Comments on: Letting myself off the hook http://www.darxyanne.com/2010/05/letting-myself-off-the-hook/ Oh that there was a tidy little phrase that could sum up everything I want to say to the world Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sherron http://www.darxyanne.com/2010/05/letting-myself-off-the-hook/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Sherron Thu, 13 May 2010 02:35:53 +0000 http://www.darxyanne.com/?p=1858#comment-377 You go, girl! Cheers, cheers, cheers!!! I'm feeling the need to purge, as well. I'm not as partial to keeping receipts; it's other things. I'm so tired of the clutter, and tired of beating myself up for being tired of the clutter and not doing anything about it because I'm exhausted from the clutter and beating up and...and...and...What a vicious cycle! So, you're on your way! Yay!!! It may feel like a baby step, but it seems like a giant step to me, a gutsy step. Woo!! .-= Sherron´s last blog ..<a href="http://afurfilledlife.wordpress.com/2010/05/09/happy-day-mommies/" rel="nofollow">Happy Day, Mommies!</a> =-. You go, girl! Cheers, cheers, cheers!!! I’m feeling the need to purge, as well. I’m not as partial to keeping receipts; it’s other things. I’m so tired of the clutter, and tired of beating myself up for being tired of the clutter and not doing anything about it because I’m exhausted from the clutter and beating up and…and…and…What a vicious cycle!

So, you’re on your way! Yay!!! It may feel like a baby step, but it seems like a giant step to me, a gutsy step. Woo!!
.-= Sherron´s last blog ..Happy Day, Mommies! =-.

]]> By: Steve http://www.darxyanne.com/2010/05/letting-myself-off-the-hook/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Steve Sat, 08 May 2010 16:15:59 +0000 http://www.darxyanne.com/?p=1858#comment-366 The last post plus this post are helping me shift my approach to clutter barnacles. I have things I think I should keep but don't have a file for them, so they go in a stack. The stack becomes a monument to my indecision and laziness and anything else I can harangue myself about. Each year I take the things I need to keep for income tax records and store them in a box and toss out the other -- important distinction -- filed stuff. The old stack hangs around. Pretty weird, huh? So now I'll have a "keep it until I can chuck it at the end of the year" stack and either shove it unfiled into the annual box or recycle it. One more important step to fewer barnacles. Thanks! Money habits change over time so old data wouldn't tell you much. Track spending for just one month and you'll have a lot of answers -- if that' still important. But none of that matters much unless you want to structure a budget and commit to following it. That turns out to be a pretty serious commitment, so don't take it on lightly. Steve .-= Steve´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.twistingroad.com/2010/05/godin-2010-0507/" rel="nofollow">Godin 05-07-10: The Future of Media</a> =-. The last post plus this post are helping me shift my approach to clutter barnacles. I have things I think I should keep but don’t have a file for them, so they go in a stack. The stack becomes a monument to my indecision and laziness and anything else I can harangue myself about.

Each year I take the things I need to keep for income tax records and store them in a box and toss out the other — important distinction — filed stuff. The old stack hangs around. Pretty weird, huh?

So now I’ll have a “keep it until I can chuck it at the end of the year” stack and either shove it unfiled into the annual box or recycle it. One more important step to fewer barnacles. Thanks!

Money habits change over time so old data wouldn’t tell you much. Track spending for just one month and you’ll have a lot of answers — if that’ still important. But none of that matters much unless you want to structure a budget and commit to following it. That turns out to be a pretty serious commitment, so don’t take it on lightly.

Steve
.-= Steve´s last blog ..Godin 05-07-10: The Future of Media =-.

]]> By: Elise http://www.darxyanne.com/2010/05/letting-myself-off-the-hook/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Elise Sat, 08 May 2010 12:59:25 +0000 http://www.darxyanne.com/?p=1858#comment-365 I feel your energy through this post...keep going and reporting on your progress; it's quite inspiring. I feel your energy through this post…keep going and reporting on your progress; it’s quite inspiring.

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