52 Week Financial Challenge- Week One

"52 WEEK FINANCIAL CHALLENGE"

 

MY CHALLENGE STARTED TODAY MARCH 25th, 2012

 

Well I'm back... It's been away and I've had some request to start blogging again. Seems like I been just making videos for the last year or so. Any ways join me in this challenge with saving money!!!

watch my video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb9N4NZpg0Y&feature=g-all-u&context=G26749f5FAAAAAAAAAAA

Let's all get rich together and create some financial freedom for ourselves. This will help you learn to save money and I think you will feel so good about your self when you have accomplished this money saving challenge. 

I will post every week how I'm doing and add my funds in my litlle envelope.

Example: Week One= $1

Week Two= $2 and so on until you get to your 52nd week and you will have $1378.00 saved up I know you can do it. JUST BELIEVE! For which week you are in you place that amount in your savings. I purchased a little plastic envelope to place my savings in you can place it in whatever you like too. 

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What a night...

So I was still a little down and out all through yesterday. A friend of mine has been going through a similar situation as I use to be in with a boyfriend and some things happened. Talking to her about things placed me back in a time in my life that was not good and I felt for her because no one deserves to be mistreated or around anyone that has any kind of addiction problem. I've never done drugs in my life and never understood what they were until dating my previous boyfriend that is addicted to drugs.

It can be a very hard thing to deal with. Like I said in my life I'm trying to balance emotions, relationship, finances, work, family and more. It's hard to balance things when you have so much going on in your life. It's hard. I am trying daily to keep strong with in praying because I know God has plans for me and I will be ok in time. It's just hard to find peace when you struggle so much and your heart aches.

Experience....

As I mentioned before that I was in a very long relationship with a person that was addicted to drugs. We had a long history together and within recent months we have separated due to all his issues, lies and hurt. He tends to try to call and come around thinking he can shower me with gifts thinking he can come back in my life. I will never forget the tremendous pain that he has caused me and the worry my family has had over me. Why sometimes I struggle with life, and emotions of all the things that are burdening me, I fall sometimes and give in to someone that I know is not good for me only to get hurt once more. The attachment is way different than before I often expect to be failed by him.

I am just having a hard time right now and last night he came by being disruptive and blaming me for his messy life because he was probably on a drug crave. This is the reality of my stress and that is why I'm trying to build myself up and find great friendships online to share my life experiences with those who may be going through hurt and pain. This will be a series of topics on relationships the next week or so. While I'm going through hard times. I hope everyone has a blessed day.

Under the...

Weather today. Since Monday I've had a bad belly ache. I'm praying that I will feel better. Hopefully I'll be able to get my medicine for my acid reflux and that may ease my upset stomach. If only medicines were free right? Lol. I'm praying for a great day and I know with Jesus in my life it will be.

Zaundra

Hello Tuesday!

Well today was a pretty good day. It stormed earlier but before it did it was so hot that there was a weather advisory! I hope everyone elses weather is ok!

Looking thru the window

So as I prepare for my day at work I know God has big plans for my life. I don't ever want to question his works because he is perfect and will guide me where I need to be in my life.

Sometimes it's hard to understand and we try to plan things in our life but the one who holds the key to our door is God.

As I look through the window I wait patiently for God to show me my path next. I hope everyone has a blessed day.

Continuously Blessed..

It has been a few months since I last blogged! A lot has been going on in my life and I'm just now getting things sort of back together. I just want to encourage everyone that may be going through something hard in your life to please hold on. God has a plan for your life and he will not leave you. God is in the forefront of your life if you allow him and he will create an awesome path for you to follow. In order to find out you just have to meditate his words and listen for his guidance. He will not fail you. Ive been through some really hard time lately and I just continue to pray and leave it all with God because I know he will work it out.

I hope you all follow my YouTube channel which is were I vlog on almost a daily basis about any and everything. My main goal is to encourage people in the world. I have a lot of projects I'm working on so I hope to be able to invite you to help soon. More information at a later date.

Right now I have been coming up with more creative things for my online store website. It is closed right now but I plan to open it back up very soon. It's been hard lately but God has blessed my hands to be creative and with that I give so much praise to him.

Please check out my vlog and subscribe. My user name is: Theelifeexperience
Follow me and be encouraged. Bring your friends by!

Have a blessed Sunday!

Great Deals for a Dolla no Holla!!! Updated weekly!

So I have been posting my video's lately on my YouTube channel about the great little deals I happen to run into often. So some people had asked where I find deals from here is some information on some things that I have bought or received for free as a sample.

