Backsliding
So, Carrie and I are sitting at one of our many Starbucks breakfasts and we confessed "I haven't been logging my expenses!". Which is frustrating. The point of this was not to have a hip blog that all of friends read (well, that was not the only point). It was too start paying more attention to what we buy. Realizing where our money went and why we spend the way we do. Yet here we are, nearly 2 months in, with no pretty spreadsheets, no tally, nothing. Only the nagging feeling that we are at it again...and the same self loathing I am so familiar with.
To be totally honest, I am scared to really look. It is like the friend who you don't call back for a few days, which turns into a week, and then you are too ashamed to call after that even though you really do want to talk to her. I know that I need to do it, but I find every excuse not too (my apartment needs cleaning, lunch needs to be made, a stuffed robot needs a face).
Well, today folks, I am doing it. Facing my fears. Not taking the easy way out. figuring out how far behind I am and what that $200 loss did to me.
FYI- Carrie and I are going to publish our expenses at the halfway point (end of Oct) and every other week from then on out. We had originally planned to do it every week. Funny how fear will change your plans. Fear and laziness. However, we realize that we have an obligation to our dear readers and that you must just be dying to find out which one of us is thriftier.
Deep breath Elisa. Here goes...
Also...check out this website obsessive consumption. very cool.
To be totally honest, I am scared to really look. It is like the friend who you don't call back for a few days, which turns into a week, and then you are too ashamed to call after that even though you really do want to talk to her. I know that I need to do it, but I find every excuse not too (my apartment needs cleaning, lunch needs to be made, a stuffed robot needs a face).
Well, today folks, I am doing it. Facing my fears. Not taking the easy way out. figuring out how far behind I am and what that $200 loss did to me.
FYI- Carrie and I are going to publish our expenses at the halfway point (end of Oct) and every other week from then on out. We had originally planned to do it every week. Funny how fear will change your plans. Fear and laziness. However, we realize that we have an obligation to our dear readers and that you must just be dying to find out which one of us is thriftier.
Deep breath Elisa. Here goes...
Also...check out this website obsessive consumption. very cool.
1 Comments:
you guys shouldn't be hard on yourselves about not doing the web site. mostly because i want you to keep having fun with it so you'll keep doing it and keep entertaining me. but also because, like you say, if it's just another stressor to do with your finances, it's not going to help you deal with your problems, just make you avoid them. but the cheap women site is fun!...more of an indicator of resposibilities you already have, not so much an additional responsibility. (that's not really true, but maybe if you could trick yourselves into thinking of it that way, it wouldn't seem so stressful?)
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