You're Fancy Huh?

Okay ladies....now you know I love you all to death, but would really like to start an open and perhaps even heated conversation on our proirities, and I say "our" because I have definitely been victim to not having my priorities in order. Spending my last dollar on fashion when I knew I had bills to pay. Eating half a dozen donuts-yes, I did say half of a dozen, when I knew my behind could barely fit into the brand new jeans that had been hanging in my closet complete with tags for the last ummm (clearing my throat) 3 years. Can you even wear high-waist jeans anymore?

Just as the title of this entry and the popular song suggests "nails done, hair done, everything did," collectively, we tend to take care of all of our superficial whims and think nothing about taking care of the more essential items in life. Essential being-life insurance, health, college funds for our children, owning a home, vacationing (and yes-that is essential).

I have had girlfriends actually say "I am not saving for so and so's college education....they can take a loan the same way I did." Huh? Is this the best you have to offer your child, while blowing $500 buying the best Malaysian hair your stylist can weave. I've had associates (I would not use the term girlfriend here) go out to the club on the 1st when they knew rent was due on the 5th ....oh I know this all too well, as we have evicted some of the best looking tenants the city of Hot-lanta has to offer. No shame in their game as we were putting their belongings out on the sidewalk.

Please don't get upset after you read this, but instead, view it as motivation to do your best. We need to make a concerted effort to break the cycle of our kids struggling because we have not prepared for them. We need to make the effort to provide a better life for ourselves and our offspring than what our parents could provide for us. The things we were dying from years ago, shouldn't be the same things that plague us today ....HIV, diabetes, lung cancer, obesity. We are abundant in resources, including education, but the last thing we do is take care of ourselves as we know we should. Live life to the fullest and be prideful, appreciating the fact that we have the ability to achieve what our parents may have only dreamed of. We can live healthier, fulfilling and truly fancy lives if we channel our energy in the right place. You know you had to hear it from someone. Just be glad it's someone who truly cares for you!

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