I am the QUEEN of putting things off. I mean everything. I put everything off until the last minute or it just doesn't get done.
If it is an errand to run for someone or it has something to do with plans or things I need to do for someone else it will always get done in a timely manner. If it happens to be something that only involves me, it never gets done.
Example 1: Me and Kory's house. I understand that it is both of our houses, but I really can't expect him to care about how the house looks. He doesn't even care how he looks half the time. (love ya babe but it's true). I am a girl! I am supposed to enjoy crap like this!It's not like I'm one of those girls who doesn't care about clothes or makeup. I feel like I am pretty girly in those aspects. But in decorating and buying things for the house..nope. I am going to literally bring myself and a my debit card to Hobby Lobby with Natasha and Nicole and just let them pick everything out and then come to my house and put it all together. I keep putting it off.
Example 2: Running. Natasha, Nicole, and I are doing a half marathon coming up to raise money for Africa, (donate when the time comes, thanks!) :) and I haven't started running at all. I have been going to the gym and doing weights but running I have maybe done once this whole month. I keep writing in my planner these certain days that I am going to start just to be prepared, even though I really don't need to hardcore train for a while, and the days comes and pass. I scratch them out and say "I'll do it tomorrow". Tomorrow never comes.
Example 3: I get these little ideas of things to make or buy or just do for people all the time. Random people. Family, spouse, friends, co-workers, etc. I will get a little idea to surprise someone with or something to get someone for their bday or even just to show I care and then I never do it! It's lame. I need a way of making myself do these things.
I started praying a lot lately about motivation to do all these things I want to do. Because I really WANT to do them. I guess I just never want to do them enough to go through the pain, money, and time to get them. Sad story, huh? ha.
Also. My brain keeps wandering around to the idea of going back to school. This is something that me and Kory and me and my friends bring up from time to time. I feel like a bachelors is about to be old news, especially a bachelors like mine that was never any news. I know a masters or something more specific to a job would be a good idea and I need to decide now or never if I want to do it. I like the idea of it but the time and money are what keeps me back. Once again some from of procrastination. There is actually a couple master degrees I could get that would really help me move around to higher up jobs on Tinker so maybe I should. UGH!
Through all this indecisive thinking I have had lately I have decided that there are a couple things I want to do before I am old. And I want to do these things BAD!
1. Be on Wipeout. It'd be hilarious. I think I would be a fan-fave.
2. Be in a Flash Mob. Please someone organize this!!! It's a must.
3. Go to Harry Potter World. Shut it haters, you know it'd be fun.
4. Punch someone in the face. This is random. But I really want to one time. To really give it my all and see how successful it is. Preferably someone who deserves it. I can think of a few people.
catch ya on the flip side...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Show me the money!
So, I am quite certain that my favorite pastime nowadays is fantasizing about winning the powerball. I pass the powerball sign no less than twice a day. I see the nice shiny big numbers smiling at me, taunting me, telling me to go waste a couple dollars on a snowballs chance in hell. But no matter what the number is at I always think of the things I would do with the money. Me and Kory LOVE this conversation. We have had it a million times and it really never gets old. Even though it is kind of a tease to always plan it out because the chances are slim, it's still fun.
This past week the powerball was up to 220 million. 220 million!! So we were basing our whole entire "what would we do if we won" conversation off winning that. So if you won the 220 million and you were the only winner and you took the lump sum you would end up with 70 million. Because they take the 40% off the 220 because you took the lump sum, but lump sum is smarter than the getting paid every month BS. Then, after you take the lump sum they take about another 40% or so for taxes. Leaving you with around 70 million that you would never have to pay taxes on again. EVER! 70 million to just do whatever you want with. Nuts, right? I mean let's put it this way...me and Kory only make 1 million in about 12 years of us both working. And that's a million before taxes. And that's twelve years that you have to live on and pay bills so you of course will never see that one million dollars. I can't even wrap my head around 70 million. We of course decided step 1 is to quit our jobs. We both don't love our jobs and in fact Kory almost despises his. So see ya later jobs! Then from there is where the fun begins. Here's the list of things we would do with our money that we will never win:
1) Jobs...DUNZO.
2) Trips. Before I would even wanna think about the other stuff I would need a trip to celebrate. Me and Kory would take one alone to have our alone time. Then, I would take a big family trip wherever everyone wanted to go...of course all expense paid by me and Kory. Then a friend trip. Cause that would be the best way to go out with a bang. I would tell my friends wherever in the world they wanted to go we would go and they wouldn't have to pay a dime. Also, good thing I don't have a lot of friends...ha. jk...
