Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Work Together To Make Things Less Stressful

The weather is getting nicer outside and many people are beginning to plan their summer projects. There are so many things that are easier to get accomplished in the nice weather that you start to see everyone going outside again.

Money being tight for everyone is a major problem on what we chose to accomplish. It comes to a toss up of what is really neccessary and what you can afford. This causes a lot of stress to pick and chose for fear that you might make a wrong decision and have the one thing that you thought could last another year won't.

For me, we had to take some trees down that were causing damage to our house. In taking those trees down we found that we had to hire someone to take out the stumps, then you need to fix the lawn to get grass to grow and so fourth. We have a porch that is falling apart, a roof that needs replaced, and a air conditioning unit that has given us problems for a few years now. What to fix and how far can your money go??

One thing that we can all take comfort in is that we are not alone in this area. There are so many people out there that are having extreme stress over these problems. My only advice is to take it day by day, start on something that you can get accomplished and see how much you have left over before you decide what is next. There are many places that will give you free estimates and give good advice on how to maintain with what you have until you can afford to fix or replace something.

Many people are trying to do things themselves these days and that is not a bad idea. I have a better one though, you have to know that your friend or neighbor might need to have something done too. Help each other, make plans to work together and accomplish both of your goals.

With the world the way it is today, we all have to help each other. There are so many people out of jobs or they have a job and they are still struggling. So much stress out there! Maybe it is time for us to all pull together and turn that stress into a really good, positive attitude.

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