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Hi All!

2024-10-13T21:51:00.003-04:00

Well here we are, a few days before the election. Oh I just wonder about it all. America is in unrest you know. So much is happening all over the world. Well I think it says in Ecclesiastes that there is nothing new under the sun. So I figure what's been happening all over the world has always been happening.

Just there are more people in the world. When I was a kid there was 3 billion people on this planet, now there are almost 8 billion. Is that a jump or what? So of course there is a lot more happening.

Wow.

Just my opinion.

Passions in my life

2023-10-15T18:27:00.001-04:00

wow. i think some people may live off their passions. maybe it is satisfying to them or something. maybe it is a way to live your life. hm i really don't know about all of that. maybe it will make someones life more fulfilling. I have a passion for writing and it just feels good. Like dancing when i was a young one back in the 80s. now that, all of that was fun. didn't write much when i was a teen. but when i was nine or ten i wrote a lot and i also read a lot. it was fun and i was quite comfortable doing all of it. now after living years as a single mom i see alot more that i need to express. get it off my chest. all of this writing is really great cause to me it is like therapy and i think better. all of that. yes indeed.

Dreams The Title

2023-10-15T18:17:00.001-04:00

I have been having some very interesting dreams lately. They have been making me think of who, what, is in my life. I just wake up and say wow.....how about that and what did it mean? How about you, been having some dreams that you want explained and why you have them?

This Standard American Diet

2023-10-13T19:28:00.003-04:00

The diet of America. SAD. Maybe things are changing for the better. I mean since food prices have gone up a bit I think people are not eating out as much. Like fast food. We used to go to get fast food a few times a month and we would order something from home. But now I watch where our dollars go and well it is no longer Chinese . I write this because Chinese cuisine is really expensive. I have read that one would do better ordering a pizza rather than order Chinese. This is because pizza uses less oil than the other. Well that is what I read. Also pizza is much cheaper than Chinese takeout. But yes, I have noticed that fast food has really gone up. The last time we went to McDonalds the number one was almost ten dollars!! Shocking. Just thought to myself.."this is just too much" and what happened. And the dollar menu, well I was too shocked about the number one being ten dollars. So lately we have been shopping at the grocery store and watching the prices. There are some items that have gone up there also, what am I saying, mostly all of the prices of each item has gone up. But well, thank you God, some items are on sale and well one could work with this you know. So I just buy more of what is on sale and buy less that is not on sale that week. For us it all evens out and well it works.

Thank you for reading. God bless.

sugar addiction

2023-10-13T18:49:00.000-04:00

Ok. That is me. Well sort of. I eat alot of sweets. It just gives me plenty of pleasure . It makes my mouth happy. I eat sweets everyday. When I am satisfied with my munching I tone it down a bit and go for something healthy afterwords. like if I made something homemade like blueberry cobbler. I made a blue berry cobbler about a month ago and I ate the whole thing in three days. I know, shame on me and my taste buds, shame shame shame.

How about you? Do you like sweets. Homemade sweets?

The Obesity Epidemic

2023-10-13T16:26:00.000-04:00

I had looked at the comments on an Amazon book about obesity. As a matter of fact I looked at a few comments and most of them were favorable about this one book. Most people that commented on it loved how the author wrote it. Most people were satisfied. But this one person only gave it a one star rating and I thought that was so wrong. They wanted to read more about other people, how other people dealt with their obesity.

In a way I know what it means to be obese. I have been carrying around an extra hundred pounds for over 20 years. I blame it on the medication I have been taking. It is hard because I needed medication and the stuff I am on, was on, makes you gain extra weight and for me I craved sweet breads. I just could not help it. I mean I live in this body. And that is what was so hard about it all.

I just don't know what else to say about it all.

