Sunday, October 07, 2007
Money at the root no more
I have come to the conclusion, not suddenly, but upon years and years of gradually accumulating and piecing together the information from life, that money is absolutely the root of all evils, but not for much longer in my little arena of life. Many of you may fervently disagree, and that is o.k. So, upon this conclusion that I have made, I have decided that I will strive everyday to no longer allow money to control my life. Money will no longer have its power over me, and the black hole that I face with tremendous fear and trepidation every time I have to pay the weekly bills, will no more suck me into its spirit crushing vortex of darkness. My goal is to be free from the gripping claws of the almighty green and begin to live my life for crying out loud already. I am in debt up to my eyeballs, I can barely afford food, I certainly cannot afford to buy clothes or shoes or anything that I dare want. This is o.k. This is great. This is not what defines me. I am not what I eat or buy or spend or consume...Money does not make me who I am or what I can be. It is a prison. A spirit killer. A drug. A demon passing through the hands of everyone alive. Does your money define you? Determine the way you live? Necessary for survival? Uh huh. It is time for us to let go and be free to live again.
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AMEN sister! LOL
It's not that bad!! Yes, credit reports and such do suck, and if you're already in debt, go out and have some fun! :) That's what I'm doing!! LOL Just don't be completely irresponsible and you'll be fine!
I've been down this road before - What sucks is: the time will come whether you have to choose between buying food, buying gas, or paying your credit card bill. And when it came down to it, I said screw the VISA! It's not worth it to drive yourself sick. I've been fortunate, I asked for a loan from my family, and I pay them what I can from month to month. I was about $2,100 in pay day loan debt! I get mad at myself for not saving money while I had the chance living at home with my parents.
But you know what?... we're all in the same boat. I can't think of anyone who does not have to make a sacrifice one way or the other just to make it to their next payday. All I can say is I'm thankful for my health, so that I may continue working to pay the bills - sometimes it's all we've got.
Check this out...
The average salary for an individual in the U.S. is 31K (approx $15/hr full-time) or 42K per household (approx $11/hr each for 2 full-time workers). If you fall under this category you're part of approx 68% of the population. (Many of these averages are based on the previous 1-5 yr's salaries, but I don't believe much has changed.)
Here's a good website:
www.imdiversity.com/Villages/Careers/articles/hicks_average_worker.asp
Jess, AMEN SISTER!
I've been down that rout a few times myself. In the last five years, I have gone to extremes on many ends.
I spent months going nowhere and doing nothing and was amazingly not as depressed as I thought I'd be. I micromanaged every cent for a few weeks. The mistake I made is out of my paychecks almost everything went towards balances and bills and very little went to day to day living (food, entertainment, gas).
So I was always broke cash wise.
More recently, I went to the other extreme and carried bills around for months and paid the cable when I noticed I was missing another episode of Seinfield.
The answer lies in the middle I believe. I hate fear.
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