It was a no-spend day, and pay day. Pay days are strange now. I used to put a stack of stamped envelopes in the mail and feel proud and responsible. Now I pay everything online -- or it is withdrawn from my checking account. It almost feels like I didn't pay anything!
I racked up a huge charge on Visa last month, but paid it off in full (yay!). The bad part is I am again cash-poor.
Even though I keep track of my spending in categories, I think I'm going to start keeping a spreadsheet in which I write down every penny I spend line by line. I still haven't figured out how to keep my outflow under my income. Sometimes I think I just don't make enough, but I know other people are making it on less. Other times I think I have too many obligations I'm locked into. And sometimes I think I just navigate toward a lifetstyle I really can't afford. It's probably a combination of all three.
My "meals" today were out of control. Due to stress at work, I just grazed all day. So here it is.
Breakfast: Peanut Sweet & Salty Bar, coffee.
Snack: Half an 8 oz. bag of potato chips
Snack: 100-calorie bag of Pecan Sandies
Lunch: Peanut butter & pickle sandwich, diet coke, Nutty Bars
Snack: Other half of bag of potato chips
Snack: 4 slices of Pumpkin bread
Dinner: Activia yogurt
I think I even ate some stuff I'm not remembering. Pathetic.
Oh well, tomorrow's a new day!
By the way, I'm not trying to turn this into a diet diary; I'm aware that it's a FINANCIAL blog, but money & diet are all wrapped up together for me. It's a discipline issue. I have to conquer both.
No spending, but a lot of eating!
September 29th, 2006 at 11:58 pm
September 30th, 2006 at 12:07 am 1159571246
September 30th, 2006 at 12:35 am 1159572945
September 30th, 2006 at 02:52 am 1159581135
Gifts seem to feature prominently in your social interaction, and that can be cumulatively significant.
Regards,
September 30th, 2006 at 10:38 pm 1159652308
October 1st, 2006 at 03:50 am 1159671037
The food diary should be helping you a bit. Might want to note the times that you eat. Might I also suggest to not multi-task with food? Be as much in the present with your food as you can - enjoy your snack completely and not think about work, then go back to work and not think about your snack. You might find that you do less blind grazing.