Impact Of Social Media On Society

2023-10-02T20:07:00.001-04:00

Now what can I say about social media? Well for me it hasn't been the easiest thing. I mean I have found people to act worse than being together socially. I found it hurtful and well that just spoiled everything for me and the people on the platforms. Family, friends, it all didn't matter. I found people to be negative and very hurtful. Like the devil was coming out of everyone and no one not really paying attention to how they were behaving towards others. For me I don't think I am missing much not being on Face Book or X or TikTok. Plus I am terrible with the layout of most of them. I don't do well with technology with most of the programs. No give me a phone. A plain ordinary phone and a good friend and we will have the best of times:)

The Rise Of AI

2023-10-02T19:40:00.003-04:00

Not too long ago I wrote about AI on this blog. I mentioned something like: the things that happen in our imaginations could possibly happen in the future. I talked about StarTrack or something like that. Come to think of it I remember an episode on the Twilight Zone where this machine, which was actually a AI man, had a lot of human qualities. The lady in the episode was actually falling in love with it or something. Come on now folks this was tv back in the day and the Twilight Zone always had interesting content to view. Hm I wonder if the Twilight Zone still comes on. I don't watch tv much anymore.

Transgender Issues 2023

2023-10-02T19:15:00.003-04:00

Ok I must ask: "How do you all feel about Transgender Issues of today?" I mean when I was coming up no one thought of this. I mean in fact this was unthinkable. Our issues were suicide, std's, and unplanned pregnancies. We all never ever would think something even close to this. And now, well we have little children questioning if they are a boy or a girl. I am thinking that there must be someone or some group of people pushing this type of social issue. I mean really. I think this all started back when children of movie stars started questioning their identity. I remember reading this back a few years ago. Before the pandemic. These siblings actually got depressed about their identity. Hm I wonder what their parents thought of them. But you know what, these two siblings still have their private parts and I don't think they had any surgeries. The son still looks like a boy and the daughter still looks like a girl. Wow.

2023-09-06T21:26:00.000-04:00

Hi all!

Nice to be back writing here. Just been busy and I guess kind of lazy too. Oh I can't help it. I am human. And well just been working on a lot of other stuff. I keep a journal and well i love it cause i can carry it with me and write anytime i want in it. Just me I guess. Just want to say that a lot of activities are really against me and well that is alright cause Jesus is with me and my family and I love Him for that. Thank You God for that. I think my writing has really improved from my first entry here and that is alright you know. I can think much clearer and well I am feeling like a whole new world has opened up for me and all my family and that is great. Well we have got over a year to vote for someone for president and I really know who I am going to vote for. Just wont say it here and now cause I want to keep it a secret and I feel that I treasure privacy and all you know. Just treasure privacy. I treasure privacy, peace, alone time, family, and a lot of other stuff you know. I mean I am getting older and a lot of stuff in life is falling into place and it is just so cool how it all is happening you know. Been working on taking off a lot of weight and toning my body and self in more ways than one and well that is falling into place too. Not sure about the future but I think I am coming out of the wilderness and all. Been a long time there. Learning this and that and going through this and that and well Jesus has been there all along you know. He has just been there for me and my family you know. For some reason I have been writing in my journal other than on here. You know it is easier to take some paper and a pen and just write. I flow either way just I do better with a pen and some paper. Oh yes, also someone stole our other laptop so it was much harder getting to a computer to write on my blog. But I do want to keep writing on here cause it is much older than me writing in my journals you know. Even if I don't own this blog I still want to keep writing in it. I think they may be using ai on here. I found out some things about ai and well to me it is like the jetsons or the terminator. Meaning a lot of stuff could happen with computers, ai, and the whole futuristic stuff. What I mean is the jetsons was a cartoon of a family living in the future and they had flying cars and had a robot for a maid and everything was high tech you know. It was just a cartoon. And well you know the movie the terminator, a computer that looked like a real machine that looked like a man but was very advanced. Oh and we can't forget about star trek. A bunch of high tech people that went from galaxy to galaxy discovering new places and new forms of life. But I do have to say is that star trek really scared me. It was so out there. I mean it was the early seventies and I was just a little kid. Back then it was too much and I was just so young.

So now they have people taking trips above earth, flying cars that may soon be available for anyone to buy. I guess what one can imagine can come to pass.

