F You Money!

Money is probably the number 1 thing the majority of people think about.

I dont mean money in the sense of investing, bonds, stocks, mutual funds, etc.  But purchases and savings.  Basic needs vs wants.

With the way things are in the economy and all the stories I hear on the news and read in the papers it is very difficult for me not to be concerned.  But I’m definitely one of the lucky ones.  I have savings, and I have a job.  Those two things alone are a blessing.  Without the job, I could survive for a couple of months, and after that, well I have options.  Which would be explored when it’s time.  For now though, I’m in a good place.

However I’m always trying to think of ways to keep my financial security.  My financial independence.  I read a lot of financial blogs that have given me the knowledge I have to make the decisions I’ve made in regards to money.

I love the concept of not being a slave to my money or my employer and I think this post represents it well.  Hopefully it motivates you too!

Mr. Money Mustache.

Fast walking around the block…

Due to the circumstances of life as well as laziness, I haven’t worked out in a pretty long time.  (about 2 months)

It’s amazing how quickly your body/face/health/energy gets UGLY…I mean there is just no other word for it.  It sucks that walking from the train to my house (up hill two blocks) tires me out.  Seriously…and the hill isn’t even that steep.

Me and PK have been “discussing”(aka complaining) to each other about our lack of dedication to our health/fitness for weeks now.  We’ve done better on the eating side of it…but then the weekends come and there is eating out and drinks and it’s just all bad!

Anyhow, looking in the mirror I can tell that I’m the fatest now than I have ever been in my life.  It’s disgusting!  Seriously…

I think we were both suffering from PM’s dilemma.  Which is over planning, over thinking, and not enough doing (or in our case, no doing).

So yesterday…finally.  We just did.  We got into our work out clothes and went out side with no real plan but to run three blocks.  That was it.  We didn’t know what would happen after, or where we will eat or what time it will be.  It was a bit liberating.

So we begin to jog and I was panting after two blocks.  It was humiliating.  We turned around and jogged back.  Then we walked/jogged around my block once. Than walked around the same block to “cool down”.  Did jumping jacks while waiting for the elevator (now that I think of it, we should’ve just taken the stairs). And we tried to do squats in the elevator till we got to my floor lol.

I call it “fast walking around the block” because…well it was pitiful.  On my part at least.   I can’t speak for PK.

I want to fast walk around the block tonight as well. *fingers crossed*

Paper Table Covers

Have you ever been to a nice restaurant. Where they have great lighting and clean crisp white table clothes. You know the table cloth is going to be smooth and soft. Until the moment your fingers slide over it and you realize it’s covered in paper.

Now when this first happen to me I won’t lie, I was a bit upset but then I started thinking. ‘is this Eco friendly?’ ‘does this same them loads of money?’ Most of the time it’s butcher paper, any one know the retail value of that?

Whatever it is. It turned out to be a wonderful thing. I no longer have to ask for the children’s menu when we go out places. I don’t need their menus to color. I can draw straight on the table.

It’s wonderful. We’ve sketched potential tattoo designs, cars, flowers, random logos, and even written out an entire purchase plan for a brand new car.

Seriously it’s the small things in life that make it awesome. I make sure to have two pens on me at all times so whoever I’m with can explore their creativity too.

Pictures to come…

Feel like a kid…

So the iPhone has been out for a while.

But I finally got one…like right now! Well it came in the mail yesterday but I got it this morning.  It’s so weird.

Technically, it’s not a big deal.  I got the 4 b/c it’s $100 cheaper than the 4S and I’m honestly in no need of Siri.  I took it out of the box once…and then put it right back inside.

It’s so odd, I feel like a little kid with a really expensive piece of jewelry my mother gave me to wear for the night.  I’m scared of losing it, damaging it, show it off to much.  But I’m so proud of it.

I hope it lives up to it’s grand expectations – even if I am on the At&t network.

Thoughts vs. Words

I’m sure we all know the difference between thoughts and words.  My question is, what happens for a thought to become words.  What drives us to communicate what we’re thinking.

In my case in particular, what am I lacking that I don’t realize that if I communicate thought x, it’ll make the recipient of the communication feel awkward.

I’m sure for most it’s not all that confusing but I can’t seem to wrap my mind around it.

We should be able to speak to our friends and family, right?  Tell them our thoughts.  What if I’m feeling the “wrong” thing – but because I dont have the filters I don’t communicate it.  Do I carry that wrong thought around with me?  Who helps me work through that?

I know some of you may be thinking, “well figure it out yourself” but if I have a wrong thought and I dont know it’s a wrong thought…than what?  How do you figure out you’re wrong about something with out speaking to someone about it.

I’m sometimes told that it seems like I hold back or I don’t share what I’m thinking.  But then if I share I’ve potentially made things awkward.

I would get all teenage defiant and claim “well I’ll just keep everything to myself” but that’s not an option.  I dont want to carry that.  I dont want to carry bad feelings around if I’m not meant to have them.

– forever socially awkward

Reasons for not writing (aka excuses)

So it’s definitely been a while since my last post.  Hell, I think I only have 2 posts for the entire year so far (not including this one)

I’m not sure what happen, I know I didn’t run out of things to say.  I talk to myself all the time…well not out loud.  I’ve gotten better at keeping it in my head haha.

The number one reason I stopped writing is because I got lazy.  Plain and simple.  Yes life did get busy and yes there were other things going on but the reality is, if I really wanted to keep up with my blog I would’ve.  But I didn’t…b/c I got lazy.

The second reason was I was worried that people would either not care about what I had to say or not like what I have to say.

I don’t know why either of those two things matter…this is MY blog…duh.

So there will be a lot of things coming up random, short, long winded, just a vast array of things.

Hope you enjoy!