I started 2020 with some lofty (but manageable) goals – read about them in depth here. 1. Money – Read about this more in depth here Debt Paid: In January 2020 – I paid $2,023.00 toward debt, with $700.00 of that being toward my car loan. Car loan is down to $4,400.00 Budget: I stuck […]
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Money Debt: Continue to pay off as much as I can and aggressively use extra money to chip away at car loan. Car loan payoff goal date is July 2020! Income: Continue attempting to sell clothes, jewelry and anything else I find around my house that I don’t need or use. Health & Fitness Diet: […]
For the next 38 days (it’s been two days since I started this) I am/will be “counting macros” as a part of my diet/health journey. As my friend Bethany stated quite accurately, it’s a lot “like a living puzzle” – in the way that you are working to piece together a plan for your food […]
December was slow going for me on the fitness front, having taken a vacation at the start of the month. For those of you who don’t know – I had a very positive, growth filled year from April 2018 to April 2019 in the health and fitness realm of my life. I will do a […]
Peloton Bikes have been coming into social media, mainstream advertising and the health/fitness industry HOT! As a person who owns/uses one, I thought I would offer my two cents on the bike, the purchase process, the price and general info! Check them out here if you are interested! Purchase/Price – I was first intrigued by […]
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Success by design
Chapter 12 of the book Atomic Habits, discusses the idea of “Environment design”. Broadly – this refers to the process of making your home (or work) the most conducive to the success of your habit formation. James Clear touches on this in various points of the book – and I think it’s a great way […]
DEBT. Gross. That word just holds so many bad feelings, memories and associations. I can tell you that I have a really LONG and tumultuous history with money in general and debt specifically. Maybe in another post I will get more into the “how I got here” but for today, let’s just stay positive and […]
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Ding!
Sometimes we have to use “reverse principles” in order to break a bad habit. One of the ideas that James Clear writes about in his book Atomic Habits was the importance of not just forming new/good habits – but actions must be consciously taken to break old/bad habits that don’t serve our identity. I admit […]
With the reinvigorated spirit of January – I had to look at one of my oldest, and most reassuring relationships: My relationship with alcohol. I alluded to it in a past post but I want to do a more dissected view. I never really drank much in high school/early college. I went to a party […]
Since one of my 2020 “goals” is to figure out my spending/debt, I have been doing some reading into the psychology behind it. One interesting tidbit I read in the book Atomic Habits was about the “Diderot Effect” which is named after the 1700s French Philosopher, Denis Diderot. To sum it up quickly – it’s […]
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