Yes, I wrote that correctly, I’m stealing today for myself. Since the first of the month it seems I spend more time doing things for other people than for myself. So, today is for ME!
I’m actually supposed to be elsewhere but I decided that where I was supposed to be is not the end of the world if I don’t show up. So, I’m home, doing some reading and some writing that I’ve been wanting to get done for ages. I have to be firmer about taking time for what I need to do. I shouldn’t be trying to work on my own projects and goals in ’spare’ time, I should be making time for them.
It is easy to get caught up in the ’sure I can’ mindset. I got to thinking about this yesterday after I had done a debt counselling for a client. Most of my clients I have to push hard to get them to even think of the words ‘budget’ and ’savings’, this lady is so focused on the two words that she’s in danger of obsessing, if she isn’t already. Instead of us talking about how to budget and save, we ended up talking more about how to find balance between prudent fiscal management and being afraid to spend at all. Read the rest of this entry »
They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
In memory of our fallen Canadian:
Sgt. Prescott Shipway – Afghanistan September 7, 2008
Always Caring — Always Canadian — Never Defeated
Support Our Troops — Wear Red on Fridays
They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
In memory of our fallen Canadians:
Cpl Andrew Grenon – Afghanistan September 3, 2008
Cpl Mike Seggie - Afghanistan September 3, 2008
Pte Chad Horn - Afghanistan September 3, 2008
Always Caring — Always Canadian — Never Defeated
Support Our Troops — Wear Red on Fridays
Okay, so today I turn 50 years young, or old. At 50 it is midway into the century so who really cares if it is old or young? Now, that sounds presumptious, that I might live to 100. It’s not impossible actually, my grandparents for the most part lived long lives, my paternal grandmother to 101, my paternal grandfather 96, maternal grandmother 99 and grandfather 88. My parents didn’t fare quite as well, mother died at 74 from breast cancer and dad at 84 also from cancer. So, my odds might be a tad shorter with that.
One legacy my parents left me is that we don’t need to dwell on the various stages of life. They are going to happen, there is not a lot of sense in trying to put them off or fight them, just accept them as the normal cycle of life. I’ve known friends who almost obsess over them, some people become almost immobilized, that just doesn’t make sense. I don’t have to either like them or welcome them, I just have to accept that life change is inevitable. Read the rest of this entry »
