Harder than I thought....

OK, OK, so this is going to be much harder than I thought. And yes, for those interested, I am admitting that it will take a truck load of courage.

Courage to see how in debt, or how well off you are. Courage to balance your checkbook. Courage to track your spending for a month -- go ahead -- if you think that's easy, try it. I challenge you. How much do you spend on beauty products each month? Bath and kitchen paper goods? How much do you really spend on clothes?

I have a bad habit of lumping everything into a Wal-Mart trip -- there fore it goes into the grocery category. I can spend $100 easily in Wal-Mart and never go into the grocery section! So that was a major wake-up for me.

And to be honest, as of right now, I have no idea how much is in our checking account!! August was a very bad month in that I overspent, and now I don't want to reconcile our accounts.

COURAGE!!!

So, yes, now I am understanding more of the title, "The Courage to be Rich".

Oh-- this was only the first chapter or so!!!!
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Side note -- Family in Louisiana are all OK with minimal property damage.