Woe is me! It's time to talk about money!
Until recently I had around two grand in the bank, just enough to pay for my trip to Thailand. Then my car fucked up and had to get towed. It had to get all these parts inside replaced, resulting in almost $700 that I had to pay off today. Some of you will remember a speeding ticket I got the other day for $220. That needs to be paid off next week. My traveller's insurance for our Thailand trip is due on Friday, which is going to be around $300, give or take. And my credit card has around $400 on it that needs to be paid off, which mostly consists of phone bills, internet bills and the Lady Gaga ticket money that Barbara and Jade owe me. And now for the grand finale - my 12 Month gym membership is $595!
Sure it's around sixty dollars less than I had to pay around last year, but sixty dollars isn't that much of a discount. If I don't renew my membership by the end of February, the price goes up a hundred dollars.
It sounds ridiculous to splurge on a gym membership especially when I'm this broke and even though all my logic is telling me not to I still really want to. I lost seven kilos last year and got back to my high school weight, which miraculously I've been able to maintain without working out. My gym membership expired about a month ago, and since I haven't been there in a month I've felt like a lethargic sack of crap since. I want to forget my troubles and go running on that treadmill again, and work those weights and go to those body step classes in the morning. I felt so good when I went to the gym, and that I was actually ACCOMPLISHING something. Not only was I alot more alert afterwards, but I could feel the results. I could feel the muscles in my legs and my stomach, and I could feel when I ran that I was lighter and more agile every time I went. And even though it's really really expensive - it's FIVE MINUTES AWAY from my house! I can't give myself any excuses to not go when it's that close. I'm not going to waste petrol and I can get off my butt at any time and be like "You know what? I think I'll go work out for a while.".
I really, really want to renew my membership. But should I?
Because of all my money crap, there are some things that have become very clear to me.
I either need a new job, or I need centrelink. I'm only getting two shifts a week and an average of $200 or so, half of which goes to savings and then to mum. According to my JB Hifi boss through the christmas period, I'm guaranteed a job with JB if I apply to one of the new stores. He said one will be opening within fifteen minutes of Marion in a few months, but he doesn't know when. I don't know if I can live a few months with this amount of money per week.
IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW CENTRELINK WORKS PLEASE HELP ME. I'M GODDAMN BROKE!!
Sure it's around sixty dollars less than I had to pay around last year, but sixty dollars isn't that much of a discount. If I don't renew my membership by the end of February, the price goes up a hundred dollars.
It sounds ridiculous to splurge on a gym membership especially when I'm this broke and even though all my logic is telling me not to I still really want to. I lost seven kilos last year and got back to my high school weight, which miraculously I've been able to maintain without working out. My gym membership expired about a month ago, and since I haven't been there in a month I've felt like a lethargic sack of crap since. I want to forget my troubles and go running on that treadmill again, and work those weights and go to those body step classes in the morning. I felt so good when I went to the gym, and that I was actually ACCOMPLISHING something. Not only was I alot more alert afterwards, but I could feel the results. I could feel the muscles in my legs and my stomach, and I could feel when I ran that I was lighter and more agile every time I went. And even though it's really really expensive - it's FIVE MINUTES AWAY from my house! I can't give myself any excuses to not go when it's that close. I'm not going to waste petrol and I can get off my butt at any time and be like "You know what? I think I'll go work out for a while.".
I really, really want to renew my membership. But should I?
Because of all my money crap, there are some things that have become very clear to me.
I either need a new job, or I need centrelink. I'm only getting two shifts a week and an average of $200 or so, half of which goes to savings and then to mum. According to my JB Hifi boss through the christmas period, I'm guaranteed a job with JB if I apply to one of the new stores. He said one will be opening within fifteen minutes of Marion in a few months, but he doesn't know when. I don't know if I can live a few months with this amount of money per week.
IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW CENTRELINK WORKS PLEASE HELP ME. I'M GODDAMN BROKE!!