I love to listen to inspirational talk show programs such as Dave Ramsey, and Oprah. Although they often make statements that sound trite, ironic and cliché they leave me with a sense of hope. Statements such as, “Live your life today like no one else, so that tomorrow you can live like no one else,” gives me a sense of temporary empowerment. I have power; if not power to change the world at least power to change my life. However once the empowerment has worn off I am often left with a new, less desirable sensation: sleep deprivation. The truth of the matter is change is hard work. Creating movement or change of life style, habits, and social-economic-status is not done without challenge. Working two jobs to pay off old debts twice as fast (common Dave Ramsey advice) monetarily sounds like great advice. However, when the simple words become the actions of going to work at 5:00 am every morning and coming home at 9:00pm this advice seems less than to be desired. Is there a way to live exceptionally without becoming exceptionally drained?

Some days I wish that I was single. Like when my boyfriend told me that he had made plans for us to have dinner with his friends for the next three Sunday's in a row. I really do like his friends (typically they are very nice, fun people), however I do not like someone else delegating my time for me. I was planning on working this upcoming Sunday but my BF told me that his friends were planning on making dinner for us so I rearranged my schedule. Today I found out that his friends had other obligations tomorrow so he rescheduled for next week. My thoughtful BF decided that since my day was now free from work and worries that we would just spend the day with some of his other friends. Okay, it would be really nice if I were invited to schedule how I spend MY time. I don't really understand why in the world he thinks that it is okay to make plans for me without ever asking me what in the world I want to do. Okay must go and have a pleasant conversation with BF about being considerate of other peoples time...