Coupon organizer with labeled sections-$1@ Dollar Tree
Wall Stickers-$1@ Dollar Tree
Fragrance Oil-$1@ Dollar Tree

Bra Extenders-$1@ Dollar Tree
Electronic Nail Filer-$1@ Dollar Tree
L.A Colors:
Nail Polish

Nail Art Stickers
Recently I bought these stickers that go over your whole nail as a nail polish. Here is a link to a site that will show you how it works and different designs. I did my toes with the stickers I got for a Dollar and they look really good.
http://www.hey-dollface.com/2010/11/elegant-touch-nail-polish-stickers-the-perfect-manicure-every-time.html


The link below is to the site for L.A colors I have a few Pilate's from them which I got for a buck at Dollar Tree of course!

Eye Shadow
http://www.lacolors.com/5-Color-Metallic-Eyeshadow-1357.html

Art Deco-

http://www.lacolors.com/Art-Deco-Nail-Art-1533.html

I posted the link to the actual maufactor of these products so that you can see all the colors they have. Dollar Tree carries most of the colors and you can also check out Deals and any dollar tree. I have noticed that they carry these products.

I will be doing a product review and Haul on my YouTube Channel so be checking it...

Hello world...

I have not blogged in a couple of days so its my time for a entry! lol! Anyways. I have began posting videos on YouTube for this blog. I look forward to meeting new people to communicate and share things with. I hope to have more people follow my blogs and vlog because it means a lot to me. I have placed a lot of time to get resources together for people everywhere so come  in and get inspired in every aspect of life. I'm an open book like I mention so if you would like to know anything leave a message. My email is: theelifeexperience@hotmail.com. I also have a contact page on this site if you would like to send a direct message.

Here are some free websites offering samples. Grab them while you can....
Nutrish Pet Food Sample

Kotex Samples

Glad gift Pack

Spring into life........

Hello world! It's me Zaundra. I thought I would take some time to post a new blog. I have been slacking a lot lateley. I got real sick a week ago and it shut me all the way down from doing anything. So I have had a great weekend and thought I would share it with the world. Of course I have some fun savings I want to share with your from shopping as well. I plan to in the next month really be more dedicated to this blog because I would love for it to reach more people. Help me reach out to the world as well if you can by sending links to my blog to others.

Hey! What did you get?

My dog thought my flowers were for him!

Ok. Lets talk about Friday. I got to work and I had these flowers on my desk from a little boy in my class. Well he use to be in my classroom. But this was a special gift for me because the earlier part of work was very emotional and crazy for me dealing with me being sick and just work stuff that had me very upset.


I learned a lot from the experience I had at work. You have to stand up for your self and not let people walk over you. You have a voice and when others have issues with you they will address you so it's only right for you to do the same.

You can't hold your feelings in because it will just eat at you and drive you crazy. I just know that life is to short to be unhappy and you really have to find yourself with any situation you may endure. Ok moving along!

Saturday I woke up early and went shopping with my mother. I had a great time. We are very close and hang out all the time. I am so thankful to have my mother in my life because she means so much to me. Here is a picture of my Granny, Mother and I...

I went to a dollar tree. They had a lot of stick on wall art that became popular a few years ago. It's nice and it was only a buck. I brought different butterflies and other sayings to put on my walls. I bought one before at biglots that said God bless our home.

Here is a link to a site that sells different kind of wall stickers. Of course when you go to the dollar store it's not going to be as elaborate but hey it's still cute. I will post pictures of the ones I bought soon. Wall Stickers

So we got a bunch of goodies there. I got a lot of things to do crafts with.

I also bought some iron on butterfly's that I really like.

I have fell back in love with the grocery store called Aldi's. They really have some nice food items there that is a reasonable price. I normally shop between kroger and walmart but I think I am going to shop more at aldi's.

http://www.allyou.com/coupons-deals/daily-free-samples-00411000069695/

Took a little time........

I have been extremely going through some major things in my life. Work, sickness, financial issues and just experiencing life. I have been off work for a few days due to health issues and I know God is good and  he is delivering me from all the sickness in my body. I had been having issues with my Asthma. I'm learning to lean more on God and I know that he will come through in any situation. I just wanted to take a little time this morning to blog and share some thoughts and feelings. There is a song by Kirk Franklin that just came out that I have been listening to because I can really relate to it's words.

Enjoy:

Great Places in Louisville Ky

http://www.fatjimmyspizza.com/middletown_page.html

One day at a time....

So you know in life we go through things. We can't rush life we have to take things day by day. I'm feeling a little better emotional wise. I went out today and enjoyed the weather. The sun was shinning and just beautiful. I went to a few stores. Funny I have been having issues with my allergies. My throat has been a little sore. Just hoping I can get better. I don't want to miss any work at all. I bought some cheap cold medicine at Dollar Tree. LOL! It knocked me out. I feel asleep.

