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“The road has been rocky and some times we kick some debt booty and I feel like I am on top of the world. Other times we suffer a financial blow and wonder if we will ever be debt free. That’s the thing about debt reduction. Unless you come across a windfall of money, it is a roller coaster journey and you are bound to hit bumps in the road. What matters is how you choose to deal with those bumps in the road. When you fall, you get right back up.”

-Tricia at bloggingawaydebt.com

I came across the above during one of my adventures in "blog-surfing". I thought that it just summed up the whole thing so beautifully that I just had to share it here. The last sentence is the key: "When you fall, you get right back up." So, that's what I've been doing and I try not to sweat the small stuff. I try to remind myself that I'm better off than I was a few months ago. That's one way that journaling or blogging really comes in handy. When I'm feeling bummed and asking myself Why? or Is this really worth it? I can look back at past posts and see where I was and why I don't want to be there again. I did a bit of that tonight, and it really helped. There are times when I feel on top of the world... something goes so right... a big weight loss, a good eating week, an energized feeling that comes from exercising and drinking my water, a debt paid off, a decent balance left in the bank, etc. And then there are those "bumps in the road"... times that turn your stomach and send you into enough of a panic that you spend your Friday night with budgeting programs on your computer instead of your loved ones. In the grand scheme of things, those individual times don't matter so much. What matters is that you don't let the good times make you too cocky and you don't let the bad times get you down or stop you altogether. It's like that annoying, yet catchy Chumbawamba song from the 90's says:

I get knocked down

But I get up again

You're never gonna keep me down

I get knocked down

But I get up again

You're never gonna keep me down...

(and now I'll bet you're going to have that song stuck in your head all day... mwahahahaha...)