Decadent no more...

It's a BRAND NEW year!! time for some confessions and resolutions... I never used to make resolutions cos i figured nobody fulfills them at the end anyway. I guess I never liked the idea of being restricted in what i wanna do or feel like doing. Definitely not for one entire year! I mean if I make a resolution to never eat fatty food, what if i feel like eating 10 fried chicken wings one day? I'll feel upset if i break my resolution and start eating them and i'll also feel upset cos i din get to satisfy my craving!! what's the point in making myself upset right? makes sense right? haha!!

but i think that part has gotto change liao...

i finally started using excel to record my daily finances cos i'm disgusted with how my income just somehow disappears without my realizing it. haha! figured if i track down every single dollar i spend, maybe i'll spend less. anyway, the verdict is: it's backfiring. congrats to me! cos now everything is so transparent and there's no way of denying it anymore! i spent about 1700 bucks this month!! & i'm talking about my own expenditure... not even including bank loans, insurance, household contribution.

i suppose if i decide to make a resolution, the first one would be to spend less and save more. there's gotto be less expensive ways to lead a meaningful life! many ppl have done it so why can't i? i've already succeeded in the first step... i'm taking mrt to work everyday now! sometimes even when i'm on-call or post-call! Thanks to the rising surcharge and 20-cent jump in the fare... they're really forcing me NOT to take cabs! good on them! haha!

it's really good to have such a spreadsheet! I can set up columns for different types of expenditure and look at which aspect has been the biggest money guzzler! i'm surprised to see that Food is actually the champion! considering how i get free OT food (well... some ppl dun even think it deserves to be called food) everyday, i should be saving quite a lot in terms of food expenses. Well, i suppose it's quite hard to save during this holiday season of feasting and partying. next month i'll do better! haha!

Speaking of feasting and partying... I've thought of another very important resolution. I must get my fat ass outta the couch and start giving my heart more work! I'm horribly ashamed to say I've bought my running shoes for almost a month and i haven't even used it yet. Oooh... i can feel the layers of fat forming everywhere... dun try to convince me otherwise... there's definitely a thick lipid foundation building up in areas where u can't see! (what r u thinking abt? i'm talking abt the coronaries k...)

Well, i can sign up with a fitness club and that'll make sure i go for the lessons to make my money's worth but wait... doesn't that go against my 1st resolution to save money. hmm... of course! i can run anywhere! by the road side, the lakeside park near my house... that's it! maybe i should just go now! start on the 1st day of the new year!

haha! meanwhile, lemme think of more resolutions to make... or maybe 2 is enough la... should not be too ambitious for now.