DeStressing
Awhile back I put a monthly income goal up on my vision board, a goal that I saw as attainable but out of the realm of possibility at the time. Then, yesterday, I realized that due to an interesting twist in circumstance, last month I brought in that much money, and I’ll do it again this month, and potentially for the next several months if not longer.
Huh. Who’d have thunk it?
The extra money came in with the intention of helping me pay off my debt… but is that the only/best use for that money? So I spent yesterday pondering how best to use the money.
About mid-afternoon inspiration struck: Use the money to de-stress my life rather than just blindly pay off debt.
Sure the debt is stressing me out, but if I use the money to only pay off my debt, I’ll get to the end of the money and be no further ahead than I am now.
Whereas, there are things that are stressing me out more than the debt, and with the terrible amount of stress I’m under, my muse has not just gone on vacation, she’s gone to the other side of the world and has no interest in returning.
So, if I destress my life, I’ll be able to write again, and I’ll be able to get some books done and money coming in. And, the reality is that be destressing my life, I actually may be able to pay off my debt faster.
So, that’s my goal. Figure out the highest priority stressors, use the money to cancel or mitigate the stress, and go on to the next one until I finally get to the point where my muse starts talking to me again.
And of course, I’m going to put up a new goal on my vision board with an even higher monthly income. 
I’ll keep you posted.