I'm still not feeling that good but I don't want to take any more right now because I don't want to go back to sleep. I try so hard to stay up on the weekends and enjoy my days off but its hard sometimes because I don't sleep well through the week. Even when I try to sleep in on weekends I find myself still waking up so early, taking a short nap in the day and falling back to sleep before I want to. I'm working on a better sleep pattern. My goal was to meditate more and I have not done that...oops! LOL! I'm getting there.



 I did pick up a YOGA book that came with a DVD today. I'm excited to check it out. (here is a link to a cool yoga site that I saw online http://www.yogajournal.com/basics/beginners_expert_qa). I was going to buy a mat at TJ Max but I wondered if I could find one on eBay for cheaper. I have been doing a good job at saving money on different products lately. I write in a journal daily and instead of buying one that was more expensive today I found one that was even cuter for almost $2.50 less. I was excited about that. Anyway I just wanted to drop in and blog. I really enjoy blogging. Soon I am going to be adding some more features. Stay on the look out.

Zaundra-

Finding my something Wonderful....

Sometimes we go through things in life that really make you feel like your riding a roller coaster. I have always battled with stress my whole life and it really is hard to balance life when you have so much stress. Instead of relaxing I know I often try to organize my stress from day to day. It's like ok what is at the top of my list that I can stress about today?! (lol). It's hard to find peace when we stress about everything. Only God can fix what is bothering or burdening you. I have learned that. It's easier saying you are going to let something go that maybe stressing you out then actually doing it.

I often wonder when I will have that one day where I am worry free. Your guess is good as mine. Sometimes we just have to much on our plates, everything is overlapping on our plates like it's the holiday season. I don't even like all my food touching.(lol) So I know that I have to find ways to manage my stress level with more calming thoughts. My goal is to meditate nightly for about 20 minutes before I go to sleep. I want to sleep relaxed with a peaceful mind. I challenge you to meditate weather it be reading your bible, meditating over scriptures that speak to you. Talking to God, listening to music. Yoga, etc. Find ways to be quiet in your day to meditate and listen for God to speak to you while your in your meditation. I think when we can depend on coming home knowing of your relaxation method will bring you peace in your day.

This would most definitely be my something wonderful. Check on YouTube for great meditation videos.Have a blessed night!

God's Love is 365

I know everyone is all pumped up about Valentines day. I think personally we should love one another by showing the people we love daily, even by a simple I LOVE YOU message. I understand that valentines day is a day that we recognize world wide to be romantic, share with your closest friends and etc. I am just glad that I have God loving me all year long and he shows it to me daily. I just wanted to send out a reminder that God is Love 365 days a year. Every second of the minute. I hope that everyone had a great day.

1 John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Mat 22:37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'
Mat 22:38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
Mat 22:40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Starting from my mind and then....

So I thought I would add one more post for tonight. I am like I have mentioned working on myself. I have a desire to loose weight, continue to build my relationship with God which I am working on daily. I have a lot of other little personal goals that I have been setting for myself. I did join a site that helps you loose weight and track your foods by calories. I have decided to count my calorie intake daily. This week started off rocky so I am setting myself to try again starting Monday. It's easier to start on Monday's for me. Also at my job we have a gym where I can work out for free and a lot of my co-workers utilize it every day and I want to as well so that I can become more active.

If you don't have access to a gym you can look on YouTube and find some simple work outs. I am also going to be on the look out for some beginner work out videos. I think this is a start to do some simple work outs at home. I want to give you a couple free websites to help loose weight. These websites calculate what you weigh, height etc. Once you put in your goal weight pounds you want to loose the sites will let you know how many calories you should intake daily to loose weight. http://www.caloriecounter.about.com/ is a simple site that is user friendly. Also one big site is www.sparkpeople.com this is a really good website. I did find that it has a  lot of good information but it can be overwhelming at firs because there is so much information on the site. I first joined in 2009 and recently rejoined. This site plans your meals or you can add your meals to track your calories. If you are looking for somthing more simple then go to the other site. Check it out. These sites have communities and a lot of nice people to talk to and get support from. Lastly you can go on YouTube and check out some work outs that you can do at home. Here is a link to a work out by spark people.com.   

This is only a ten minute video. I think this is neat. Start of ten minutes and maybe more. I will say my goal is to invest in a piece of work out equipment that will help me loose weight in my arms, belly and legs....Here is a piece of equipment that will work your entire body I would think.

This is Golds Gym Elliptical. I want this soooo bad!!!

http://www.walmart.com/browse/Exercise-Fitness-Exercise-Machines-Ellipticals/_/N-968v?ic=48_0&path=0:4125&ref=+427999&refineresult=true&catNavId=4134

Good luck!

Blessed on Top of Blessed....

