Lesson 84: Check In WEEK 12 — Witnessing

Ok, let's talk about resistance again. For this week's review I am supposed to write out my monthly amounts for my Luxury items. I started this yesterday and got distracted. I don't want to do it now. I'm feeling anxious in my solar plexus again. Oy. 

 Before I get to that, let me state a win. Last year I didn't want to do my taxes. I didn't do my taxes. Then, when I wanted to move, my new residence needed my taxes to show my income. I freaked out. I was going to be homeless. Oh my god! Then, I realized, all I needed to do was my taxes. And that would solve the issue of my taxes. So, I did my taxes. And I owed a lot of money (a lot for me). Like $1500. I did not send any money in. I waited for the IRS to send me a letter. Which they did. With all the fees, etc, I owed $2100. Ok....

 I told them online I would pay them by this month - January. Then I would only have an additional $40 interest (rather than the hundreds of dollars of interest if I took longer). 

 In the meantime, I am planning a trip to Spain. I have been stashing cash to go and I leave in just over three weeks. On the final day that I owed the IRS, I happened to have the exact amount of cash to pay them. But isn't that money for Spain? Fuck.....

 Long story too late to be short, I paid my taxes. In full. Yesterday. I have faith I will save up enough money to make my trip to Spain feel good and full. I wanted to go in integrity. And I wanted to not repeat my money nonsense of last year. It was crazy.

 I believe in astrological phenomena, and all this shit was going down during Saturn Retrograde, which basically is a time when stuff you haven't taken care of comes to the surface to be taken care of. SR takes place every year around April through August or September, and I want to be clear this year! 

 Back to the list....

Travel 742, 0, 20
Going Out, Drinking Out, Dining Out 345, 415, 239
New clothes/gifts 183, 40, 36
New furniture 0
Decorative things 0
Treats for puppy and kitty ~30
Entertainment 123, 54, 29

 I made the line items match what I have in my app. Rather than doing an average for some, I just listed the last three months since they vary a lot.

 I am surprised in a good way. I thought this would be a lot more. 

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