I was thinking about yesterday's post and decided I should add to it. So I did. It's not much, but it clarifies what the pictures are a bit...
Today's topic: Something that stresses you out.
Money.
The end!
No just kidding. Actually there's a lot of aspects to this: Do we have enough? When are we getting it? When are we getting more? What should we spend it on? What should we not spend it on? How much should we save? How much do we need before we do certain things like go back to school or go to Europe or start a family?
Answers: Yes. Around the 1st and 15th of every month. When Andy gets a promotion, he gets a raise. Food mainly, bills, car payment, A HONEYMOON ;). Interest payments, stupid crap. Right now, about half of every paycheck, but sometimes that doesn't happen. More than we have, but what's really enough?
Basically, money makes me super anxious. When we bought our washer and dryer last year I had to take a moment while we were talking with the salesman about how much it was going to cost. (But what's amazing is we're not going to pay any interest on it!)
I'm not very good at spending money and by that I mean I tend to be a "monk" about it. I use this word because I took a money-personality assessment through our financial office on post and that's what it said: I feel like I have enough to buy the things I want or need, but I don't feel like I ever need or want something enough to buy it. In a way it's ok because it saves us money.
I'm by no means perfect with money - in that I haven't yet learned about investing and so on. However, I do keep up with bills (no late payments!), I put money in savings all the time (and it stays there!), and I try not to buy frivolous things (the New Kids tickets were totally affordable, not to mention worth it!).
Anyway, in general money does stress me out, but I am learning to handle it better - it's ok to buy things for the house, for the pets, for Andy and for myself! (I just can't go coo-coo-bananas and buy everything I see - no prob.)
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