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Feeling the Relief

Posted by Shauna Smith June 25, 2012 - Filed in Personal - #life #bipolar #california #finances - 204 views

Feeling the Relief

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Shauna

Me Juggling Life!

Today I made a couple of Big decisions and I am just beginning to feel the relief. I have addressed a few problems that I had been putting off. Seems to be one of my symptoms to put stuff off, especially stuff I really don’t know how to handle, or a situation I have never been in!

I have never been good with my finances. I tend to not keep close enough eye on my money and times are tough right now so I have fallen behind on most of my credit bills. We run out of money 2 weeks after I get paid and I get paid once a month. I just pray we don’t run out of something we can’t live without but this past month I had to borrow money from Carl to get through. That is super embarrassing for me. I am at a point in my life that I have never been at before, I have never been in a position that I couldn’t pay my bills on time and with the increase in costof living I am at that point now. If I was better with finances it wouldn’t be as bad but I am not. Either way I’m hundreds of dollars short a month. Im not saying this for sympathy please don’t think that, I want people to know everyone goes through this and we will survive it.

So what am I going to do about this? Well I applied to review the extreme couponing video class for a reason. I want to learn what I can to save money and they really outlined how to get organized and how to save as much as possible. So I am, this week, going to get organized properly and hope I can buy some groceries. Now, I am in California so I don’t expect to save what some of these people do but I should be able to save a good amount!

I realize that there are things I do that are honestly a symptom of my Illness but I have to take control. Can’t allow the stress of unimportant things to take over and I lose my focus on what I must learn and must control. I am regrouping!!

So tomorrow I will spend the day studying for my exam to get my Insurance license and then I go take the exam Thursday morning. I really need to pass it on my first attempt but I am sure I will. I did it before so I gotta be able to do it again, 15 years later!

Pray for me that my anxiety doesn’t take over!

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Erin Patrick Shauna, that's a huge step you took, to realize and admit that there is something you need to work on. We can't clean things up in the dark. It's only when we shine the light on them that we can do the work we need to do. It sounds like you've devised ... more
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Shauna Smith Erin you are amazing.. Thank you.. :)
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