Thursday, January 3, 2019

Better Decisions

So far so good except for my persistent trouble sleeping.  I’ve always been a bit of an insomniac so I guess that’s to be expected.  I just have to remind myself to be patient with all of the tossing and turning rather than get up, wander the house, eat bad food, and have a drink to expedite sleep. 

Last night I went to bed around 10pm and tossed and turned till 12am.  The night before was much the same.  I need to work on building better sleeping habits.  There was a time when I was able to go to bed when I wanted to.

I’ve decided to start doing something I used to do for years but had stopped a while ago.  That is, make a list of things I want to accomplish during the day.  Of course, not everything always gets done.  Other priorities get in the way and some tasks fall by the wayside.

Last night, I didn’t plan on having to go by the store or help cook diner.  Not that I minded doing those things (they were nice) but they didn’t fit in with my overall plans.  Still, I was able tick off the most important items on my to-do list and that’s what’s important.

I re-setup my old diet tracker and have gotten my old budgeting software up and running.  I’m making a deal with myself to update them both daily for at least a month and then see where it goes from there.  At any rate, I’m now more informed about my life than I was a day ago and that will help guide me in making better decisions.

One of those decisions which doesn’t fit in well with my overall goal of saving money is a tool I need for the house.  Very soon, I’m going to need an air compressor.  Dana got me gift cards to Lowes for Christmas but they will only cover half of the cost.  I could wait, but there’s a good sale right now and I’m afraid that it will go away before I’m able to take advantage of it.

I’m going to sit on this decision until Friday and see where I will land on it.  I’m thinking I will go ahead and buy it but anything could happen in 24 hours.  The sale could go away or we could have other expenses which I’m not anticipating. 

At any rate, I hate spending extra money so soon into the New Year but this is truly something I will likely need within the next month or sooner and it’s now marked down by $100.  Difficult to know what’s the right thing to do here.

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