Author: Kimyetta Hayden

I'm honored to serve the Lord Jesus.

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Spiritual Growth

The Consistency of Inconsistency

Today I listened to different speakers talk about the importance of consistency. They  talked about the many benefits of being consistent in your daily life, such as weight loss, living your dreams, accomplishing your goals, etc. I had a strange thought though. Does anyone ever talk about the “consistency of inconsistency”. I’m sure most of us have mastered this art more dutifully than actually being consistent. But seriously, why not tell  the truth? Tell us straight up that if we continue to be inconsistent then we’ll die alone (because we didnt’ consistently reach out to others), overweight (lack of consistency in eating healthy), broke (because we didn’t consistently handle our finances), depressed, destitute, prideful, lonely, lifeless, fearful, drained, bitter, dejected, fat, hopeless, sick etc.  Well, you get the picture. I’m not sure where to start, but I do know that I’m  “pain motivated”. So if it’ll take me thinking about how I don’t want to end up, then that’s enough for me to make some changes today… what about you?

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Favor and Finances Marriage and Family

The $62 Family Vacation

I am not participating in the recession. Period. Yes, I have at least six family members that have lost their jobs. Yes, I have friends and family that have lost their homes. Yes, I obsess over my own checkbook to squeeze whatever I can out of it.  But am I participating in the recession? NO!!!! With that said, I DECIDED TO DEFY THE RECESSION by continuing our family’s tradition to have a family vacation (or shall I say staycation).  We did it despite the residue of the recession. For a mere $62, my family of four enjoyed a terrific, local overnight vacation. Here’s what we did:

  1. $19 of groceries from Aldi (this cut out restaurant and vending food).
  2. $10 on tickets to Thursday Night Racing Thunder at Atlanta Motor Speedway (lots of fun with free games and exciting racing during kid’s night)
  3. Used Marriott rewards points plus received points from my beloved Brother K for free night stay at hotel (FREE ROOM IN A NEW HOTEL!!!!)
  4. All you can eat FREE breakfast at hotel (FREE… YES FREE BREAKFAST PEOPLE!)
  5. $33 for local beach with slides, kiddie pools, playgrounds, beach fun etc. (This was a little pricey but it was worth it. We stayed for hours to get our money’s worth)

Our grand total was a little over $62! Even though things are tight , my husband and offsprings were thrilled when we got home! We got a little creative, invested time in researching deals and jumped right in.  Its better to dig deep to make things happen instead of feeling discouraged when things are tough. Yep, you can do it! It’ll be worth it in the end.

 

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Spiritual Growth Uncategorized

I’m writing a blog, ya know…

My sister thought I should start a blog. Perhaps because I talk so much or that I have an opinion about everything…:) At any rate, this is my blog. I don’t know if anyone will read it (outside of my husband and probably my sympathetic co-worker E.A.) It’s “My Freedom Suite”. It’s a place where I (or anyone else) can really be free. No pretense. No fakeness. Just free. I wish I could say that every word I write will encourage you, or change the world or inspire you to change and make your life better. It won’t. If there are, perchance, things that I write that help you, then great! But I won’t make any promises. There may be days you’ll probably see me crying through my words because I’m thinking that “life stinks” today! I might even give up on being free and return to “the other world” and forget about the blog. This might turn into my virtual treadmill (i.e. the one that has the clothes draped across it, that we never use). So whatever I write and whatever you read, I hope it helps us both get closer to our own definition of freedom. Enjoy your journey and I’ll talk to you soon!