Processing the Results of My First Pressure Relief Meeting

Thought for today: After our Pressure Relief Meeting is over, and we have a new Spending Plan and an Action Plan for dealing with our debts and our life,  we will be on course to grow in solvency.  Our Pressure Relief Group has given us honest feedback about our current situation and we are now becoming […]

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What’s Your Plan For the 2nd Half of the Year?

Thought for today: While the program of recovery from compulsive debting tells us to take life one day at a time, it is also good to periodically plan for the longer term.  It’s simpler to know how to spend our days if we know what we want to achieve.  Creating goals is important. A member shares: “Now that I have taken a mid-year […]

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How Did You Do In the First Half of the Year?

Thought for today: Now that the first half of the year has come to a close, why not stop and contemplate how we’re doing with money, and adjust our Action Plans to better suit our goals? Just as a sail boat veers off course and the sailor adjusts the sails, so our money-course needs adjusting.  Everyone needs course-correction to get […]

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March 14, Am I Planning or Procrastinating?

Thought for today: A member shares about how DA helps them develop action plans: “Sometimes I take on too many commitments.  It’s like I need to de-clutter my to do list!  I am learning in DA to delegate whenever necessary, and not do for others what they could do for themselves. “I also ask myself […]

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February 20, How Action Plans Work (DA Tool Six)

Thought for today: Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you went there? DA Tool Six, Action Plan, can bring us to a point where we figure out our spending, earning, saving, and debt repayments, sure. Those were huge tasks. But then we may start to say to ourselves “Where was I […]

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