Time to Get Back on Track
May is National Recommitment Month so this will be a perfect time to get back on track with the goals you may have set for yourself at the beginning of the year. As I have said in many other articles, I am not a fan of New Year’s resolutions. The reason I am not a fan is because almost everyone is looking for shortcuts and quick fixes, trying to right whatever is wrong in their life in the easiest way possible.
God does not promise us that our lives will be easy but as Paul says in Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” People often set goals for themselves only to find out that it is not easy, that it takes hard work and time. At this point many will just give up. What sets the successful apart from the rest is not giving up in the face of challenges or difficulty.
The points I will share with you next are not just to help you achieve your financial goals, but you can apply them to bettering your marriage, living a healthier lifestyle or raising your children to name just a few.
1. Be Willing to Sacrifice
If you want to have more money than month, you have to be willing to make sacrifices (doing without some things so you will spend less) in order to have more. The same concept applies to a marriage or healthy lifestyle. To have something better later you have to be willing to give something up now because anything worth having is worth making sacrifices for.
2. Don’t Allow Your Emotions to Cloud Your Decisions
It is in our nature to make decisions based upon how we are feeling at the moment but people who are able to make a decision that is not based on if they are happy or upset at the moment usually have better results. A great example is when you are feeling bad and you go out to buy something that might make you feel good in the short term but may hurt you financially down the road.
3. Make Long-Term Plans
People who are good with their money make long-term plans for their finances. They look at 10 to 20 years from now. It is not about next week, next month or next year. Think of it as a lifestyle change. There is nothing wrong with a jumpstart but in reality if you want a good marriage, if you want a healthy life, or if you want your financial picture to be different, you have to understand that you are running a marathon and not a sprint. Whatever the reason you might have not followed through with the goals you set in January, it honestly doesn’t matter.
What does matter is that you to recommit yourself to those goals!
via http://nicoleodell.com/2014/05/time-g...
God does not promise us that our lives will be easy but as Paul says in Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” People often set goals for themselves only to find out that it is not easy, that it takes hard work and time. At this point many will just give up. What sets the successful apart from the rest is not giving up in the face of challenges or difficulty.
The points I will share with you next are not just to help you achieve your financial goals, but you can apply them to bettering your marriage, living a healthier lifestyle or raising your children to name just a few.
1. Be Willing to Sacrifice
If you want to have more money than month, you have to be willing to make sacrifices (doing without some things so you will spend less) in order to have more. The same concept applies to a marriage or healthy lifestyle. To have something better later you have to be willing to give something up now because anything worth having is worth making sacrifices for.
2. Don’t Allow Your Emotions to Cloud Your Decisions
It is in our nature to make decisions based upon how we are feeling at the moment but people who are able to make a decision that is not based on if they are happy or upset at the moment usually have better results. A great example is when you are feeling bad and you go out to buy something that might make you feel good in the short term but may hurt you financially down the road.
3. Make Long-Term Plans
People who are good with their money make long-term plans for their finances. They look at 10 to 20 years from now. It is not about next week, next month or next year. Think of it as a lifestyle change. There is nothing wrong with a jumpstart but in reality if you want a good marriage, if you want a healthy life, or if you want your financial picture to be different, you have to understand that you are running a marathon and not a sprint. Whatever the reason you might have not followed through with the goals you set in January, it honestly doesn’t matter.
What does matter is that you to recommit yourself to those goals!
via http://nicoleodell.com/2014/05/time-g...
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