 Hey everyone. It has been a while since I have blogged. I'm back. Been working hard and guess what I am actually going to start on some school work this weekend so I won't be in the same situation as last time. I have been blessed a lot over the last couple weeks and I owe it all to God. I am so glad that he knows the desires of my heart and know what burdens me. I know that I can depend on him when all else may fail. The Lord never leaves our side. I have so much confidence in the word of God and his teachings. I read and meditate daily so that I can be closer to God. Sometimes I think the devil tries to mess up your flow of plans. He may say to you, don't read the bible now. Read it later. We can procrastinate with God. He comes on time for us. We must do the same with him. No excuses when it comes to the Lord.

On a more personal level. I got a major break through on some bills. I am so blessed and thankful along with really being Humbled by God's work on my life. I just wanted to let people know that you may think your in the worse situation health wise, financially and etc. First off there is someone out there worse than you, secondly if you give it to God he will take care of it just in time. He gives us things that maybe trouble us for a reason. How will we appreciate good if we don't have some bad?

I have really decided this year to make some well needed changes in my life because I have been through so much. I want to be more relaxed and calm. I talked about in a previous post about being humble and finding peace. Everyday is not going to go as planned. It would not be called life if everything was simple. I just hope that I am able to reach out to people around the world that can relate to me. I mostly want to inspire someone. Please always remember to believe in God. Place him in your life. Life is so much meaningful when you have a relationship with Christ. He will never forsake you.

I hope everyone has a blessed and love filled valentines day. We had a little party at work today. I got a lot of candy and little valentine cards. It is those simple things that makes me smile and be so thankful. Every year I use to go out and buy myself candy and stuffed animals for valentines day. I thought if no man would make me happy on earth God gave me the ability to provide for myself. I love me and God loves me more.

Starting Natural-Head First

Well I am about to go through some transitions with my self. I want to work on being more natural and carefree. I have really thought about changing my whole person so I can start to feel and find a more peaceful way of living.

Finding Peace through meditation

I have decided that my life is in need of daily meditation to relax my mind from all of life's experiences. I sometimes let all that is on my back stay with me through the night. When I get off work I want to learn to leave work at work and relax when I am home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQHuhcBznK0&feature=related

I have provided a few links that can help you meditate with different exercises that you can do. I think sitting in a quiet place where you can relax your mind is great. Earlier I began to have a headache but when I closed my eyes and took a few deep breathes and focused on something other than the headache I was free from it. I have also uploaded some videos that I found on YouTube and I thought you may like to find some nice sounds to listen to.

I think there many different ways to relax and meditate. I do read the Bible daily and gain some encouragement from my readings.

You can also just sit with all the lights off and some candles lite while listening to some natural sounds to help you relax your mind while taking some deep breathes and closing your eyes and trying to focus on one thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn9HQqE96Rs&feature=related


There other ways of meditation when you can do different body coordination's. I plan on getting me a place in my apartment that is dedicated to meditation with Christ and just a simple place for peace and prayer in my house. They say to get sea shells, incense ( don't know about the incense that will send me into a Asthma attack..lol). But I have some rocks that would remind me of the ocean and sand as well. Lets get meditated. Think of blessings, God's love and the desire for God to show us peace and humbleness.


 http://www.essortment.com/all/meditationexercrwom.htm

http://www.withinsight.com/meditation/#!state_link_8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh-klfBJlHc&feature=related

Procrastination-Will Catch up...Good or Bad results...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrastination

All my life I have pretty much waited to the last minute to do things. I have always thought that everything will work out and I would be able to get things done. Sometimes my health delays me from being able to focus. I have very bad headaches and I have had test done and the doctors can't seem to pinpoint why I am having these headaches but when I am free from a headache I need to learn to take care of my task because we never know what can happen in life.

Prime example. I am in school and I am currently taking an online Biology class I waited to the last minute and I rushed taking my three quizzes that I needed to take and I missed the final exam.

I did not see a link for it. I had a very bad headache and I was struggling at the computer to see and just feeling light headed and it messed up my thoughts and created confusion.

I am just trying to be better about life and try to get my priorities together. We can't blame any one but ourselves but when we acknowledge the problem we have a chance to fix it and make it right. Although some structure of my current class is a little to much I just have to take this experience and fix it. With that being said I will do and try better. I think when you wait to do things you are only placing more stress on you an the end result can be something that is unchangeable.

What does the Bible say about procrastination?

Procrastination is “the act of willfully delaying the doing of something that should be done,” and in some people it is a habitual way of handling any task.
http://www.gotquestions.org/procrastination-Bible.html

Proverbs 12:24 (NIV)

24 Diligent hands will rule,
but laziness ends in slave labor.

Proverbs 13:4 (NIV)

 

4 The sluggard craves and gets nothing,
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

Proverbs 15:19 (NIV)

19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Luke 12:35

“Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning,