Yesterday was my 54th birthday. I had to work which was a blessing because it was 30 degrees outside and would have probably stayed home anyways. Or I would have spent the day outside the city somewhere. It's always cooler outside the city. I wish there was a lake close by I could go and spend the day, We have the reservoir but it's surrounded my the city and it doesn't feel like your in nature. I miss nature a lot sometimes.
I'm doing well this week with my money. I have $30 left for gas till Friday and still have 3/4 of a tank left in my truck. I have $70 left for food and $6.50 in change. It only Sunday but if I stick to making something cheap for my lunches at work which sometimes is hard to do without involving bread which I work hard to stay away from, I should be able to make it till the end of the week with money left over.
I'm behind on my credit card payment, and my cel phone bill, I own money to two people. I want to save money to fly home this summer to see my family which I haven't done in five years. Not sure how that is going to go. But I'm not going to give up on trying. My family thinks I can just get on a plane , pay my air fair there and back and that's it. They don't realize I have bills to pay rent , and I have to replace a weeks salary. Plus I need spending money when I go there and come back.
So if I focus on putting as much money on my cel phone and credit card bills as much as I can and have a few payments ahead on those before I go, it will be a lot easier when I come back from my trip. All I'll have to focus on is my rent , my insurance and my allowance. This paycheck I should be able to pay my nephew and my cel phone bill. I should able to pay something on my credit card and give some money to another friend.
I can't remember when I was ever this far behind in payments. I can't stress about it cause that doesn't help me either. All I can do is work at paying them when I do get some money come in. My mom sent me money and so did my aunts for my birthday. Which has help me this month to ease the stress for making my rent again. When I can pay off what I owe to people, I will only have my rent, my insurance, my cel phone and my one credit card to pay. That should be manageable with the money I'm making now..
I also have to think about where I'm going to be in five years. My landlady is planning on retiring, and I just rent a room with her here. I've been here 9 years, 10 this summer. She has become very dependent on me. And what stuck me the other day is that she makes less money then I do and is able to make payments on a brand new car, afford a home, travel, and still have money to do other things. I can't for the life of me figure how she does it.
I don't feel that I spend more money then she does, and still here she is, somehow is able to do and have all these things. Is it about saving? Is that all I have to do to get the life I want and need? I really would love to live by a small lake in nature. Plant a garden and have a horse or two. But it seems so impossible to have with the way I'm living my life today. Land up here is outrageously expensive. If I even had a chance of owning something I would have to move down home again.
I would not go any further then New Brunswick. I think I would like it there more the Nova Scotia. If only I could get my Karatbars business going and make money doing that, which I can, I would be all set. In a very short while I wouldn't have to work the rest of my life and I could enjoy life, like it was meant to be for everyone. I ordered a bumper sticker for my truck, hoping it will help build my business, or at least draw attention so I can at least talk to people about it. Can't wait to start buying gold.
Anyway , that's it for now.
Have a happy day Your Money Trailblazer
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