2021-04-26T19:21:00.003-04:00

How are u all doing?

i just saw something interesting online earlier today. people were gathering these giant oysters and finding pearls in these oysters. these things were really very large. the oysters had a lot of colored pearls in them.

i thought to myself how do oysters get started. so i read somewhere on the web that the oysters release their eggs and sperm in the water and they meet up to make babies. is that interesting or what?

and i also found out how they get to be so big. i mean how do they grow? well they filter water and they eat tiny plants and algae. is that all interesting or what? wow. makes me want to get a pail and make my way to the beach. for real. hm now i remember i read this book called 'The Pearl', well something like that and i think i am trying to compare these two sets of information. in 'The Pearl' this diver had to dive deep in the ocean to find one pearl and i think he found only one rather large pearl and what i saw today all these ladies had to do was just go wade in the small pond to find the oysters. wow...i would rather wade in a small lake then dive in the ocean.

now i am wondering if there are male oysters and female oysters?

oh wow, just found out that there are female and male oysters and they can change their sex in their life time. wow..

just something to think about

2021-02-12T10:09:00.000-05:00

oh wow! what has been happening in our world lately is pretty much a trip. Sad things too. you know i have been pretty much busy with life. and i think it is all all right. I have been working on a book. nonfiction you know. i find it challenging to write a book. with what i went through when i was growing up.... wow. what Jesus has brought me through was a lot of stuff. i guess life can be hard and challenging and all. but hey...look to Jesus for all your needs in life, Jesus and Father God will take care of you. You just keep doing right and follow Jesus and you will be all right.

oh wow!! what a month

2020-11-18T17:23:00.001-05:00

oh yes. first thing first. if you visit my g blog it does have cookies on my site. i think that these cookies take information from your site if you visit my site. i am not sure what will happen to your site but i am just giving a word of knowledge.

hmm. what do i write 'what a month.' what i mean to say is 'oh what about these last few months.' i mean dang everything just went kind of crazy in a matter of short months. wow. wow.

God says 'if you turn from your wicked ways I will forgive you and heal your land but if you don't '. wow i say do that. if you are a Christian just submit to God and turn from your wicked ways.

what i think is to do what God has instructed to do. i think there may be some people of the faith that may be bound by the devil. i think that if you read your Bible everyday it may break the spell of the hold that the devil holds on you. just my thoughts of the day. peace.

2019-12-04T12:59:00.001-05:00

Hi everyone. Well it has been some time since I wrote and I think that is all right. Nothing much has been happening with me. Just been doing some writing and all. and sometimes lots of thinking and well that is alright to. You know what? I have been writing so much in my journal that I have nothing to discuss and well that may be alright too. I am a little older with a few gray hairs and all of that and well I have been trying to lose some weight too and I try to exercise by walking, Got to get it together you know. Yes I need to get it together and well i am. The kind of get it together means that it will take years and all and that is alright. hm well write me and let me know what your together means. I will be waiting.

God Bless

g

2017-09-06T19:53:00.001-04:00

Hi all.

Well here i am again, months or years later and you know what? Nothing much changed with life. I mean everything is always going on in the world. And you know what? I am happy about our recent election for the Executive office. Ha, i think the world gave a sigh of relief. Hey I am just sayin. I mean there is so much going on in the world we needed leadership that is somewhat rough around the edges and all of that. What i mean to say is that we needed someone in the oval office that wasn't scared to make a tough decision. We needed someone that is fierce and all of that. I think we need to grow our military forces a little more. We needed a leader that is more to the point. And forget the honeymoon period let's get down to business you know what i mean? I think a lot of people of faith voted last election. And our whole nation needs prayer and all of that you know. Well thanks for listening to my thoughts about all of the mess we are in. With North Korea acting the way they are and countries not knowing what to do with them, hnn I say cut them off and shoot down all of their missiles. Well this is just all of my thoughts. Write me and tell me what you think.

Thanks g

How I Remedied My Blood Presure

2016-12-03T15:54:00.000-05:00

So there I was at the hospital feeling quite light headed and pretty much all over the place. I wasn't sure what was going on except that I knew I needed help. The medication I was on was giving me a pain and frankly it didn't help much. I just didn't know if I would end up in the hospital. So they took my vitals and the nurse on call asked me if I had high blood pressure? I replied "no". In fact for a few months my blood pressure was on the brink of becoming high blood pressure. With my strange sleeping habits that didn't help much either. With me, for my blood pressure to be normal I would have to sleep sound every night and that had not been happening. Also with my allergies and asthma I know these health issues didn't help much. I was very much over weight and I didn't eat right or I just didn't eat the right types of food most of the time and my job and home life were pretty much erratic. I know someone who has high blood pressure and as a matter of fact this person is a close relative of mine. I know I didn't, just couldn't, really didn't want anymore medications prescribed to me unless I really needed to take them. I wanted to be medication free and healthy.

