The Dollar Stretcher - All Comments

re: Finding the Positive

Millers Grain House — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:29:15 GMT

This is great advice!

It really goes along with what is in my blog on DS too....

Looking at things a little differently (usually more positively) like how CAN we fix this, how CAN we use that, how DO we make it work, what CAN this be used for....all positive questions which pre-set our minds to come up with positive answers.

Nice post!

Keep up the GOOD WORK Gary! You are a blessings to many!

Donna

"Homesteading Mindset Anywhere"

re: Tracking Cash Expenses

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re: What Is Success?

SuccessAtLast — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:19:20 GMT

I agree. Success is a way of life. Continuous exploration, discovery, and improvement. Your goals develop and grow as you grow. A goal pursued and met begets a new goal and the drive to meet it!

Success isn't always defined by the money you have...

A question to think about daily: What do we value most and what efforts are we making to obtain it.

re: Finding the Positive

SuccessAtLast — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:01:31 GMT

I believe that you can always find something positive about any situation. A failure, mistake, etx. is always an opportunity to learn and grow.

Before self-improvement there must be self-awareness. We have to become aware of what has shaped us into the people we currently are and our current patterns of behavior (the good, bad, and ugly) in order to change our behavior.

I've found that a challenge or obstacle leads to innovation and the motivation that's needed to make a change. Also, I found that positivity begets positivity... I became motivated to make some positve changes and I am sharing my story.

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re: Is Money Evil?

charly — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:17:11 GMT

coming from now money and then living pay check to pay check even after getting a college degree just to end up disabled to go worse living and waiting for that payday. I dont think it is evil, i think the people that hold the things we need, just simple things, like bread milk essentials for life and the very important things in life like my medicines that keep me alive are the evil ones and can set the price at what ever because they know what ever price it is we will still have to buy it no matter what the cost is. i can say one day that cost to much money for that pill and not buy it, and end up sick i would have to skip many things that i would need for the month to get that pill.

re: My $4590 U.S. Debt

charly — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:55:19 GMT

I understand what you are saying perfectly. Each time they make a decision (it is suppose to be in our good) so that is them paying us. So that is where you get that after all of the year each person was paid that amount. Good Calculating. Just think how much it they cut back and stopped waisting. We would be worth $5 dollars. If I am reading everything you wrote correctly. Which would be fine with me.

Thank for the break down.

charly

re: Positive vs Negative

Anne Cross — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:47:59 GMT

Whenever I notice myself having anxious or negative thoughts, I start making gratitude lists. I go through the alphabet and list something or someone that I'm grateful for that starts with each letter of the alphabet. I find it changes my mood dramatically.

Sometimes if I'm stuck in a line and feeling a little cranky, I'll look around and try to find things that start with the letters LINE or LOVE that I am grateful for. Sometimes "L" is the line I'm stuck in, giving me time to realize how much there is to be grateful for.

Right now, I'm grateful for the topic! Thanks, Gary.

re: Positive vs Negative

Cheryl — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:07:49 GMT

This is a great question! I love the ones that make us think!

At first I wasn't sure what method I use, until I realized how much time I spend thinking about the lives of the people affected by my favorite charitable organizations. The first is Samaritan's Purse. Franklin Graham set this up. What we do is fill shoeboxes every fall and take them to a local Baptist church, where they're picked up and taken to children in the US as well as underdeveloped countries, that are in poverty. They're loaded with toys, candy, etc. The second org is St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Every month I spend some time thinking about the short and painful lives of those children, and the agony their parents go through, and I feel even more grateful for not only my house, car, etc, but also my health, my ability to walk, to sit up without pain, etc. There are many things in my life I'm grateful for, but thinking about the method I use to find them was a real eye opener. That's the only method I can think of right now.. thinking about the children at St Jude's and the receipients of the shoeboxes. I would love to read others comments on this. Brilliant question!

re: A Body In Motion...

Gary — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:37:13 GMT

Anne,

Good point. Not every change works out the way we hoped. But even if only 1 in 10 did, I'd still enjoy the experiments and would have found 1 thing that improves my life. But, like most people, I find that it's very easy to keep going in the same direction. And, often I fall to that ease.

re: A Body In Motion...

Anne Cross — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:39:08 GMT

I find that often when I try new products, I am dissatisfied and I go back to the old tried and true, so it winds up being kind of a waste. Some good products do get discovered this way, though, and I'm trying out a new local source for my soap (from which I make cleaning products), and so far, it's great!