Last year I developed several goals that we're exactly about saving or spending money but that had a financial-ish dimension, like getting in the habit of flossing, or reading books I owned but had never read. There's no time like the present to make a change, so even though we're well past the season of New Years resolutions I've come up with a new list of non-financial financial goals for 2009.
1) Go to the gym 10 times per month. My health insurance has an arrangement with several gyms in town that they will pick up $20 of the $55/month gym fee if I hit the gym at least ten times per month. I have gotten this cheaper rate exactly twice since I joined my gym in November 2005. That's ridiculous. Either I should be going to the gym 10/month or I'm not using my membership enough to justify the cost. Tonight will be time number 2 for February--now that I've published that I can't decide I'm too lazy or cold to go.
2) By the end of 2009, I want to own only those clothes that fit me and that are in decent shape. I am sick of taking up space in my closet with jeans I haven't fit in since I was walking 2 miles every day as a matter of getting to and from classes, on the slim chance that maybe one day I will be that size again. So what if I am? You bet your ass I'll want a wardrobe update if that happens. Likewise, the clothes that are too big have got to go--either to Goodwill (tax deduction!) or to the tailor (realization of investment!). I am one hot, confident lady, and life is too short to feel bad about what I'm not.
3) I am going to get an IUD. Because of job stuff and the unimpressive family leave legislation this country is stuck with, the time horizon for any minis is at least three years out. The cost of one IUD is less than 36 months of hormonal birth control. There are other reasons for this, too (like wondering if my body even remembers how to ovulate--I've forgotten lots of other things I learned how to do at thirteen, like how to fold notes and how to perform certain finer points of algebra) but being cheap is an added incentive.
4) I am going to at least attempt to make filled pasta, like ravioli or tortolini. This could go very, very wrong, but I read Heat while on our honeymoon and it made me want to dive elbow deep into a pile of dough. What an awesome cheap date--some flour, some water, an egg, butter, cheese, maybe some mushrooms... and me doing my sexiest Julia Child impression.
2.05.2009
2009 Non-Financial Financial Goals
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Kudos on the IUD. Best decision I ever made regarding contraception. It hurts going in like a particularly foul menstrual cramp, but once it's settled, you forget about it. After a few years, you might even stop having periods, which RO-OCKS. Don't let the doc tell you that you have to have had children to get one. This is total BS. I have no children, and a Paragard IUD.
Being NOT into men...they don't get into me, so the IUD isn't a money saver for me, but it's better than oral contraceptives, so I think it's a good choice for you. I do like the pasta idea though. And I probably should thin out my wardrobe too, since I'm not like to be thin again...lol
i understand your interest in saving cash, but if you don't have a history of heart disease in your family, IUDs carry many more risks than the pill.
the IUD rules - it hurt to get, ut i haven't had a period in four years. it's great. i got the hormonal one from mirena, so it's 5 years rather than 10 with the copper IUD.
also on the pasta - i love making it. i got a pasta roller attachment for my kitchen-aid and i've been making ravioli like a fool. it's rad. enjoy!
I love #2. And have expanded it to my entire home (As I live in a 1-bedroom apartment, this is not overly ambitious).
How many things do we hold on to in life, because we think things are going to "get better" or change in a way that those things will become useful. No, I'm not going to be that thin again and if I were would I want to wear my high school clothes, no I'm never going to grow to like the skirt my mother bought me for xmas, and no, I'm not going to buy a VCR someday so I better offload my VHS collection. Time to be honest with ourselves about who we really are and celebrate that.
I had the Mirena for a while - it was so convenient after years of the pill! However, I did get an ovarian cyst a few months after insertion, so ask your doctor about this. Apparently, this is something that happens with the mirena from time to time. Not life (or fertility) threatening, but when the cyst burst, it hurt like hell and I had no idea what was going on - no one had told me this might happen!
LOVE my paraguard IUD. Actually, if you are in a long term relationship, the risks are really not bad, but I'm sure you've researched this yourself. My periods were significantly more painful and heavy for the first 4-6 months, but then they were back to normal. New to your blog, but I love it.
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