So I Researched

So while I was in school I did a paper on high blood pressure and during my research I found out that I could be doing a lot of activities so my blood pressure wouldn't turn into high blood pressure. I found out that I could remedy my own blood pressure. I really shouldn't had worried because I only had one symptom, fatigue or confusion, but I worried anyway. I even got more worried when I read that if high blood pressure gets bad enough and it is left untreated it could lead to a heart attack or a stroke. Yes, untreated high blood pressure could lead to all sorts of illnesses that could prove to be quite fatal. So I thought to myself.. 'I have got to get my weight under control, eat less junk food, get more exercise, get more rest at night and drink more water. I just wanted to get my 120/80 blood pressure reading back. Since high blood pressure, along with diabetes, runs in my family, I really needed to get to work working namely on nutrition and exercise.

A Little About Nutrition and Diet

I already knew about nutrition - healthy foods minus junk foods + extra water. So I started eating leaner cuts of meats and lots of chicken and fish. I even went and bought canned sardines and tuna in pouches. I found that shopping for fish on a limited income really helped with the bills. I would buy sardines in mustard sauce, sardines in hot sauce and sardines in soy bean oil. I would make a meal of it and have them with brown rice and a side of vegetables. I found these meals easy to prepare and very economical. I would eat more fruits and vegetables and when money got tight I would go to a dollar store and buy frozen vegetables from there. I would also go to the grocery store and buy vegetables from the reduced vegetable bin and save a lot of money that way. For chicken I would wait for it to go on sale and then buy a lot of it. I would take it home and rewrap it into smaller portions for dinner size. I also started buying bagged dry beans which I found to be very economical also. To save on grain I would just buy brown rice. Salt never has been a big problem for me. I just use it in cooking meals and I don't add it to my dinner plate. For water out of the tap I would just filter it to get the chlorine taste out.

A Little About Exercise

I have found that a little exercise goes a long way. I normally walk everywhere I go. To stores for shopping for groceries and what we need around the house. I try to get out most days and walk for about a half hour. If I'm in for a while I do some stretching and toning for about an hour, when I feel up to it. When I feel energetic I use to put on my belly dancing vhs tape. Well that was when the vhs player worked. Since I have been more active I find that I am much more calm and I can sleep at night.

But don't get me wrong cause I still like a little ice cream and crunchy potato chips and candy every so often but I just don't over do it, And I don't always exercise like I should but I did take some steps to help with my blood pressure and I have to say that the steps to help with my blood pressure and I have to say that the steps I did take helped a lot.

Thanks for reading, I will be writing more later.

What's Coming Up!

2016-12-02T16:43:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone, I will be writing short blogs and essays. You know my take on what is happening in the world. I think I will write more blogs and short essays, like what is on my mind. I keep a journal and I do alot of writing in it. well, see you in a bit!

Hi Everyone!

2016-11-26T17:08:00.001-05:00

well here we are after Thanksgiving and I already took care of the roast turkey. We had a lot left so I striped the turkey down to the bone. I put all the dark meat together and the white meat I put in some sandwich bags and the carcass I broke in half and frozen it for turkey soup. I thought I would make us another turkey for Christmas but no I think we will have Cornish game hen. So Thanksgiving was real relaxing. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.

December will be here soon to. Wow time if flying by so quickly. But I think we will not have visitors this year. I think everyone is chillin out after the Holidays or they will be chillin out. I feel like I want to have a road trip....want to go back home...see how everyone is doing. I miss my family around the Holidays especially. I wonder how everyone is. Just wondering. I should call my Dad and wish him a good Christmas.

Wow, just looking outside and it sure is quiet outside and not many people are out. The days are getting shorter. I think the shortest day of the year is in December. At first I thought that the shortest day is in January but no I was wrong. Oh well. I don't miss Facebook, people got a little fruity about stuff and even people liked me and picked me to be friends on Facebook they were all to busy to be bothered with other people. Ok and what was all the poking about? I didn't stay on long enough to really get good at surfing Facebook so oh well.

Well I gotta take off ,,,,,got some things to do. I will be writing soon.

God Bless

g

2016-08-15T20:13:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone!
yes it has been a long time. I have been writing in my journal and I am an author of four books. It all has been fun learning to write. But really writing is just like talking. So I wrote three nonfiction books and then for fun I wrote a Christian romance book. It was only a short book that I had a blast with.

