Jan 3, 2014

#366: Start Actin' Up (Friday, January 3)

It's a brand new year and another opportunity to get it right -- or at least break even. There are some years when I struggle to think of the annual theme, but 2014 wasn't one of those years.

In fact, I'd had the theme before my birthday as I was reflecting on my 34th year and didn't feel so great about it. So the 2014 theme was inspired by my worst of 2013 -- I guess it's a blesson (a difficult lesson that turns out to be a blessing).

Our theme for this year is action. We are going to move, be purposeful and intentional about what we want, and gosh darn it, we are going to get it! Every week, I'll post an action that I'm taking; you can choose to do the same action or something different, but just do something.

This week's action: Do you have $1? Do you have an envelope? Good. Put the dollar in the envelope, seal it, and write "Week 1" across the seal. Store it in a safe place.

Why you're doing this: We can all have a better relationship with money. Sometimes, you just need to start somewhere. If you do this and follow up each week, you'll have $1,300+ to start 2015 (or to pay off a debt at the end of 2014). Who doesn't want that?

It's time to start actin' up!

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