Since October, I've been paying a trainer at my gym nearly $400.00 a month to help get me in shape. My logic was that if I were putting out this amount of money that I would be proportionately motivated to hit it hard! Well...that was a good thought, but not exactly the best use of $400.00
My trainer is not the problem. Perhaps the fact that I chose her because she has a German name, Liesl, might give you a clue as to why it has taken me four months to tell her that I no longer need to pay $400.00 a month to be motivated to exercise. She's really nice, sweet, and a great trainer. She's motivated me to do exercises that I had never imagined I could possibly do. She's encouraged me to keep going, to tough it out, to work through it. However, $400.00 is a ton of money. I now look at money in terms of days of substitute teaching. That's 5 days...wouldn't I rather spend that cash on something frivolous?
Yes, I did just that. I bought a new car. Poor Marv hadn't had a new car since 2006. Poor me. I now have a Chevy Cruze. It gets 42 MPG, and it is pretty darned sporty. Just the motivation I need to continue to get in shape. Who wants to see a fat, old lady hoist herself out of a cool car? Nobody! Soon there will be a svelte, old lady leaping from that vehicle.
Yesterday I told Liesl that her services were no longer needed and I made a car payment:)!
Tip of the day: You're getting in shape for yourself, right? Do things that make you happy.
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