My journal, well what I wrote in my journal is just ordinary things in life that I some how thought about. Back in 2011 I bought this book that talked a lot about content and how to get ideas about what you want to write. I found out that writing is pretty easy. guess cause I have a lot to say.

My nonfiction books are self help books and this one book I wrote was really fun writing. I just loved getting everything down on paper about my past experiences. I think that after thinking of everything that happened in my life I still have a lot to say still

I had a time with my romance novel. I never knew that I like making up issues and creating different characters. My imagination went wild and I can say that I really like the people I created. Now that was fun.

Well that is what I have been doing with my time, well with my extra time. I think I will start writing more on my blog now. Well now that I have time for it. Thanks so much for reading.

g

It's Been A Few!

2013-08-29T16:15:00.001-04:00

It has been a few months since my last post. I was going through a lot around that time. I didn't know that there was so much in the world. Stuff I never knew about. I guess life can be a funny thing.

I have been doing some writing still. I've been writing all over the place. I keep a journal and it's pretty fun. Pretty insightful too. I also wrote a book. It's just a small 16 or17 page book. It's about nutrition and depression. I had fun writing it. I'm not sure if it will ever sell. But I did have fun writing it.

We're getting ready for school and stuff like that too. I hope it will be a good year for us who knows the future though. Well I got something going on now. I know this is a short post. I will write more later.

g

about life

2013-01-12T13:28:00.000-05:00

hi everyone.

i know it's been a reeally long time since my last post. sorry all,, just been going through a lot of personal stuff. yes, God and Jesus is still there for me and all. I haven't been well for a long time and I would read the Bible off and on through out the years, just trying to find out what everything is about, why people in my life wouldn't tell me what i really needed to know, like what was happening to me, gosh anything. I tried talking to my brother and he was trying to find out what I knew and I just said nope! I'm not saying anything, if no one want's to tell me what I really needed to know why should I say anything to anyone what I know for sure. Besides if I did open my mouth and say this and that they really wouldn't hear what I am saying, they just wouldn't know what i mean about things. No they would not understand. I guess that is because they haven't been where I was, they just didn't experience the stuff i been through. I think God puts stuff to you because...ok... gives you a life to live because He wants you to i guess express stuff and tell stuff...the way He shows you and tells you. I guess what I am trying to say is that God wants you to live your life but He wants you to maybe show people what you know about Him. I know all that sounds kind of crazy or what ever, i just don't know how else to say it. I guess when I do more writing get more experience it will come easier. Oh yes! back to the Bible, I read it all the way through and Ohhhhhhweee! Some parts really tripped me out! I mean they really had it awesome, specally when Jesus was with them. It was just so hard for them to believe what was happening. I just thought at the time....if we all lived back in the day with them we all would be doing the same thing they all did. I mean you got to think about it, they didn't have the Bible written down for them....but they did have prophets. Don't mean to sound like I'm off the chain and all but by just reading the Bible all the way through and understanding some of It you just begin to see stuff you never saw before and you begin to understand a lot more about life and it's really great. Guess you all can tell I've been through a lot. It's all right though, I had to find out about life some way or another. God tells you stufff in all kinds of ways. Guess sometimes it all was so much to take, so much about life came at me like all at once and I just didn't know how or what to do about it. I tried talking to family about it all and no one understood. guess it's a reeallll personal thing one has to go through. yep just between you and God. Don't worry people, I'm not on anything like drugs and all of that. I don't get high or curse and do awful stuff. I don't live on the wild side or am a thrill seeker and do all of those adult things...wink wink...you know b...y call and opp all of that. Really I just want to do the right thing, I need to do the right thing, just crave to do the right thing. I need to admit, i am human and though I am a Christian I'm not perfect. I still fear this and that, am really quite shy and a little insecure about me and the future and how to live out life. I use to be bold and brave and very outspoken about this and that and my sister said I would say anything. I was really a social butterfly when I was in highschool, had lots of friends. Well not so much anymore. I'm somewhat of an introvert, a thinker--deep thinker and really quite humbled by what I've been through. Yep what happened in the past knocked me on my...you know what....for a couple of decades. Thank You Jesus, Thank You God! I know that a lot of people think of tramatic experiences and stuff as really awful and bad or terrible or whatever but they have a purpose, there is a reason why things happen the way they do. I believe when your heart is right with God and you put your faith and trust in His Son Jesus you can just about go through anything anyone throws at you...ok anything. When you find all that out things get better, life gets better and you just heal. It's not that everything gets easy or will be easy but you find that you can cope with people and issues in a very healthy way. I know that all of this may sound a little weird or strange to a lot of people, or it may sound as if I'm rambleing and not making any sense. I just needed to write what is on my mind, a little about my life--no matter how personal. I like to think out loud in a really introverted way i guess. Well thanks for reading.