3) Split up the money with the family. Me and Kory would decide on a number to give to his family and likewise for mine. Not sure what we came up with, but it was enough for them to retire and more. We both would tell our family to split the money between the rest of the family. That's where things get messy. Do you give your cousins and aunts and everybody the same amount across the board? Or do you not give money at all and just pay off houses and cars? Really not sure how to go about this one. Same with friends. I know I would want to care of my family and friends for sure, and so would Kory. Just not sure what way is best. I can say that I know the friends that I could give money to and it'd be fine and the ones that I would just be best buying them a house and calling it a day. But they all would most definitely be taken care of the max!
4) Build a house. Not some over the top mansion or anything crazy. Just a nice big house with an awesome pool and movie theater room and wine cellar...that's on a nice golf course to make Kory happy. And also an interior decorator. So it can look exactly how I want it without me having to do it. Cause I'm what we call LAZY when it comes to that kind of stuff.
5) Cars, boat, beach house. I mean even after all the money we would have spent, we would invest a lot. So we would be making money off our money, which would be a lot because so much is being invested. Therefore, nice cars, nice boat, and beach house are a must. Got to have a place to have awesome parties. So why not have an awesome party on our awesome yacht?
6) Giving back. Now here is where I would be torn. As important as tithing to the church is, I would want to do something bigger. I'm not sure if tossing 7 or so million at a church is satisfying enough. I would almost want to start my own charity or something. Just having that much money to be able to help people I would want to make sure I did it in the most impactful way. (impactful even a word?)
I would just really want to change peoples lives for the better. There's just something about helping people that truly need it that is far more satisfying than how you feel in your mercedes. (even though mercedes rock).
The best part would also be to continue to be able to help people. Charities, non-profits, people on the street, kids in Africa...anything. Cause we forever would have money to be able to do that.
That's just part of our list. We have all kinds of things mapped out. It's kind of crazy. I think the most exciting part is just that us, our family, and closest friends would also never have to worry about money again. And we sure as heck would all be debt free and looking oh-so-fly.
I am honestly not one of those people who think money buys happiness. Because you are sadly mistaken if you think that's the case. I just think that money is something you need whether you like it or not and not having to worry about it is something that can be very freeing. Doors are open that weren't open before. I would love to open a wedding venue/event place. It would be fun. But the risk of me getting a loan from a bank and the place possibly tanking and me being bankrupt doesn't sound fun. For me the risk of failing and owing a million dollars to the bank isn't worth it to me. But having that much money from a lottery you really have nothing to lose trying out a business venture!
But, sadly. Chances are slim of winning the powerball. Even slimmer of winning the powerball that high up in the triple digits. Still fun to pretend!
This past week the powerball was up to 220 million. 220 million!! So we were basing our whole entire "what would we do if we won" conversation off winning that. So if you won the 220 million and you were the only winner and you took the lump sum you would end up with 70 million. Because they take the 40% off the 220 because you took the lump sum, but lump sum is smarter than the getting paid every month BS. Then, after you take the lump sum they take about another 40% or so for taxes. Leaving you with around 70 million that you would never have to pay taxes on again. EVER! 70 million to just do whatever you want with. Nuts, right? I mean let's put it this way...me and Kory only make 1 million in about 12 years of us both working. And that's a million before taxes. And that's twelve years that you have to live on and pay bills so you of course will never see that one million dollars. I can't even wrap my head around 70 million. We of course decided step 1 is to quit our jobs. We both don't love our jobs and in fact Kory almost despises his. So see ya later jobs! Then from there is where the fun begins. Here's the list of things we would do with our money that we will never win:
1) Jobs...DUNZO.
2) Trips. Before I would even wanna think about the other stuff I would need a trip to celebrate. Me and Kory would take one alone to have our alone time. Then, I would take a big family trip wherever everyone wanted to go...of course all expense paid by me and Kory. Then a friend trip. Cause that would be the best way to go out with a bang. I would tell my friends wherever in the world they wanted to go we would go and they wouldn't have to pay a dime. Also, good thing I don't have a lot of friends...ha. jk...
3) Split up the money with the family. Me and Kory would decide on a number to give to his family and likewise for mine. Not sure what we came up with, but it was enough for them to retire and more. We both would tell our family to split the money between the rest of the family. That's where things get messy. Do you give your cousins and aunts and everybody the same amount across the board? Or do you not give money at all and just pay off houses and cars? Really not sure how to go about this one. Same with friends. I know I would want to care of my family and friends for sure, and so would Kory. Just not sure what way is best. I can say that I know the friends that I could give money to and it'd be fine and the ones that I would just be best buying them a house and calling it a day. But they all would most definitely be taken care of the max!
