Category Archives: Goals

Micro-Goals And Staying Motivated

I’ve been thinking about motivation. Where does it come from?  How can it be maintained? My primary motivation to get out debt was born out of a desire to have more control over my life.  To be frank, I was tired of living with the constant burden of interest payments.  Deciding to do something about [...]

Breaking Bad Financial Habits – Impulse Purchases

As you read this, you already know something about yourself, something very important.  You know, without even having to think about it, if you are the kind of person who makes impulse purchases.  You also know, with equal certainty, if this tendency to make impulse purchases is negatively affecting your financial situation.  Over the next [...]

A Fresh Start

It’s almost May, which means that one-third of the year 2009 is gone!  I don’t know about you, but time seems to have flown by, and it seems like only days ago, I was writing down my 2009 resolutions.  (Remember those?  Yeah, that’s that pesky list of things we promised we would do in 2009.  [...]

Follow Through

I really enjoy playing golf.  I try to play once or twice a month, and if I had more time and money, I would play more.  I am a pretty decent striker of the ball, but I do have one swing fault with which I constantly struggle.  I find it hard to follow through and [...]