I have an annoying tendency to just up and leave the things I love to do. Like blogging. Mainly because I get too overwhelmed with things going on in my life. My brain shuts down and I can only focus on the here and now. Oh, and the other things that drain me when I'm stressed.
For instance....
1) Taxes. They were finally finished and filed last night, thanks to the help of a friend of ours. When I did my taxes on TurboTax last January, it notified me that I would owe the state close to $500 dollars. After mulling it over in my mind for a few weeks, I quietly shoved it away because it was just one more thing added to my plate. Our friend helped us realize that the reason behind the "First in our lifetime" payment was that we ever so slightly jumped to a higher tax bracket due to my job. So, instead of paying the government 15% of our wages, we are paying 25%. That's how it was explained to me, at least.
It's now just implementing what we are learning in the course. That's the hard part, but gives me hope that we'll one day be completely out of debt. I can't wait till our federal return and the dreaded stimulus package arrive. We'll finally finish Baby Step 1 and really debt snowball, too. Whoo-hoo!
It's funny how a tiny bit of the fog lifts when something once stressful is now accomplished and checked off the "To Do" list. It lifted enough for me to blog this. Hallelujah!!
