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The adage about doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome...

August 25th, 2009 at 03:37 am

So, here I find myself again...almost the end of the month, eagerly awaiting my paycheck, and seeming amazed at why I went into my savings account.

I didn't do like I was supposed to, which was write out everything I bought through out the month. And so now I find myself again, hoping that I can somehow get it together and write out my spending habits for all of September so I can track to see what I am overspending on.

Of course, my main goal is to stay within my budget...the recent auto expenses made me dip significantly into my savings...I was already $140 or so dollars short to pay for some needed maintenance, and then I find myself another $200+ bucks short when I had to fix another issue. Sigh.

I am really worried and I hope that I can get it together for next month. The reason being that my pay will shrink by maybe $160-$180 bucks due to paycuts, and I am going to have to seriously figure out how I am going to pay all of my bills with less money. Frown

I know that this month I primarily overspent on food. Yep, just food. Nothing fancy. Just food.

Next month I am going to challenge myself even more to not use my credit card or go into my savings.

My friend's family member is having a baby. I am very happy, and also feeling the baby fever. I am not delusional and I realize that right now is not the best time to have a baby, and yet, the fear is growing in me. I hope I can relax about it a bit. Funny, but when I was younger, I was very much against having children biologically, and really only wanted to adopt. Sigh. Maybe I will change my way of thinking about it? Not sure.

I do know that I tend to spend more when I am stressed....I just want to relax and get my mind off of it, and that tends to make me buy fast food or coffee drinks a bit more freely.

I had a discussion with a family member and she told me some things about not wanting to see similarities between me and my mom, because she has negative memories of my mom (who is deceased). Wow. I am not sure really how to take that. I wasn't mad at her, I just told her that I hope that at some point she can see good similarities.
It has made me feel a bit at odds because I just don't know how I am supposed to think about that.

2 Responses to “The adage about doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome...”

  1. lizajane Says:
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    I'm not sure what your family member gained by telling you something like that. I don't think I'd know how to feel about it either! I think your answer was very classy.

  2. ceejay74 Says:
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    Have you tried the physical envelopes system, where you take out all the money allotted for food & groceries for the month, maybe divide it into envelopes for each week if you're afraid you'll overspend cash, and then force yourself to live out of your pantry if you run out of money?

    Of course, you have to have figured out the rest of your budget first, so if you don't have a written or electronic budget showing all income and expenses for a month, that is the first step.

    Good luck! Smile

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