g

no title

2010-07-05T22:43:00.002-04:00

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Author Unknown

2010-04-19T13:16:00.002-04:00

Hi Everyone! It has been such a long time. You all have just got to excuse me, I have been sooo busy with school and all. I just finished about a week and a half ago and now I'm trying to get an externship. The waiting is just about killing me. I really don't know what all is going on. I feel like I should be studying for the big test... the one where I hopefully get my licence. But I got about almost a month before I take it. School was kind of a trip, I did so much studying it was not even funny. It's like one of those fields where you will be studying for the rest of your life, which really doesn't bother me much. In fact I really enjoyed it a little too much. For some reason I always feel as though I always have to keep busy, my hands as well as my mind. I always have to be thinking and hopefully always about the right things.

Not to switch subjects on all of you but guess what happened to me?... I recently got a treadmill and I was constantly exercising on it and I'd say about a week ago from this past Saturday I was on it for about 30 to 35 minutes and I couldn't catch my breath. I thought to myself that it was probably a passing thing so I stayed on it for another 15 minutes so I thought I better get off of this thing! Well to make a long story short I couldn't catch my breath for almost a week! No worries though, I have a better idea on how to use the thing. I just never realized about how powerful those things are. I just really want to be in better shape and when I set my mind on something I really go for it. I guesse it's just my personality.

No but life has been good, I have been reading my Bible and not taking anything or anyone for granted. I have been working part time and staying on top of everything. Everything is pretty awesome!

Well you all take care

When I Was.....

2009-09-24T23:04:00.002-04:00

For some reason I just started thinking about when I was younger. You see I was praying and I thought about wisdom, understanding and knowledge. Earlier tonight we were reading from the book of Proverbs and it said 'get wisdom', get understanding and I just thought to myself when I was younger I had no type of understanding. For example when I was around nine or ten years old I figured I knew a lot about life and so I would read those teen magazines and it would have articles about questions and answers--like ask Jill and etc. well I would read these questions and the questions would be about boyfriends and school and I would think to myself "boy these are some real silly kids!" You see it didn't accrue to me that soon I would be right in their shoes in say another 5 or 6 years. Back then I tended to know about the basic necessary life stuff, like how to get good grades in school. It never accrued to me that these teens were going through puberty, chemical changes, social adjustments and identity crises. I just didn't understand until I went through it myself. I think God and Jesus really heard my comments and what I said to myself when I read those articles. As I look back at how I used to be I really thank the Lord that He got involved in my life. I know I have a long way to go, just because of my thinking and my actions but I pray that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit stay involved in our lives.

God bless

Bizy Daze

2009-09-20T21:45:00.002-04:00

Well life for our house hold has just gotten very busy. I decided to go back to school. You may be thinking what in the world? Going back to school at this point in time? Well it is all very simple. Since I graduated with a top degree and have been out there for almost a year looking for work it all of the sudden came to me...'in order to get your foot in the door of a really great company you may need to be acquainted with someone who already has their foot in the office'. You see while I was hacking away at my studies and taking all of those test it never acured to me that 'I should be getting to know people that are already doing the type of work I really want to do'. For some reason I just thought that after I graduated some great job would just come my way. Boy was my thinking wrong. I get the impression that that was a classic mistake. Ok I could go on and on and around and around and so on and so on but why waste time.

I'm thinking you have to envision where you want to be in life, like where do you see yourself six months from now? or a year from now? You have to set goals, big and small in time increments... six months, a year, two years, five years..you get the point. I think there is a lot to be said for goal setting. I once heard that out of a group of students of a class from Harvard or Yale graduated and did pretty well for themselves but out of the class there were the top 3% that did very well for themselves, as a matter of fact this top 3% earned more income then the whole class because they set and attained goals.