just keep swimming
I loved that Find.ing N.emo movie. There’s a fish named Do.ry in it (voiced by Elle.n D.egen.eres) who is so silly - she has this song where she sings, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming…" over and over again, almost like a mantra to let her move on if something doesn’t go quite right.
I wanted to put $600 from my current paycheck on my old credit card debt. I’m trying to reach a milestone here - a less-than-$1,000 balance. But after creating a spending plan for my next paycheck, it appears that I won’t be able to put any more than $300.00 on it. I won’t reach the milestone yet. I am so disappointed. Whatever math it was that I did that told me I’d definitely be able to pay this debt by New Year’s was off. And I just don’t know if I can meet my goal.
But you know what, the worst case scenario at this point is that I’ll pay it off in January, which is no problem with me - the point is to get it all paid to zero. But this doesn’t mean that January is the new goal! I am still pushing for 12/31/07, whether I get there or not. If using most or even all of my Christmas bonus will help, I’m doing it, even though that money was supposed to start my smell the roses account. I’ll make adjustments. I’ll just keep swimming.
