Make The Choice

Imagine how I felt when I realized that abundant prosperity was a choice. It was sort of a defining moment as well as a moment of feeling utterly defeated. I had done what I had been taught to do. I had gotten my education and gone out to get what was considered a good job. I had followed what the word said was the right thing to do.

So the sheer surprise that the world was not set up for abundance prosperity but rather for mediocrity was rather over whelming at first.  What was worse I think was the fact that it was all around me as plain as the nose on my face and yet I had never taken the time to notice or acknowledge what my senses were telling me. So in the end I was more upset with myself than any other thing or person.

At least I knew where to place the blame that made it easier for me to ask myself what is the next step. Have you said to yourself that there is something you want to accomplish? Have you taken the next step? The next step is actually a simple step its simply making the choice.

As simple as that seems it can be the hardest decision. You may have many ideas and talents and the ability to do anything you put your mind too. I believe most of us if not all of us fall into this category so deciding on just one thing becomes like picking what flavor of ice cream to eat when offered 31 flavors.

Having said that you must make the choice the journey can never start until you take the first step. Of course in order to take that first step you must make the choice. Now the choice you make will be centered on your individual talent and what you enjoy doing and what you wish to accomplish. The other choice will be simple.

As you make your choice you will also make the choice to succeed or to fail. This is actually the more critical choice and many people make it with out a conscious thought process. Immediately you say of course I want to succeed but that's not always true.

Many times we go into our decision with thoughts of how every one else succeeds but it will not happen for us.  Immediately we begin to sabotage ourselves with out realizing it simply because we try to live up to the thoughts we have.

Simply put male or female if you feel your good looking you come out of the house looking good. Yet if you feel your not good looking you always seem to come out looking like the mirror is not your friend. Not because you want to but because you are living up to your internal thoughts about yourself.

So as you make your choice of what you will do I also encourage you to choose success. No matter who you are or where you work you are the soul person responsible for whether you succeed or fail. If you can get a hold of that concept it can make all the difference in the world.

Motivation First

Money matters and that's why I decided to start this blog but as I have grown I have some to realize that one must be motivated to acquire  money or anything else in this life. So why motivation? it ignites the thing with in us that burns bright. Its the light or fire that keeps us at up night and draws us out of bed when every one else is still asleep. In myself I call it a burning desire to accomplish a goal. My goal is simple I want to start a revolution. That's right I said it. No guns please. I want the kind where poor people gain not only understanding but some wealth and lower class because the middle class and we all take a step in the right direction.

You need motivation for radical thoughts like that. I want the kind of revolution where you and I do not have to depend on the government and SSI for our retirement. Would you like that? I want to retire a millionaire. So why motivation again because we need something to help us move in the direction. Something to make us get up, stop watching TV and actually do the things we dream about.

Small steps can lead to big rewards. Read a book visit motivational or inspirational website. Take your dream out and re examine it. give yourself the grace to try and fail then get back up again and try again. declare to the world that you are more  than the sum of your parts. Of this I am sure this world is so big that there is something specific that only you can do to enhance the place we call home.

Working Blues

Well the second day is done and the work week is well on its way. I wonder if anyone has the working blues. I think that title can mean different things to different people. I spent a long time talking about my PTO (paid time off) with my supervisor. I want to take a vacation. every one deserves one right? Even if the only place you are going is to porch-ville, you need to be able to just sit and not work for a week.

This seems to be a problem for me. The first time I took a week of was in 2011. That really is the truth, I had an operation and was not allowed to go back to work. So I was at home, could not really go any where and I was amazed. Actually I was overwhelmed, I had no idea what it felt like to just sleep or lay on the couch or not wake up nervous and anxious. It was marvelous and I promised myself that every year I would take one week off.

Last year I even went on vacation. My child has a  genetic illness and were able to go through Make A Wish. If your looking to donate and are not sure who to give to look there way. I met so many families with kids who were sick and its just a great thing for a family to be able to relax because the environment they are in gives their sick child a chance to be normal. That's what I loved most about where we went. All the kids were sick and nobody thought twice about them or looked at them strange.  You could see that each child was thriving and experiencing what it felt like to be just one of the kids. If you ever get a chance try and visit and volunteer at Give Kids the World in Kissimee Florida. That's where we stayed. Its a truly special place.

