I have had many payday personalities over the years.
I can remember my very first paycheck and the excitement that came with all that money. (I made $1.65 an hour and worked part-time, but it still seemed like I was rich.) Paychecks meant shopping for whatever I wanted after I paid my car payment and insurance.
Then, paydays mutated into a very worrisome event after I got married...I hoped that I could beat the outstanding checks Id written to the bank. I had carefully timed end of the payperiod purchases or mailed bills so that I could do just that...every once in a while I missed and I would get a fee and a bounced check (ouch)
Eventually, payday became a less stressful time. I had a nice line of credit that would cover those pre-payday checks...but I was spending as much as I made and so payday was still a pretty big deal.
Funny, but now that I am home and making less than we have in many, many years, payday has become almost a non-event. I mail 'my' little paycheck to bank A and that money goes towards food and allowance at the end of the week. DHs paycheck sometimes makes it to bank B on Friday (payday) and sometimes early the following week as it just gets deposited and bills are paid the following month.
Don't get me wrong, we still enjoy payday and the independence it brings.
But thankfully, there is no urgency connected to payday anymore- which is a very nice feeling indeed.
Paydays
August 4th, 2006 at 03:53 pm
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Today I can see my projected income and spending for the six months with a click or two of my mouse. Vastly more sane, certainly more responsible, and I sleep more soundly.
But you know, sometimes I still miss the adrenaline rush of the bad old days.
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