Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Balancing My Checkbook


Balancing My Checkbook…..
What you say has this to do with resolutions, everything. As I contemplate my day, it came to me that many of us set financial goals as resolutions for the new:  save more money, reduce spend, and so on. I know for myself, every year, I set financial, spiritual, physical and professional goals. The one I always seem to achieve is my financial goal. In reflecting on why this could be I realized that I maintain my financial goals using my check book to track of my expenses and my calendar to track my savings goals. I balance to the penny and I assess investments for growth plans.  In speaking with many of my siblings well all 8, only one of my many siblings balances their checkbook. While this seems inconsequential, I think that there is a very important pattern that by tracking goals such as my expenses, credits, debits, savings and literally pennies, I am achieving my financial goals. I do not track my physical goals and have had less success in achieving those stated goals. Now, my siblings that have pedometers and watches that track steps and exercise and report that they are achieving their physical goals of walking a certain number of steps each day.  My sister that is a Maryknoll sister, has a daily book for morning prayers/reflections that she follows. She keeps to her daily prayers.   In the end because we track certain activities or goals our propensity to achieve or follow through with resolutions seems to goes up. My only evidence is conversations with my siblings on resolutions and results.  So for today, I shall not only balance my check book I will track my steps.  What do you need to track today, tomorrow and this year?