People, I have a confession to make.
I have a bad, bad habit.
I have an Americano-and-pastry habit. Costwise, I figure it's close to a pack of cigarettes a day. (No, I don't smoke. I just glanced at the price of a pack of cigarettes in a store one day.)
But I'm now at a cross roads.
Do I:
* Keep my bad habit and get a job to support it
OR
* Give up my bad habit (some or all) to support new goals of an emergency fund and a budget that works
I'm going to work at getting rid of my bad habit and replacing it with something else. No, I'm not planning to replace it with another bad habit. (Yes, that was my first thought too.) I'm planning to replace it with another habit that fills the get-out-of-the-house-and-see-people-in-a-friendly-casual-way need.
I've added this as a goal to my sidebar, although technically it's not a goal yet - doesn't have an deadline and is not measurable.
NSD's
November 20th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
November 21st, 2008 at 05:49 pm 1227289749
November 22nd, 2008 at 05:26 am 1227331615
If you need to get out of the house and use coffee and pastry to do so, coffee and cookie at home and exercise in the park.
Try it once and see if you can tolerate it. What really sinks people is thinking that they can never have it ever again.
Oh yes, if you forgo it completely, try paying yourself the coffee and pastry bill. Even throw in a tip.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:12 am 1227611521
baselle - it's getting out of the house, but it's really about the (positive) people contact. I do manage the occasional day off.
November 25th, 2008 at 03:59 pm 1227628793