothing items. Although I did spend 24.95 on misc home items such as a new towel, a couple of sponges and some more cups which we desperately needed. It's so much easier to not spend the money when I will feel guilty seeing it on paper later.
I just realized today for how well I do in life I could do so much better in certain aspects of my life. Just by changing a couple of things. I need to keep better track of my money. Although I do not spend much money I just feel like I will have more control over what I spend. I realized that besides food, rent, and utilities I really have no idea how much of my money goes to gas and little stuff that I buy. I never go in the red on my accounts unless a check doesn't get into my account on time. I just think it would be nice to really see how much money I spend on stupid shit that I don't need, like impulse clothes purchases. I think once I can see how much it all really adds up I will be more likely to stop buying and start saving more.
I already saved myself 50 bucks today by not buying a couple of clothing items from Target that I did not need. I actually thought to myself "I have to write this down and will I regret it" the answer was obviously yes because I didn't walk out of there with any of the clothing items. Although I did spend 24.95 on misc home items such as a new towel, a couple of sponges and some more cups which we desperately needed. It's so much easier to not spend the money when I will feel guilty seeing it on paper later.