The 2012 budget is up to date. Each month of the year has it's own page. Each page shows how much and where the money is coming from as well as how much and where the money is going. I guess the phrase "eyes wide shut" applies to me because I paid the bills but really didn't know how much money we really go through. It is amazing how much money we have put out this year on car repairs. It is also amazing how much money we waste on junk food.
Although I can now see where everything is going the budget isn't nearly complete. I can see all sorts of ways to tweak what I have created into a living, breathing monster. Yeah, I said monster. Why? Well because I waste so much money. Maybe my little monster will help me to keep things in perspective and get to the next stage of this whole thing (at least with the money part) which is to prepare every NEEDFUL thing. I don't think that all the junk food that I go through counts as needful.
Day Twenty Nine
My plan to post my daily progress hasn't quite worked out the way that I wanted it to. But that doesn't mean I haven't been moving forward. The second bin of recycling has been taken away and a donation for the local DI is growing and will be taken tomorrow. Though the journey is slow it is moving forward which makes me happy. My new montra of "organize yourself" has helped me to plan my time a little better as well. Even though I still procrastinate it isn't as much as it used to be.
One problem that is emerging from all this going through and clearing out is what to do with the things that I want to save. Although piles of things have been reduced significantly or eliminated all togther there are a few things that need to be kept. I really need to address what to do with those things that I am keeping. Storing those things on the kitchen table isn't going to work for very long. Any suggestions???
My next goal is a chest of drawers in the bedroom. It is a flat surface that things have just gotten piled up on. Even though there are a lot of things on there that will just go I know there are some treasures that I will keep.
So the journey continues, one step at a time.
One problem that is emerging from all this going through and clearing out is what to do with the things that I want to save. Although piles of things have been reduced significantly or eliminated all togther there are a few things that need to be kept. I really need to address what to do with those things that I am keeping. Storing those things on the kitchen table isn't going to work for very long. Any suggestions???
My next goal is a chest of drawers in the bedroom. It is a flat surface that things have just gotten piled up on. Even though there are a lot of things on there that will just go I know there are some treasures that I will keep.
So the journey continues, one step at a time.
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