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A Budget – The First Big Step
Do you ever run out of money and wonder how there can be so many days of the month left before your next pay check? If so, let me ask you, do you have a budget? I would guess you probably don’t have a budget. If that’s the case, do you really know where your money is going each month??? You need a budget! Just as no two fingerprints are the same, no two budgets are the same. While I know everyone is different, I am going to break down budgeting for a diverse group of people. Some of the income and expenses won’t apply to you, while others will.…
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Forget Goals! Follow Systems!
I have recently started reading the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. When I was explaining the idea of the IteratingLife blog to someone, they told me to check this book out. I can’t explain how well it embodies the “small incremental change to reach huge success” idea. If you want to go buy it now, I would not blame you for not finishing this article. The book hit me so hard with a concept I am amazed I did not see or think of before. We talk about being goal oriented, and knowing where we want to go. That’s Success 101. But what is the next step? We tend…