Losing Focus On My Own Blog….
by iowenomore
This blogging is still new to me and I discovered today that I was losing focus on my own blog. I found myself much too wrapped up in somebody elses’ blog and doing silly things on my own blog. I deleted my last post since it was pretty ridiculous, so I’m giving it all a rest. I guess getting so wrapped up in that blog was an excuse for me to put off the things that I need to attend to. I have a ton of ebooks downloaded on my Kindle Fire waiting to be read but I have other things to get to first that have been waiting.
I still have a garage full of stuff that needs to be gone through and sold or thrown away. It’s an overwhelming task that I’m not looking forward to. I need to stop putting it off. Now that my house in another state is up for sale, I need to find a place to live here. I don’t want to spend a ton of money on something as I retire in 3 years and I don’t really like this town. So it’s back to sorting and selling on ebay and craigslist.
What’s been really nice this month is that I don’t have a house payment! I made my last payment last month and my new loan payment of much less starts in Oct. So that was pretty cool. I just banked the money that I didn’t have to pay this month. Not having that payment this month has really made me see that I don’t want any payments of any kind once I retire. I know I’ll still have to pay gas, electric, etc. but not having that house payment feels like a bit of freedom. Once that house sells and I immediately pay off that loan, I’ll be able to cross that off my list forever!
So as not to bore myself with my own blog, I’ll be posting on it only when I have made another accomplishment. Maybe one day I can look back at this blog and smile when I’m no longer in the position I’m in.
You haven’t given much detail as to how you’ve been doing it though. It’s like “oh! She sold her house! When did that happen?” I mean, we don’t need to know every detail, but part of the blogging experience is letting your readers know how you’ve been getting from point a to point b. Just my feedback.
I know what you mean with the house clean out. I’ve been meaning to clean and maintain my house as we plan to sell next year, but boy, what an intimidating task!
Thank you Rosie! I’ll do that right now. Promise you won’t get bored? *lol* I’m always so afraid of boring someone.
Pssh, I’m never bored with anything. One of the things I love about blogs is getting a chance to see through the window the writer just opened. It always gives one a chance to see things in a new light.
Hey Rosie…how come I can’t see your blog? Most of the time that I try to get to it I get this gravatar thing and I don’t know what to do with it. I click all around it and get info on how to make one instead of going to your blog.
It’s active, I don’t know why you wouldn’t be able to see it. Hmm, I will hop on my computer later (I’m on my phone now) and see what is going on.
Trust me, I think it’s me. I click on your picture and/or your name and I only that gravatar thing.
Are you clicking on my name or the picture?
This last time I clicked on your picture. Should I try your name?
This last time I clicked on your picture. OMG I just clicked on your name and there it is!! I am sooo lame!!! Thank you!
You ladies better step up your blog now that NMHD is no more. Are either of you guys on twitter? I’m atxgirl623 on twitter.
I do have a twitter account! Remember when I set one up for that show Joe was on called “3″? I still have that account. Ryanfield1 is following me on that but I only posted once about it. *lol* Here the addy…https://twitter.com/ThreeFan1
And now I can’t get to Rosie’s blog again. *ugh* Her name isn’t highlighted anymore for me to click on and I forgot to *follow* her yesterday when I was reading it. I hope she’s this so she can tell me how to get there again.
You should be able to click the name. If you can’t, just try to google Goodbye Debt.
I found it! I just made a gravatar, whatever that is, *lol* and I am trying to figure out how to add you to the blogs I follow. The only one I have here is Joe’s. And I have followed others so I’m working on it.
I figured out how to add your blog on “blogs that I follow” !! Hooray!! I’m getting there..slowly but surely! I would love to add your blog and some others to the front of my page so people can click on them, I’m working on it.
Hey, you should follow @farnoosh on twitter. She’s a pf journalist for Yahoo. She had her own reality show a few years back called “Bank of Mom and Dad” where she helped young adults w/ their finances it used to be the Soap Network.