Replies to 'Debt'

Tomorrow is the 1st and I have to ask myself today if I made my goal or not.  It's really hard to say cause I did accomplish quite a bit.  I'm really amazed at how much I've tackled and how much fear/anxiety/worry I've been able to deal with.   

I have kept to logging in my spending every day this month.  I did forget but I kept my receipts which I'm saving for my 2005 taxes at the end of the year.  This year, the government is allowing us to take off sales taxes (and I live in an area where I pay 7.5%).  But it was because of me facing my PIG PEN emotion -- which is fear based - which was written when I was a kid.   

Today is the last day.  Tomorrow, I'll print it and it will be time to review it. 

I got zapped by a friend and I'm out of $60 - I knew better but she knows when I'm weak and hit me at that time.  Hey, buttons are buttons -- but now, I've faced that old ancient emotion/feeling and have named it PIG PEN so it won't be happening again. 

So far, I've stayed below my spending allocation for the month - by $111.00 -- that's something major for me.  I did find myself saying "DO I REALLY NEED THIS?"  and if I answered yes, then I asked  "CAN I PUT IT ON MY MONTHLY SHOPPING LIST?" and that seemed to keep my spending way down! 

I put in a plan for the next time my friend sees me in a weak moment - I can and will say no.  She's more of a sister now and family really don't get mad, they just let it go .... 

so my answer is:  YES!  I have conquered it - it still needs to be practiced but once I've practiced it for a while, it will become a habit/behavior in my life.  I won't even remember that I was doing this exercise a year from now cause I'll be working on a new goal!