Thursday morning

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Registered: 09-22-1999
Thursday morning
Thu, 05-18-2006 - 11:25am

I am home from work...have an issue to deal with at home: a repair to the toilet and garbage disposal...I don't like it when the maintenance folks come in when I am not here, so I am here waiting......

I am missing a day of my class, but the last day is just quizzes and games, so no big loss. (I'm too old for the games......)

I am still happy dancing about being able to pay off the car repair bill and a little extra snowflaking! I feel I am back where I started, so here I go again!

During my class, they were talking about the concept of FOCUS....the point was to know how to determine the point of the project you are working on and to keep all the activities as centered on that point as you could to avoid extra work. I have to say that last night I had to do a lot of cleaning, and I usually start finding other things to do when I am trying to get some cleaning done......After being drilled in FOCUS for a day, I was finding that I was asking myself if the activity I was doing or thought about doing would be bringing me closer to my goal of a cleaner house, or was I creating extra work for myself or doing something unrelated to my goal? It definitley helped me. Now I am a reformed cleaner.....BUT, getting to the point of debt: Do you have some activities you do that are centered on your debt reduction goal, and are there other activities that detract you from your goal? Do you ask yourself sometimes if you are participating or thinking of participating in an activity that is not going to help you reach your debt reduction goal?

Humor me: Try being in debt focus for one hour today or tomorrow when you are dealing with your money or going grocery shopping/running errands........As you are thinking of what to purchase, ask yourself if you really need all that stuff you may buy, is there anything at home you already have you can use instead, are you buying this because you really need it, think you need it, just want it? Are you doing any activities in that hour to help you get ahead even just a little bit? Are there things you shouldn't do so you won't be movong farther away from your goal rather than getting closer to it? Is there anything you have to do in advance that could save you money or grief later? Better position yourself? You are focusing....focus on that debt point. Make it better. Make you better. Make your activities such that they don't pull you away from your goal. Focus.................................that is my new mantra: FOCUS.............

Oh, how did the house turn out? Good enough for today's purposes in a shorter amount of time. I have a huge pile of junk to go thru, but I will wait until after the toilet and disposal are fixed today......

Have a great day! Littlesbigs