Waking Up
Source: Heart of Oak at flickr
I don’t know if this has happened to you, but it’s happening to me.
In order to achieve my goal of 6 months a year in a warm locale, I’ve decided the biggest hurdle to me doing that is financial. To many others, it may be family relationships, or career, or health, or a multitude of other hurdles. But for me, the biggest hurdle is financial and so that’s what I’m focusing on fixing.
I’ve downsized my life, significantly reduced my monthly expenses, and as discussed in the last post am finally conscious about what I spend my money on. It is a lot harder (I hope!) for me to needlessly waste money than it once was. I feel like I am awake after not paying much attention to it before.
But it’s amazing to me that I’m suddenly paying more attention to much more. I feel like I am doing better at work. I have started working out every day. I actually MISS it when I don’t get a chance to work out one day.
I’m doing things that have long been on my to do list. I am reading books I once purchased but haven’t gotten around to read yet. I am blogging more. I am more easily resisting the temptations of old bad habits. I am spending time every day thinking – with no outside visual or audio stimulation to clutter my head.
In short I feel like a whole new me. No guarantee all this will stick. But I’ll let you know in a month how it’s going!
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