Hear ye, hear ye, Money Saving Lords and Ladies! It’s Freedom Friday where I bi-weekly share our progress in becoming completely debt free. It’s also your turn to share your story of debt slaying. Whether you’ve paid off every cent you owe, are just getting started, or live somewhere in the in between, we want to hear from you! We’re better together, share your story and make us all stronger.
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| I need to find a Crown to run in, don’t I? |
If you’ve been following my Buff on a Budget posts, you know that I’ve been running a lot lately. I love running. It sounds so weird/feels so weird to say/type that. It’s not always been a passion. But in this season of my life, nothing gives me a feeling of satisfaction like logging consistent daily miles. When you’re a work at home mom, everything always seems to be a mess. Nothing is fully finished. There are more dishes to wash, more loads of laundry piled around your home, children who need read to, business calls to make, brainstorming to do, freebie finding, and writing, writing, writing. It’s all good. Don’t get me wrong, I am very happy with the way I spend my time. However, few things are ever completely finished in my world. Whether it’s the half read book or the messy desk, I find myself longing to have everything caught up for just five seconds. Dream on, right?
All of that to say for me, running does feel finished when it’s finished. And I can hang my hat on completing a goal for the day. Obviously, I could make a lot of comparisons to our journey of paying off debt. Now I’ve only ever run one Mini Marathon in my life so I can’t speak with full authority but I kind of feel like we’re at mile 7.5. We’re over halfway finished. We’ve done so much. And yet the trek in front of us seems so long. Plus since I’ve never run this “route” before, I have no idea what the road ahead looks like. Will there be hills? Curves? Will something on the side of the road catch my eye and detour me off the correct path? Worst of all, will I stop?
For me, if I stop running at all, I might as well walk the rest of the route. If I slow down to a walk, I’m toast. I will not run a step further. I’ll walk (which don’t get me wrong, is still good exercise) but I won’t run. Somehow, when I’m finished I’m finished. So I guess I’m afraid that if we have to stop for whatever reason (whatever lurks ahead of us), we won’t be able to get the current momentum back up to a Royal level of Debt Slaying. And that, Money Saving Lords and Ladies scares the holy tar out of me.
Of course, I can only do what I can do today. And whatever tomorrow brings, we’ll deal with it then. For now, the battle to defeat the Evil Sorceress Sallie Mae rages on at the same pace and speed.
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