“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”
~ Albert Einstein ~
Here it is Wednesday.. somehow the days are flying by even though I’m not working. I have been however working on trying to get my finances in order. Been on the phone trying to be proactive and not let my bills get out of control like I know they will at some point due to lack of income that will be coming in. I will be getting short term disability but it will only amount to about 1/2 of what I would normally make so.. while I was just barely making ends meet with overtime before all this cancer shite, I will be in dire straights with this adjusted income. Granted I’m grateful that at least I have the disability to count on but it just will not be enough. So, I’ve been trying to call all of my creditors to explain the situation and see if there is anything they can do to help me out.. defer payments, discounts etc. Problem is because I haven’t received my first check yet and therefore have no idea exactly how much I will be getting.. they can’t set anything up till I know this. Yet by the time I get my first check I will have started to get behind in my bills.. sounds confusing?? It is.. and me trying to stay ahead and try to plan it out isn’t working. I was able to work out a few things which is good but.. come next month it will be dicey.
I am using my “trying to be in the moment” attitude with all things and especially with the financial stuff but I’m the kind of person who also likes to plan out and budget so I’m learning that I just have to be in the moment and try what I can do for each day and pray and hope that it will all work out in the end…
More important for you to “stay in the zone” than to fret about not being able to budget. Have a talk with yourself about how it’s ok to look at bills day by day rather than trying to budget right now. Remember, there is an end point. Once you start getting disability, you can then do some budgeting. Don’t worry about what you can’t do, fix what you can. For your healing, you need to keep stress out of your life.
Oh Laurie! That just plain sucks that you have to be thinking about bills and lack of income right now while you’re going through all this! You’re outlook and optimism is amazing! Someone once reminded me that God gives us our “DAILY” bread…not our monthly bread. I try to trust in that and so far, I have seen that to be true in many a situation. xoxo
Hi Laurie, Its been some time I visited ur blog. Infact a very long time I must say. My office work has been taking up my entire time lately. Got a refreshing holiday today & must say I went through all my earlier fav blogs. Hence am here.. happily typing a comment on ur blog
Must say, ur photography skill has tremendously increased now. The photos now look very professional
By the way nice post again & may ur monetary problems be solved. Have a nice Day