Tag: goals

Why I Said Goodbye To Facebook…And Why I Returned

Since I didn’t release a blog post as usual last Friday, I’m coming to you mid-week with a bonus post!

As I wrote in my last post, I am prioritizing friends and family this year. My mom fractured her tibia (the larger of the two bones in the leg) right before the holidays. Since she lives alone, my brother and I have been taking turns staying with her and helping take care of her while she recovers. One of the benefits of my remote job is that I can work from anywhere! So, I spent last week in my childhood home helping my mom, and it brought me so much joy. This is what financial freedom is all about for me.

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Money Goals With A Spouse

Well, in case you missed it folks, 2023 has arrived! Although I’m not a fan of New Years’ Resolutions, I am a big proponent of goal setting, and I happen to set my goals around the start of the New Year. Thanks to a busy holiday season, I’m just now starting the process of reflecting on 2022 and beginning to think about my goals for 2023. While there will be more to come on those details, today I’m starting with another goal-related post. I’m reflecting on how my goals have changed now that there’s another human being in my life: my spouse. I sometimes forget that it was just me and me alone for so long. I did some good work on myself before Mr. Dink came along, and it’s sometimes surreal to think about how different my goals would be if I was still single. Does anyone else feel this way?

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How Goal Setting Helps Me Make Decisions

Last week, I wrote about my process of setting my yearly goals. In that post, I mentioned how setting goals has helped tremendously with my decision-making process. This week, I want to dive deeper into this topic.

I recently heard a story about a friend of a friend. I was told that this person uses her values to make all her decisions. When a decision is put in front of her, she advocates that it is easy for her to say yes or no because all she has to do is ask herself if what she is being asked to do aligns with her values.

I admired this strategy, but I immediately knew I wasn’t there yet. My first, gut reaction was that’s great and all, but does she feel any guilt about her decisions? Apparently the answer is no, but the guilt that comes with decision making is where I struggle most.

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