Ruminator

Photo found on Google I don’t normally sing my own praises, but today I am here to announce something big. What I am about to mention is a joint effort between me and my wife. 6.9.21 I requested a payoff on our house. I wired the last payment to my mortgage company today. I no longer have a house payment or any other debt. A decade ago Marcie and I looked at the Dave Ramsey plan. We read the book, started a budget, and I even listened to his radio show for inspiration. We started on the plan and lasted only a few months. We tried again and drifted away from it. We had every excuse to not do it. It was too hard; we didn’t have enough income (ironic excuse), and we had emergencies come up that needed funding. The desire was there, just not the dedication. Almost two years ago we again looked at the plan with a new desire to stick with it. Like before, it was still very difficult. We also had the pressures like before, but this time we pushed through them. Following the plan got easier as...

Photo by: Mark Wilcoxson Last Friday I met with my Psychologist and as usual we had a great conversation about what things were troubling me as well as the things that were going great. One such topic I plan to discuss here. After a very emotional week for me, I discussed the three main impacts this past week held for me. While discussing the details with her, I mentioned two specific conversations I had recently. I was told by some “friends” that I am an over thinker. During our conversation, I provided the detail and the label I was given. She disagreed with that statement and diagnosis. As she described it (or I interpreted it) an over thinker is someone who harbors on a subject to where it affects them so much that it debilitates them. They will focus on a particular subject or issue and that exercise will affect other areas of their life. They may change their behavior, actions or lives because of it. She said if anything I ruminate. The definition of ruminate is ‘think deeply abo...