I've been taking advantage of this quarantine, you bet I did! My workplace has put all of us on a 2/1 furlough, meaning we work two weeks and rest one week (unemployment). This is my week of furlough and I took full advantage of it! I am loving it. Doing things I've never been able to do before due to lack of time. Below are just some of the things I'm able to do since we've been order to shelter-in-place.
- I slept A LOT! Like I-don't-wake-up-until-4-PM sleep.
- I made Steamed Layer Tapioca cake.
- I made Asian snacks wrapped in banana leaves.
- I made pho.
- I made fawm kauv.
Anyway, back to adulting. Since I have nothing but time on my hands lately, I've been very gung-ho about my future. Although the circumstances that we're all in has pushed our plans a little further out then intended, it's giving me some time to get our lives together. No matter what I do or what scenario I play out, it all comes back down to the essence of time. Everything I do is parallel to time. I had to learn quickly and just breathe. The sooner I accepted this truth, the sooner we can all move on. I gave up and decided that we will just let time take its course as we sit quietly on the side line and just ensure we're playing the right cards. Ultimately, we know that this is all God so we will trust in God's goodness in our lives as we continue to maneuver life during this pandemic.
This week while I had nothing but time on my hands, I was able to create our budget, look at our credit scores, tend to our savings, and focus on my weight-loss. Whew! That was a lot of mental work, but I love it! I think I have a secret passion for putting thing together again. As my eight year old sister once told me, "Pang, you should be a 'fixer' when you grow up." I like to fix things, I guess. That's also because, as I've learned about myself recently, I like instant gratification! HAHAHA!!! I love putting Jamy and my life back together again - financially, physically, and mentally - this time through an excel spreadsheet! The hard part is simply following the plan. God, please be with us. I think Jamy and I both are good at playing "good cop, bad cop" and finance is the one time I get to play the bad cop. God, please help me because I am not good at playing the bad cop.
Credit Scores: I wish my parents taught me about the importance of credit scores when I was growing up, but I can never blame my parents for this - EVER! I truly believe in my heart that my parents did their very best and I am forever thankful for their heart of gold. So, I have to learn the hard way, but at least I'm learning. When I purchased my car this January, I took a wrong approach and it jipped my credit score oh-so-badly! I'm so mad at myself!!!! Regardless, I am on the road to recovery. Currently, my credit score is a --- wait for it --- 606!!! Oh my goodness, this is actually an increase from what it was after I purchased my car. I was so sad. My goal is to be in the 700's by the end of the 2020. I can do this!!! In the meantime, I also have to help my husband. Jamy is great at a lot of things, but finance is not his forte.
Savings: My mother had always taught me to save money for a rainy day. I've met my share of rainy days, but my goodness! There's a lot of rainy days!!! As we all know all too well, when it rains, it pours! I also believe in Murphy's law, unfortunately. Our savings bucket is very shallow, unfortunately. BUT! we need to save more if we play to purchase a home soon. Working up a budget really helps put clarity in this realm of our lives. In January, my life was so blur but thankfully, we are far from that. I'm thankful for God's blessings in the vision He's allowed for Jamy and I with our lives. For starter, we will be able to tithe regularly moving forward. This has been a guilt in our hearts for so many years, but we are wanting to bless our church family as well as others with what God has blessed us with. I have prayed for directions in our finance for so long and I am so glad that it's finally happening. Yes, slowly but surely.
Weight-loss: The Hang siblings are on another weight-loss challenge! We are going on round two for the month of April and wow, I never really noticed how much we rely on food for comfort until now! In round one (March), I lossed 8 lbs. My sister-in-law, PK, lossed 15 lbs so she won the money pot of $155! We are ten days into round 2 and I have lossed 5 lbs so far! Here's to being thinner because goodness, I can't be fat forever. For real, I can't, I refused to! More importantly, I just really need to be healthy. My ultimate goal is to be 115-120 lbs. Goodness, I think that's me as a freshman in high school! I can do this!!! Yes, I can!!! My husband's ultimate goal is to be 180 lbs. That's him in high school. Sometimes we're so busy being a spouse or a sister/brother, that we forget that we are human too and we need to love ourselves by taking care of our needs so this is me loving myself for me.
Until next time, I hope you are staying safe wherever you are in this world. I pray you keep Jesus close as you stare fear in the eyes. Stay fearless, beautiful! :)
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