MY COMMITMENT TO NO LONGER EATING OUT

This is it~ I am no longer spending money on food. I mean fast food! Restaurant food!

I am on a mission to change by bad habits and save money! I don't bring my lunch or dinner because I do not plan properly. Well, I have had enough. I am broke and heavy and totally sick of it. Recently I was making my son listen to the 7 habit of highly effective teens and found that I was getting just as much out of it as he was. One of the habits is begin with the end in mind. I love that. We are always thinking of goals and resolutions but I know that I am thinking about how hard it is going to be to complete this venture. Not thinking about how much money I will save or how healthy I may become. So this time I am beginning withing the end in mind. One of the other habits is telling the truth all the time... it makes you feel whole inside.. I love this. I think that a lot of us tell little white lies or lie to ourself so much that it is quite damaging. I tell myself all the time that I deserve to eat this or go to this restaurant because I work and go to school and I am a mom and I am a divorcée. When really the fact of the matter is ... I deserve to be healthy and debt free and stress less over the fact that I may not be able to pay for the gas bill because I have decided to eat out 6 times this week instead of packing my lunch and taking the time to plan my meals for the week. Also there is a part in the book where he speaks about your personal bank account and making deposits or withdrawals and how it effects your mindset and self confidence. If you make a promise to yourself ... keep it... If you tell yourself you are going to wake up at 6am and workout then do it. It will do wonders for your self worth and overall attitude. So this is my new venture. Blogging and keeping my word to myself to plan my meals and save money. Graduation is on May 20th.. Let's see how much money I will have saved by then.. GOOD LUCK TO ME...

Day 1. Sunday April 11, 2010..

No food bought out today so far... savings acct 10.00 to start. (normally I wold have purchased a breakfast out today so 10.00 in) each time I would have purchased a meal out I will deposit that money in this acct to see how much I can save by May 20th.

Notice the world

There are so many things that I think about each day that I never do. There are many people that I run into that I will never see again. How many people around us never speak to another person all day long. My family laughs at me because I say hello to EvErYoNe. I compliment people on their shirt or their hair, everyone deserves to smile at least one time per day. Why is it that some people are so nice to strangers and yet do not take proper care of themselves. Everyone needs to know what it feels like to sit in silence for just a half of an hour. When is the last time you experienced peace and solitude. It has been a while for me. In my home there is always a TV or Video Game on. If that is not on then there is music or people in the pool outside. To have complete silence to sit with just your thoughts and feelings is rare. Children need to get out in Nature again. Then need to play in the dirt and be allowed to be kids. Joy is in the moments. Love in the in silence. Peace comes with faith in knowing that no matter what you choose today it will always make for a better tomorrow. Everyone say Hi to a stranger today. Offer to pay for the person behind you in the drive thru. Make eye contact. Love with your whole heart and sit for just a while in silence.