Here we are, approaching the end of the first week of Smell My Success. At Blogspot. Dot com. Accessed through the internet machine. See? I'm the tiny strand on the upper left but still middle-ish portion. Just under the pink eye fetish porn site.
I'm so famous!
Friday is revelry time. I put on my tights and harlequin gear and prance about belting "Greensleeves" while avoiding bubonic plague. I challenge you to top that.
Let's recap my accomplishments for the week. What have I done to start pulling myself out of debt?
- I laid out all my financial garbage for my girlfriend to see. This was painful but it was the most essential thing I had to do to begin my journey of debt-freedom. I needed an ally.
- I started up this very blog! The one you're reading! I've posted once a day thus far. This blog is to help keep myself on track and maybe inspire others to keep out of money trouble.
- I biked to work four out of five days. One day it was raining. I'm not that tough. I saved $18.
- I filled out a deferment form for my student loan and faxed it in. I'll give them a follow up call next week
- I caught up with my bills for the month. No collection agencies will bother me for a bit. I miss them already.
- I got a credit card fee reversed and I have a plan to pay it off. Stay tuned for further developments on that front.
- I landed an interview for a better paying job next week.
- I've worked every day this week and have been late only once (I was late because I was scheduling that interview. Scandal!)
And now, a brief list of setbacks. Because nothing ever goes completely perfect:
- I lost my $26 that was to tide me over for two weeks. See my last post (rant?) to learn how.
- I had a minor mental crash in the middle of the week. I need to be vigilant about my energy and learn to pace myself.
- A small flurry of spending is coming up soon. It's going to continue to be tight pulling out of June (get your mind out of the gutter. That's not what I meant). I will have to be extremely careful about where my money is going while hacking away at my debt.
But I can do it! I know I can! This week has gone pretty well, wouldn't you agree? It's been emotionally trying and physically straining, but I'm optimistic. This Sunday, my girlfriend and I will sit down again to plan out the coming week. I anticipate it will be much lighter in tone than last time.
On Saturday I'm going to take a break. Sunday, I'm running back into the money game. Or lack of money game. A game will be played. And as always, I get the thimble.