4) Build a house. Not some over the top mansion or anything crazy. Just a nice big house with an awesome pool and movie theater room and wine cellar...that's on a nice golf course to make Kory happy. And also an interior decorator. So it can look exactly how I want it without me having to do it. Cause I'm what we call LAZY when it comes to that kind of stuff.
5) Cars, boat, beach house. I mean even after all the money we would have spent, we would invest a lot. So we would be making money off our money, which would be a lot because so much is being invested. Therefore, nice cars, nice boat, and beach house are a must. Got to have a place to have awesome parties. So why not have an awesome party on our awesome yacht?
6) Giving back. Now here is where I would be torn. As important as tithing to the church is, I would want to do something bigger. I'm not sure if tossing 7 or so million at a church is satisfying enough. I would almost want to start my own charity or something. Just having that much money to be able to help people I would want to make sure I did it in the most impactful way. (impactful even a word?)
I would just really want to change peoples lives for the better. There's just something about helping people that truly need it that is far more satisfying than how you feel in your mercedes. (even though mercedes rock).
The best part would also be to continue to be able to help people. Charities, non-profits, people on the street, kids in Africa...anything. Cause we forever would have money to be able to do that.
That's just part of our list. We have all kinds of things mapped out. It's kind of crazy. I think the most exciting part is just that us, our family, and closest friends would also never have to worry about money again. And we sure as heck would all be debt free and looking oh-so-fly.
I am honestly not one of those people who think money buys happiness. Because you are sadly mistaken if you think that's the case. I just think that money is something you need whether you like it or not and not having to worry about it is something that can be very freeing. Doors are open that weren't open before. I would love to open a wedding venue/event place. It would be fun. But the risk of me getting a loan from a bank and the place possibly tanking and me being bankrupt doesn't sound fun. For me the risk of failing and owing a million dollars to the bank isn't worth it to me. But having that much money from a lottery you really have nothing to lose trying out a business venture!
But, sadly. Chances are slim of winning the powerball. Even slimmer of winning the powerball that high up in the triple digits. Still fun to pretend!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
This is the song that never ends...yes it goes on and on my friends...
I know the dumb saying, "if I had a dime for every time ___ happens I'd be rich!" is out played...but it's so TRUE! Because if I had a dime for every time I have been asked "when are you and Kory gonna start having kids?" I'D BE RICH! Now, don't take this the wrong way, it doesn't make me mad that people ask. It just surprised me how many times I have actually be asked! It hasn't even been a year yet...it's not a year till August 28th, which I know is coming up, but I have been asked since a few months after we got married. But really that's not necessarily the thing that I thought was weird, what I think is weird is how many people say i'm too old to not be popping out kids. I mean 25? That's too old? I beg to differ. I actually have got told twice in a week that I need to hurry up and start popping them out...their words, not mine.
But, I noticed one thing about all the people telling me I need to hurry up and have them..they already have kids themselves. People who have kids think everyone else should have kids. That's just the way the world turns. It's not just the kid having people who play this game, it's everyone. We can't help it. We are wired to want people to do, think, and act like us. If you are single, all the people who aren't want you to have a boyfriend. They start trying to set you up with their friends or tell you when they think a certain guy is cute, cause they want you to be dating like they are. (and before we go on, im not pointing fingers cause i am guilty of all these things we do to people). Once you are dating, your engaged and married friends wanna know when you are going to get engaged and married. We do this thing were we start putting time frames on things. "Oh, you guys have been dating a year...you should be engaged by now!" Everything has a time limit. Some people date too long before getting engaged and some date not long enough, just however we are viewing it at the time. Once you are married it's the famous, "when you guys gonna start having kids" questions. Believe me, you will get them daily. BUT, the people who don't have kids, they let you breathe. They don't care that you aren't having kids yet, because they aren't! It's great. Love hanging out with the non-kid having people. (but i love the kid having people too). I mean, it's just the way we are. We want people to be on the same page as us. If I'm gonna have kids you better believe I'm gonna talk my friends into it.
Now, I do this with everything. Just out of habit. I know I hassle my friend Nicole about getting engaged and her and her boyfriend probably get sick of people asking! (love ya nic) Us humans just can't help this!
