Looking Up

As I mentioned in previous posts, Paul and I are working with Rich Dad Coaching -- which has been helpful. This past week's assignment has been learning about different financing methods for mortgages. Each week is surprising in this course, as it is better than the last.

At this point, we feel like we have a good grasp on these concepts, and there is another homework assignment coming in 2 weeks which will also focus on this. I am excited to tackle that, and our phone call with our coach tomorrow evening.

I have been reading Suze Orman's "The Courage to be Rich", which thus far, has been great. One of the items she keeps mentioning in this book (and others) is the idea of being financially organized. This is something that I am working on becoming much better at.

The part of the book that I stopped on today was when she talked about having order in your life, and eliminating clutter. Once I read that, I put down the book and started working on cleaning up all of the clutter that has built up over time.

The shoe collection is still in tact, but that will be addressed tomorrow. For today, I weeded through boxes that I had from college, filled with pictures and old papers. I tossed what needed to go, and (finally) put the pictures in albums, which felt great. I cleaned out all underneath the bed, which also felt wonderful. Paul's mom, Nora, is really into fung shei and she always talks about the importance of not storing anything under the bed. Great theory, harder in practice. For the time being, there are things under the bed, but they are very neat. I have never figured out where slippers fit into this theory :)

So -- more progress. I am down to 3 credit cards -- which feels GREAT. I am so excited to get all of that Bad Debt eliminated. My savings continues to rise and I am more and more excited about the future.