Comments on: Contemplative Thoughts http://grayandbecca.com/2010/03/04/contemplative-thoughts/ Sun, 20 May 2012 21:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Becca http://grayandbecca.com/2010/03/04/contemplative-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-700 Becca Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:32:34 +0000 http://grayandbecca.com/?p=897#comment-700 <a href="#comment-697" rel="nofollow">@Kaylee</a>, I'd love to see you! It would just depend on when, this whole school/work thing runs my life right now. Every time I find myself being jealous or discontent I try to focus on what I do have and remember that I am blessed. :) @Kaylee, I'd love to see you! It would just depend on when, this whole school/work thing runs my life right now.

Every time I find myself being jealous or discontent I try to focus on what I do have and remember that I am blessed. :)

]]> By: Becca http://grayandbecca.com/2010/03/04/contemplative-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-699 Becca Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:31:04 +0000 http://grayandbecca.com/?p=897#comment-699 <a href="#comment-696" rel="nofollow">@Trina</a>, It's not just about money though. I'm tired of being in a different stage from all my friends. I desperately want some married or dating friends, but they already have their own friends. I feel like I'm stuck. It is true that you'd find something to spend money on... we finally paid off our credit cards and then took the plunge to pay more for an apt. We still have extra money, but if we had stayed, vacations would come quicker and be nicer. I put this in my religion entry the other day (the pw protected one), but this past week or two, I finally understood why some people are just ready for the Lord to come, because I was there last week. I was saying to myself, "I really wish I didn't have to deal with this stress of life anymore, why can't it be easy?" and then I knew that I was yearning for a better place. No, I don't want to die, but I can see now that I am much closer to being okay if the Lord came back before I die... anyways... :) @Trina, It's not just about money though. I'm tired of being in a different stage from all my friends. I desperately want some married or dating friends, but they already have their own friends. I feel like I'm stuck.

It is true that you'd find something to spend money on… we finally paid off our credit cards and then took the plunge to pay more for an apt. We still have extra money, but if we had stayed, vacations would come quicker and be nicer.

I put this in my religion entry the other day (the pw protected one), but this past week or two, I finally understood why some people are just ready for the Lord to come, because I was there last week. I was saying to myself, "I really wish I didn't have to deal with this stress of life anymore, why can't it be easy?" and then I knew that I was yearning for a better place. No, I don't want to die, but I can see now that I am much closer to being okay if the Lord came back before I die… anyways… :)

]]> By: Kaylee http://grayandbecca.com/2010/03/04/contemplative-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-697 Kaylee Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:16:28 +0000 http://grayandbecca.com/?p=897#comment-697 Josh and I often find ourselves in the same position, wanting more, always wanting more. Now we just look at each other and talk about it, how we need to be happy with what we have because having everything is not everything. We have what we need and God has always provided for us, even when we didn't deserve it! Its hard to accept things the way they are sometimes! keep your head up! Also I am planning to come to the boro to see charlie and cortney was wondering maybe we could get together too while i am there? Josh and I often find ourselves in the same position, wanting more, always wanting more. Now we just look at each other and talk about it, how we need to be happy with what we have because having everything is not everything. We have what we need and God has always provided for us, even when we didn't deserve it! Its hard to accept things the way they are sometimes! keep your head up! Also I am planning to come to the boro to see charlie and cortney was wondering maybe we could get together too while i am there?

]]> By: Trina http://grayandbecca.com/2010/03/04/contemplative-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Trina Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:57:33 +0000 http://grayandbecca.com/?p=897#comment-696 Ooo! This is like the mirror image of my post last week about knowing I'm ready for more. See, we get each other. The crappy thing about money is that the more you make, the more things you have to spend it on. When you make more money, you find ways to spend it. Like, if you guys had better paying jobs, you'd probably have enough money to start thinking about buying a new car, or getting a house, or having a baby, this that or the other. And once you make the appropriate change, the margin of spending money goes right back to where it was. To some extent. I'm not saying this is an exact science. I barely have any more spending money than I did when I was working part time, 2 days a week. I just have more bills. And if I had a roommate to split all my bills and lived closer to work, true I'd have more money for my pockets, but then I'd probably be like "I think I should vacation or get a new car, or open a new savings account," and therefore I still wouldn't have all that money during my day to day life. There will always be something. And advice to myself, with marriage being to me what money is to you. Once I'm married, there will always be something else I want. The kids, the kitten, the house, the newer house, the vacation, the new car, the college fund, the cars for the kids, the retirement home... whatever. Humans just naturally suck at being content, I think. Ooo! This is like the mirror image of my post last week about knowing I'm ready for more. See, we get each other.

The crappy thing about money is that the more you make, the more things you have to spend it on. When you make more money, you find ways to spend it. Like, if you guys had better paying jobs, you'd probably have enough money to start thinking about buying a new car, or getting a house, or having a baby, this that or the other. And once you make the appropriate change, the margin of spending money goes right back to where it was. To some extent. I'm not saying this is an exact science. I barely have any more spending money than I did when I was working part time, 2 days a week. I just have more bills. And if I had a roommate to split all my bills and lived closer to work, true I'd have more money for my pockets, but then I'd probably be like "I think I should vacation or get a new car, or open a new savings account," and therefore I still wouldn't have all that money during my day to day life. There will always be something.

And advice to myself, with marriage being to me what money is to you. Once I'm married, there will always be something else I want. The kids, the kitten, the house, the newer house, the vacation, the new car, the college fund, the cars for the kids, the retirement home… whatever. Humans just naturally suck at being content, I think.

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