I've noticed also that since I am out of my going out a lot phase I expect everyone else to be. I can't tell you how many times I say "they need to grow up, they are 25 years old and going out all the time!" But truth is that they just aren't on the same page as me, and I want them to be! Even people that we aren't friends with we feel the need to convince them to do what we do. The people who always tell me to start popping out kids aren't really even my friends! People at work that I BARELY talk to. Don't even know Kory and heck, probably don't even know his name! Basically we are all screwed because the cycle never ends. Goes from wondering why you arent dating, married, having kids..and then once you have a kid people wait about a year before the "do you think you guys will have another kid?" "when you guys going to have another kid?". So just sit back and get ready for it. And Lord FORBID you decide to not have kids. That's when you really get the weird questions or looks. Sex and the City 2, WHICH IS TERRIBLE, portrays it perfect when this couple talks to Carrie and Big and asked about kids and they replied by saying they decided kids weren't for them. The look on the other couples face was priceless. Because everyone else has kids, we just can't even believe it or understand why when people choose not to. We are all crazy.
Also, when we aren't doing something or can't afford it, we wanna talk the ones doing it out of it. Did that even make sense? Example: My friend Joey wants to buy a new car. He can afford it, and he seems to have it pretty planned out how much he would spend and stuff. But yet when he asks me about it I always try and talk him out of it. I tell him to save more so he can put a significant amount down...because that's what I am doing! I want people to suffer and save and not get cars cause i'm not. If I was getting a car, I would have text him back and said, YEAH! GET ONE!
We are all crazy.
On another note, Tasha and Karis made it back from Ethiopia safe and sound! YAY! the stories were awesome, sad, and inspiring. I might have to go with all them next year. You hear that God? I need a raise so I can go! (jk)
But, I noticed one thing about all the people telling me I need to hurry up and have them..they already have kids themselves. People who have kids think everyone else should have kids. That's just the way the world turns. It's not just the kid having people who play this game, it's everyone. We can't help it. We are wired to want people to do, think, and act like us. If you are single, all the people who aren't want you to have a boyfriend. They start trying to set you up with their friends or tell you when they think a certain guy is cute, cause they want you to be dating like they are. (and before we go on, im not pointing fingers cause i am guilty of all these things we do to people). Once you are dating, your engaged and married friends wanna know when you are going to get engaged and married. We do this thing were we start putting time frames on things. "Oh, you guys have been dating a year...you should be engaged by now!" Everything has a time limit. Some people date too long before getting engaged and some date not long enough, just however we are viewing it at the time. Once you are married it's the famous, "when you guys gonna start having kids" questions. Believe me, you will get them daily. BUT, the people who don't have kids, they let you breathe. They don't care that you aren't having kids yet, because they aren't! It's great. Love hanging out with the non-kid having people. (but i love the kid having people too). I mean, it's just the way we are. We want people to be on the same page as us. If I'm gonna have kids you better believe I'm gonna talk my friends into it.
Now, I do this with everything. Just out of habit. I know I hassle my friend Nicole about getting engaged and her and her boyfriend probably get sick of people asking! (love ya nic) Us humans just can't help this!
I've noticed also that since I am out of my going out a lot phase I expect everyone else to be. I can't tell you how many times I say "they need to grow up, they are 25 years old and going out all the time!" But truth is that they just aren't on the same page as me, and I want them to be! Even people that we aren't friends with we feel the need to convince them to do what we do. The people who always tell me to start popping out kids aren't really even my friends! People at work that I BARELY talk to. Don't even know Kory and heck, probably don't even know his name! Basically we are all screwed because the cycle never ends. Goes from wondering why you arent dating, married, having kids..and then once you have a kid people wait about a year before the "do you think you guys will have another kid?" "when you guys going to have another kid?". So just sit back and get ready for it. And Lord FORBID you decide to not have kids. That's when you really get the weird questions or looks. Sex and the City 2, WHICH IS TERRIBLE, portrays it perfect when this couple talks to Carrie and Big and asked about kids and they replied by saying they decided kids weren't for them. The look on the other couples face was priceless. Because everyone else has kids, we just can't even believe it or understand why when people choose not to. We are all crazy.
Also, when we aren't doing something or can't afford it, we wanna talk the ones doing it out of it. Did that even make sense? Example: My friend Joey wants to buy a new car. He can afford it, and he seems to have it pretty planned out how much he would spend and stuff. But yet when he asks me about it I always try and talk him out of it. I tell him to save more so he can put a significant amount down...because that's what I am doing! I want people to suffer and save and not get cars cause i'm not. If I was getting a car, I would have text him back and said, YEAH! GET ONE!
We are all crazy.
On another note, Tasha and Karis made it back from Ethiopia safe and sound! YAY! the stories were awesome, sad, and inspiring. I might have to go with all them next year. You hear that God? I need a raise so I can go! (jk)
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