Halfway

Reflection: Halfway Through Baby Step #2!

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Well… we’re halfway there. HALF WAY. I’m torn between… ‘yay half way!’ And ‘it’s only half way?!’ To reflect on the last nearly two years is an undertaking. I’m supposed to keep this short and a true reflection would be a mini book, but here goes.

What a kick in the pants it is to audit your expenses for 3 months and see how wasteful, irresponsible and entitled you have been. It’s humbling. What a joy it is to see that you can make those changes and see immense progress with some work. It truly does not take much to just not eat out or stop at the store or indulge here and there… or absolutely everywhere. Is it fun to do all of those things? Heck yes! Is it embarrassing and stressful to be held accountable to that money lost? Heck yes!

Going from having pretty significant anxiety every time something pops up or even reviewing a budget is awful but moving on to having more than enough money, money to help others, to tithe, to do fun things with is incredible. It brings me joy to see others making healthy choices, but it also pains and confuses me to see people in the same, difficult and broke spot only to know they’re digging themselves further in the hole. We’ve been there. We worked to fix it and it is worth it. What did it take? Self control, insight and being responsible.

We have a way to go still, but the end will be worth the battle!