Here’s the real way to beat a seemingly overwhelming goal: (Like catch up on 2 weeks worth of dishes): Don’t look at the giant pile. Clean one dish. Then clean another. Do that until you’re tired. Do something fun for a bit. Then clean another dish. Clean another.
Before you know it the dishes are done. You feel great and you move on to the next project. To keep dishes from piling up again, clean them right after you use them. Takes 2 minutes. If you have a family, each one cleans their own dishes. That distributes the work load.
Ever find yourself procrastinating taking out the trash? Take it out then. Takes one minute. Maybe two. Far better than the 20 times you procrastinate before finally doing it anyway.
Consolidate bills into a single lower payment, and then stop charging stuff, period. Getting a charge card makes you a slave to the company. Get a debit card instead and keep track of how much you spend. Add that up in columns at the end of the month: how much you spend eating out, on coffee, going to movies, going to clubs. It will shock you how much money you spend on junk.
Stop going out to eat 3 times a week. Stop going to movies twice a week. Stay in instead of going for a drive. Read a book. Watch Netflix instead of movie theaters. “Cut the cord” on Cable TV. Use the Internet for news instead. Stop buying stuff you don’t need (trinkets turn to dust collectors). Stop buying $5 cups of coffee. It’s stupid.
Before you know it, you’ll have LOTS more money than you thought you did. You’ll be out of debt. And your house will be cleaner.
How do I know this? Because I was forced to take these steps to stay alive when my income significantly dropped… and it all worked. I’m more comfortable now at half the income I was making… because I stopped wasting money and put my time to good use.
Here’s the real way to beat a seemingly overwhelming goal: (Like catch up on 2 weeks worth of dishes): Don’t look at the giant pile. Clean one dish. Then clean another. Do that until you’re tired. Do something fun for a bit. Then clean another dish. Clean another.
Before you know it the dishes are done. You feel great and you move on to the next project. To keep dishes from piling up again, clean them right after you use them. Takes 2 minutes. If you have a family, each one cleans their own dishes. That distributes the work load.
Ever find yourself procrastinating taking out the trash? Take it out then. Takes one minute. Maybe two. Far better than the 20 times you procrastinate before finally doing it anyway.
Consolidate bills into a single lower payment, and then stop charging stuff, period. Getting a charge card makes you a slave to the company. Get a debit card instead and keep track of how much you spend. Add that up in columns at the end of the month: how much you spend eating out, on coffee, going to movies, going to clubs. It will shock you how much money you spend on junk.
Stop going out to eat 3 times a week. Stop going to movies twice a week. Stay in instead of going for a drive. Read a book. Watch Netflix instead of movie theaters. “Cut the cord” on Cable TV. Use the Internet for news instead. Stop buying stuff you don’t need (trinkets turn to dust collectors). Stop buying $5 cups of coffee. It’s stupid.
Before you know it, you’ll have LOTS more money than you thought you did. You’ll be out of debt. And your house will be cleaner.
How do I know this? Because I was forced to take these steps to stay alive when my income significantly dropped… and it all worked. I’m more comfortable now at half the income I was making… because I stopped wasting money and put my time to good use.
Hope this helps lotsa peeps. Pass it forward. : )
— Snoots Dwagon