Think of this. You have a little gut that you got from the result of bad eating habits. This has resulted in high blood pressure or diabetes. So you think, “Hmmm I want my sexy back as well as my health. I’m going to TRY to lose weight.”
Or this, you just had a baby, but those pictures of people like Jennifer Lopez who had twins and look like she never carried a baby a day in her life taunt you. So you put down the chocolate bar (no not dark chocolate. It’s not like you want to be healthy or anything). You take your hand out of the potato chip bag and say, I am going to TRY to lose weight and get this awful baby fat off.
Maybe you’re already physically fit and decide that financially you need to cut expenses by not eating out as much, so you pass Red Lobster, and move on to the grocery store so you can purchase the ingredients necessary to make a nutritious and delectable meal.
Or you have a goal to travel to Japan in a year so you take extra shifts at work, don’t buy as many clothes, and only use the dollar menu at McDonalds for a while to save money.
You do all of this because you are TRYING to reach your goal. Here is the problem with trying to do anything.
It becomes an excuse for why you aren’t already doing it.
Your goal could be losing weight, starting a business, going back to technical school, getting your master’s degree, saving $1,000 for your emergency fund or doing a little traveling.
Regardless of your goal, have you noticed that when most people try, they fail to carry it out and see it through?
To try is to attempt to do or accomplish something. When you attempt, you have the mindset that if I exert a little effort and it doesn’t work, I can try it again. Or you may say that if you try something and it results in failure, you will try something different. Yet, failing doesn’t always mean that a plan doesn’t work. It may mean that you aren’t pushing yourself enough or that you have unrealistic expectations.
For example: Let’s say the person in the first example has high blood pressure and wants to lose weight so they can lower it and reduce their medication. If that individual eats the proper foods for a day, exercises religiously, and alleviates some stress from his life and then goes to the doctor in a week to see if their blood pressure has decreased, what do you think will happen?
More than likely, their situation will be the same because they only TRIED to do the right thing for one day. One day is not going to cut it. It is going to take the person actively applying good habits every day for weeks and months to see a result.
The same goes with finances. Will it help if that person that wants to travel to Japan cuts back for a week only to go on a shopping spree two weeks later? They are hindering their progress in the long term only to gain in the short term. Even if they said they were TRYING to make it to Japan in a year, no one would believe them from looking at their actions.
So, if you want to do something, do it consistently. It’s not enough to TRY or to just do it temporarily. You need to make realistic sacrifices each day, week, and month until you reach your goals.
Crafty with God and money 