Friday, October 14, 2011

This is hard.

I know that if it was easy to become debt free then everyone would have already achieved their goals many, many moons ago. For Mr. M and me, we have hit our two year mark this month of our debt free journey an anniversary that I’m not proud of celebrating. Even though I know that at the end of this journey I’ll be able to “live like no one else”, I still face many temptations.

Mostly superficial things (like clothes) that I for some reason feel like I need to have even though designer clothes are truly wants not needs. I know…its childish…I should be a grown-up and be thankful that I even have clothes but sometimes there is a tiny little person inside of me that whines – “It’s not fair!”

How do you handle days like this when you’re faced with temptations? Do you give yourself a pep-talk? My current solution is to listen to the pod casts of Dave Ramsey and read your blogs as it helps me realize that those with the clothes that I want are probably up to their eye balls in debt. Mr. M reminds me from time to time that we could be debt free or like Stanley….

3 comments:

  1. Some days are really hard, especially when everyone else seems to be living the good life all around us. I find it hard when people I work with are all talking about their overseas holidays... sigh.. like you I read a lot of blogs, listen to Dave, remind myself of how awful it felt not being able to pay my bills, worrying myself sick. that helps :)

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  2. It's not fun at all. But you know, what's their life today could be your life tomorrow, and vice versa. How I get through it is just keep thinking of MY goal. I know that goal is a few years away, and I am content with the notion that it WILL happen. Also, having not that many other choices is sober'ingly helpful.

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