Growing Up Isn't So Bad

Hello Everyone:

A muggy Sunday here in Southern California thanks to a weakening hurricane off the shore of Baja.  I went running this morning and felt like I was melting.  Right now I'm sitting in a nice air conditioned space but I will have to leave it soon.  Anyway, my weekend has been pretty quiet so far.  I spent most of yesterday reading and BF#1 came over in the evening.  I've given up going on real date with him.  All he ever wants to do is hang out at my house.  Even mom is complaining about this issue.  I don't blame her but what can I do?  I keep suggesting we actually go out and do something but it seems to fall on deaf ears.  I give up.  Otherwise, my weekend has been pretty quiet so far.  I have a movie ready to tonight and I'm hoping I can watch it all the way through.  

Ever since I decided to take advantage of a windfall amount I got from grad school, I'm finding that I've become more careful about how I spend it.  I've put a priority on the things I want to spend it on.  Basically, I have three categories: things that need my immediate attention, things that aren't so urgent but do require some attention, things that can wait.  New contacts, reading glasses, and fixing my computer keyboard fall into the first category.  Renewing magazine subscriptions fall into the second, cosmetics and personal care products fall into the last.  It's really more about being smarter with the resources I have more than anything else.  It's about not wanting to over pay or waste my limited funds on nonsense.  Yet another sign of maturity.  Growing up isn't so bad after all.  It just means that you're learning to know better.  My way of saying with age comes wisedom.  Whatever you want to call it, I feel it's high time to learn the lessons of financial responsibility.  I think that part of it has to do with some of the lessons of urban planning that I internalized in school.  How best to manage the resources you have available to you right now.  It's not as easy as it sounds because it require a sense of discipline.  I struggle to maintain it in the face of all sorts of temptations but I find myself frequently asking, "Is this the highest and best use for my resources?"  It keeps me from going crazy and spending money on nonsense.  I just trust my instincts.