How many of us deposit our paycheck every two weeks, only to find that we're running short before the next payday? Especially in THIS economy, I'll bet I'm not alone.
I had to withdraw from my Savings to cover a check I wrote that I knew wasn't going to clear in my checking account. I thought to myself, how does this happen? How am I spending so much in a week when I'm really not buying anything outstanding? It wasn't BIG purchases that were draining my account, it was little ones. Five dollars here, five dollars there...stupid, unnecessary "expenses" that I could have done without. Let's just say, there's a reason that the Starbuck's crew knows my drink AND my name by heart...at every Starbuck's location in the county, no joke.
It isn't just my financial life that needed to be re-examined either, and I guess that's what I'm really getting at. It's really about balancing life in general. In a hectic, time-sensitive world, there's not much time to really take care of things that need our attention most. Some of us start our days early, take our kids to school or catch the bus, get to work, try to fit in a fast lunch somewhere (forget about breakfast), try to make it home to catch the bus or pick up kids from practice, fix dinner, help with homework, go to bed...where do we fit in budgeting, balancing, and maintenance of our checkbooks, let alone our health? Some do with little effort, but I'm not that organized. So this is who this blog is for. The unorganized :) Myself and the rest of the unorganized world :)
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