Cutting back

The time has come for me to be a little bit more prudent and resourceful with my resources. I had a long stretch of good fortune in the line of finances but I am foreseeing that the situation will change in the next few months. I am not sure how long this winter time will last but I know it is time to tighten the belt and cut expenses.  The good times made me wasteful and too complacent.  We need the difficult times in life to reorient our priorities to that which is essential and return to an attitude of minimalism.  We learn to value again the things we have taken for granted. The small things we have neglected in life resurface and take up its rightful place of value. I have no need to fall into a depression when I expect a decline in my personal fortunes and increased pressure on my personal resources. It offers me the opportunity to think smarter, become more lean and fit for the challenges that lies ahead.