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Making Backwards Choices
I was reading this past week about a woman who lost 170 lbs in
9 months by eating backwards. She had breakfast for dinner and
dinner for breakfast. She lost the weight without leaning on a
typical diet plan. Her result, losing 170lbs, has lasted ten
years. It's not so much the weight loss that caught my attention,
but the fact that she took responsibility for change in her
life.
This now size 1 woman didn't go on a diet, she made a
lifestyle change. Diet is a bad word. It represents a temporary
nutritional change that will require sacrifice and results that
are often unsatisfactory and short lived. She made up her own
solution, and that's why it worked for her. Chasing down someone
else's ideas is rarely effective. We are more likely to be
successful when it is our own plan.
What is your plan? What do you want to change? If you have
been craving something new, different, better, but find yourself
mired in the same spot you started in, maybe you would consider
making some backwards choices? Identify a few areas in your life
you expect something greater that what is right now.
One important place to make changes in your life is in the
financial arena. Are you paying yourself first? Preparing for
your future? Spending within your means? Our typical mindset is
to spend what we have, or more likely, spend more than we have
through loans and credit cards. We live paycheck to paycheck
because that is the choice we have made.
I encourage us to make some new choices. Take responsibility
for where we are, and decide where we want to be. Then all it
takes is a plan, a few backwards choices, and watch how quickly
we find ourselves in a new and better place.
As a structured settlement recipient, you can make some
backwards choices by cashing out your annuity. Instead of waiting
for the settlement to pay out over time, you can get the money
you want and need sooner. Consider carefully any financial choice
you make, and seek expert advice. If you want the best, you have
to seek it out. Whether you are trying to lose weight, or regain
control of your finances, sometimes making backwards choices can
get you going in the right direction.
Jason Rigler
Financial coach for structured settlement recipients and lottery
winners.
http://www.whataremypaymentsworth.com
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