College Money Tips #1

If you think money isn't important, I recommend...wait... I demand you to stop lying to yourself! Money is a tool, a tool to improve your life and others.  I finally understand the importance and urgency of savings.  I have made mistakes.  Yes I have spent more than I have sometimes! Yes, I brought the video game at GameStop when I should have brought it on Ebay or Amazon.  Yes, I went to the floor event when I should have saved for the phonebill.  For the next couple of blogs, Iam going to teach you some money habits to break and gain.  Little nuggets that I have learned from mistakes after 3 years of college.

#1.  JUST SAY NO!!!

Yes, this is easier said than done, but this is something you must establish within yourself!   You cannot please everyone!  If you try you will never have any money, because your colleagues do not care about what's in your bank account.  TRUST ME!!   SAY NO!  Realize you cannot do everything. You cannot buy everything.  And don't have yourself thinking that you have to be a blessing to people all the time.  I understand it, I love to give but its not smart to pay for someone's dinner and you are in the red because you want to look great and prove your a great person.  This is not the time to impress!

 Have you ever been in a situation where your group of friends want to go out to eat and that one random person says Oh i dont have any money, and everyone look around waiting for that nice person to say I'll pay! JUST SAY NO!!! Lets watch a movie in the dorm so everyone can see it!!  True friends understand your limits!! Thats another Tip later!

Are You Rationalizing The Word of God?!!

Rationalizing - attempt to explain or justify (one's or another person behavior or attitude).  

I sometimes fear that when I get to heaven, God is going to show me all of the times I missed out or messed up because of rationalizing the Bible.  I fear he's going to say this is the anointing you could have had if you just didn't think so much.  Just one of my fears.  

This generation, we are so smart that its simple for us to always find a way out of anything and unfortunately we are fighting the word of God with out own selfish beliefs so We can find ways not to change.  But what happened if a generation didn't think and we just went out and did what God actually told us to do. Not rationalizing about the how healing works, but we just prayed for everyone expecting a miracle.  I believe if we completely believe God's word for what it is anything can happen! 

Lets not let God pass our generation!! Stand firm and Do what he tell you to do!!

Key 

P90X - DAY 5

Day 5 was extremely hard! If you are on P90X, I definitely feel your pain, but I have never felt so much better about myself.  I have always been a bigger in-shape girl.  I was the big athlete that could keep up with the skinny girls in high school (not long distance), but I really wanted to get my body more in shape and take some more weight off my heart and my knees.  Its important for me to start having a healthier lifestyle now instead of waiting until iam 30 after kids looking a hot mess.  I will see a dietitian(an alumni from ORU who will counsel me for free) soon.  

I wanna thank the girls on the floor for encouraging me and pushing me to be a better woman. I wouldn't do this without them and Iam extremely thankful for God putting them in my life.  Love the women on 3Middle - Faith. Iam proud to be your RA and mostly your friend!! 

Krysten doing the semi-pullups!

Struggling to do sit ups!! 

Char showing the muscles!! 

Something New

This is completely new to me, but I decided to give it a try.  Iam not really good at expressing my feeling most of the time, so I think this will be a good tool for me to vent, let off air, and let people know who the real Keyunti (Key) is.  You will be going into my head on different topics..Love, Christ, Religion, the Church, entertainment, movies, schooling, P90X(workouts), weight loss or gain, etc.  Enjoy the ride! I promise it wont be smooth the whole time!!

KEY