Is it easy to fit your life in a list? I've been thinking a lot lately how I've been kind of a fly by the seat of your pants kind of person. I'm not sure how I ended up this way, but I kind of like just going with the flow. Problem is, it really hasn't gotten me that far. One thing I love so much about Gregg is that he keeps me grounded. Where I'm just kind of like "ahh whatever" he is more like "we need to do this, this, and this." I love that about him. I'm trying to be more like that.
So today I tried to buy a car. It didn't work out so well. First off, I owe too much on my jeep and it isn't really worth anything. My negative equity is pretty bad right now. Second of all, they said my credit score was too low. Everyone tried tellin me my payments would be over $500 a month...soooo not happening so I walked away from each one. So I came home and checked my credit score based on the company they pulled and my credit report showed it at about 60 points higher than what the dealership tried to tell me. So this has me confused a little bit. I have student loan debt and I have my car that I have now. I have about $3500 in unpaid medical debt (yes, I know...this affects my score heavily) but other than that, there isn't anything on my report anymore. The stuff that I did have on there has now fallen off because it was all more than 7 years old. But the point is, I didn't pay my medical bills and now my credit is suffering. For whatever reason, I didn't pay much attention to it. I just wasn't being responsible.
So tonight, I'm making some lists. I need to start keeping track of my life and start living like a responsible 28 (soon to be 29) year old. Thirty is right around the corner. Anyway, here is a start to my lists. Some of them I have already completed, but will add them anyway as they were on my "mental" list. :) I'll revisit these lists later and mark them off as they happen. :) Some of them will be ongoing until I leave this earthly realm. :)
Travel:
1.Travel to Australia - went in June 2010 for 10 days
2.Meet a movie star in Hollywood - met Paris Hilton in May 2009
3. Take a Safari in South Africa
4.Walk where Jesus walked in Israel - went in February 2008 for 10 days
5. Spend at least 3 nights each in Santorini & Mykonos, Greece
6.Spend my 30th birthday in Ireland - spent Halloween weekend 2010 in Ireland
7. Take an Alaskan cruise/land tour
8. Visit Tahiti and spend the night in an overwater bungalow
9. Explore Italy (Amalfi Coast, Rome, Florence, Tuscany, Venice, and Milan)
10. Travel throughout Germany (Fairytale trail) and visit Poland & Austria (where great grandparents came from)
Personal Growth:
1. Get out of debt (pay off unpaid medical bills and pay off student loans)
2. Get a new vehicle
3. Grow my clientele at work
4.Go to sleep early and wake up early - currently in the process of training my body to do this
5. Become a Premier Aussie Specialist (once I attend Coroborree in Oct 2011 in Melbourne, Australia)
6. Restart my workout routine and stick with it.
7. Continue with my Weight Watchers plan and actually stick with it on a day to day basis One day at a time
8. Write a book/memoir
Relationships:
1. Get married and have children
2. Continue to grow in the Lord with Gregg
3. Stay in touch more with my friends and family back home
4. Answer the phone instead of calling people back on my time (this is going to be an ongoing battle...hahaha)
5. Stop being so selfish
6. Spend more time with friends
Spiritual:
1. Go on an overseas mission trip
2. Do more local missions
3. Help start at child advocate program (child sponsorship for local children for activities and necessities in life)
4. Spend at least an hour each morning studying the Bible
5. Spend more than an hour a day reading the Bible
6. Write a worship song
7. Be a better small group leader
What are some things on your lists?
So today I tried to buy a car. It didn't work out so well. First off, I owe too much on my jeep and it isn't really worth anything. My negative equity is pretty bad right now. Second of all, they said my credit score was too low. Everyone tried tellin me my payments would be over $500 a month...soooo not happening so I walked away from each one. So I came home and checked my credit score based on the company they pulled and my credit report showed it at about 60 points higher than what the dealership tried to tell me. So this has me confused a little bit. I have student loan debt and I have my car that I have now. I have about $3500 in unpaid medical debt (yes, I know...this affects my score heavily) but other than that, there isn't anything on my report anymore. The stuff that I did have on there has now fallen off because it was all more than 7 years old. But the point is, I didn't pay my medical bills and now my credit is suffering. For whatever reason, I didn't pay much attention to it. I just wasn't being responsible.
So tonight, I'm making some lists. I need to start keeping track of my life and start living like a responsible 28 (soon to be 29) year old. Thirty is right around the corner. Anyway, here is a start to my lists. Some of them I have already completed, but will add them anyway as they were on my "mental" list. :) I'll revisit these lists later and mark them off as they happen. :) Some of them will be ongoing until I leave this earthly realm. :)
Travel:
1.
2.
3. Take a Safari in South Africa
4.
5. Spend at least 3 nights each in Santorini & Mykonos, Greece
6.
7. Take an Alaskan cruise/land tour
8. Visit Tahiti and spend the night in an overwater bungalow
9. Explore Italy (Amalfi Coast, Rome, Florence, Tuscany, Venice, and Milan)
10. Travel throughout Germany (Fairytale trail) and visit Poland & Austria (where great grandparents came from)
Personal Growth:
1. Get out of debt (pay off unpaid medical bills and pay off student loans)
2. Get a new vehicle
3. Grow my clientele at work
4.
5. Become a Premier Aussie Specialist (once I attend Coroborree in Oct 2011 in Melbourne, Australia)
6. Restart my workout routine and stick with it.
7. Continue with my Weight Watchers plan and actually stick with it on a day to day basis One day at a time
8. Write a book/memoir
Relationships:
1. Get married and have children
2. Continue to grow in the Lord with Gregg
3. Stay in touch more with my friends and family back home
4. Answer the phone instead of calling people back on my time (this is going to be an ongoing battle...hahaha)
5. Stop being so selfish
6. Spend more time with friends
Spiritual:
1. Go on an overseas mission trip
2. Do more local missions
3. Help start at child advocate program (child sponsorship for local children for activities and necessities in life)
4. Spend at least an hour each morning studying the Bible
5. Spend more than an hour a day reading the Bible
6. Write a worship song
7. Be a better small group leader
What are some things on your lists?