This year I scheduled my PTO and my supervisor said you realize you have to have time to take. So we did the math and came up that I would have  the time or almost all of it. then I said to her just because I will accrue this time does not mean I will have it. My child could be in the hospital any day and maybe stay there for weeks. Yes it has happened. So once again I was struck by the need to live a different lifestyle one that allowed me more freedom and flexibility while it actually pays the bills.

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Now you see me

We went to the movies to see Now you see me. Why when I seem to be so worried about money? For one simple reason life does not stop. It goes on with or with out you and I promised my child to take her to a movie. It was an excellent movie and I would like to highly recommend that any one and every one who enjoys movies like this one catch it. I loved the fact that I did not see the ending coming. Usually I have a pretty good idea of what will happen but this one had me till the end. I refuse to give the movie away. I will however say that the characters worked together well. They made it believable and entertaining. For me it was the kind of movie that I would see again in the cinema. So if you have some time take your children I am betting they will get a kick out of it. I know I always end by saying Money Matters but remember...

Life Matters More

Sunday Morning

Well its Sunday morning and I have been up for a while. What you may notice is that I am here and not in church or getting ready for church. Then again maybe you never even thought of that. I mention it only because its on my mind. Right now I sit here with the weight of the world on my shoulders. Ok that may be a bit overly dramatic! But I am sitting here thinking of things like bills and what I need to do. But mostly I have been thinking about my 9-5. Yeah that's how I refer to it now a days. So here's the deal you look at what you make maybe you get  paid every two weeks, maybe twice a month and some may even get  paid only once a month.

 But how ever you get paid you look at your finances and figure how to pay the bills. Well maybe like me you sit down with your bills and your money and start planning what to do, you work hard and finally you figure out how to pay everything this month. Then your child comes bouncing in the room and says Mom or Dad are we still going to the movies? Are you still going to get me that shirt you said that you said you would? pleeeaase! When are we going food shopping?

So you look down and see that if all the bills are paid there will be no movies. No shirts and maybe even more importantly no food for the next 15 days ect... depending on how you get paid. So then you redo the bills wondering what you can put off paying and find yourself on that treadmill again running as fast as you can and hoping not to fall off.

All you can say is why...

MoneyMatters

The heart of this blog is the simple theme  that money matters. I am a single parent with a 13 year old daughter. So I want to say right now forget about keeping up with the Jones's and simply try to keep up with a growing child. That's when you know that money matters when your child needs new shoes and a whole new summer outfit and the bills need paid. Let's not forget she actually expects you to feed her. Yeah money matters. I may be the only weird person on the planet earth but I did not grow up with the money matters mentality. If I had I may be rich this very day. I truly believed you got a job, worked hard and everything else fell into place. I have come to understand in my life it does not work like that.

Recently my daughters bed frame broke. I just looked at it with only one thought in my mind. Why now? Why couldn't it wait till things were better? But it did not, so lets buy a bed frame. It was a shock to be reminded how much things cost. The bed cost more than I wanted to pay in the beginning but when you add things like a delivery fee and insurance it went into a way different category for me. It was also a wake up call. Money really does matter and if your 9-5 does not pay enough then you have to find a way to supplement or replace that income altogether. Now I may seem calm but all I wanted to do was sit down and cry when this happened or maybe lay down and never move again.

But I have a life and a child and I do not have the luxury of self pity. So I moved on and some how made my way here. And yeah this may sound like a little thing but it's one little thing in an ocean of little things that I am going through. I bet others are in my same boat. Let me know how your surviving.


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Life Storms

So I am trying this again. The first blog I created I misspelled a word! Go figure moving way to fast. This blog is about money and life. I asked this question recently in a post, America how's your money? The more I think about it maybe your money is fine. But it seems to me that there have got to be people out there like me who feel like they are drowning and there is never enough time to catch their breath before the next storm comes there way. Yeah I used the word storm because in my life it feels like its storming. The best way I can put it is if you ask a friend what's it doing out side and they say its raining. You go look and out side your window is water raised so high wonder how your still standing.

That's what I call a storm and that's what it feel like in my life. Maybe think I am over exaggerating. My friends are now asking the question how are you managing? Reply, I am doing what every one else is doing and of course I am relying on God. But I wonder maybe every one else is doing better. So how are you staying a float? How are the things that life throws at you? Are you surviving the storm without problems?

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