Goal 3: A Thorn in Your Side

Kensington Gardens

What do you do when there is a huge problem that needs to be fixed and no money to fix it? Budget's are nice but even if you are budgeting for an emergency fund you may not have enough in the beginning to fix these whoppers. The answer is either to borrow money, reallocate money or to find a way to live your life a little simpler. Borrowing money is complicated and messy, reallocating money leaves you in a lurch for those funds later so, the simple answer is the easy life. Some people I have known have given up large investments in lieu of paying for today, others decided that cable t.v. was unnecessary in a world of Blue Rays and Hulu and still others opt for suffering irritation for a while in order to get that big payoff in the end. No matter which way you decide to deal with it you've taken the first step by acknowledging the problem and not pushing it under the rug. Believe it or not I've been told that grown-up decisions turn out great in the end. I mean it is true that "All children, except one, grow up" and we are not Peter Pan.