I haven't blogged since April. If I actually had a following, that'd be a problem. I've got so many new ideas and things I've learned, I've got enough to blog about for a good while now. I guess I just needed to take some time off to figure some things out.
But here we are.
I've learned that we as human beings are capable of doing incredible things, if we just focus our energy into making those things actually happen. In the same way, lack of focus leads to missed opportunities, mistakes, lapses in discernment, and aimless wandering.
It's not enough to just set a goal; you must constantly remind yourself of what that goal is and why it's so important. If your goal is not worth daily re-discipline, it's not worth meeting in the first place.
We normally manage to put away a few hundred a month for savings, but when I checked the totals for October, I found that the best possible scenario (other than me getting a raise or the apartment complex calling us and telling us we just don't have to pay rent anymore) involves stashing away upwards of $2,500 in the month of October alone.
I really want this to happen.
But again, it's not going to happen if I don't focus on this outcome each and every day. So, I used the calculator app on my phone to total up the maximum possible amount of savings we could possibly squeeze out of October, and I took a screenshot of that total.
Now, my lock screen is that screenshot. Every time I use my phone, I see that number in large numerals spread across my screen.
I use my phone a lot.
We'll see how it goes. Also, I just found out that my wife has a secret cash stash. So that will help.
This is all for now.
-R.
PS: It's good to be back.
