Spend Today, Pay Tomorrow

Spend Today, Pay Tomorrow

There is a pattern emerging here,  a natural order it seems.

If I eat right today, I will benefit from it tomorrow.

·       If I resist the beer, pie, chips and pudding tonight, I will have a flatter tummy tomorrow morning.

·       If I habitually eat fast foods, processed foods, micro waved meals, junk foods, my health will suffer in the next few months.

·       If I develop a habit of eating fruit, veg, salads, pulses, drinking lots of water, in my youth, my body will benefit from this in later life.

Same with money: If I buy something today, I will pay the price next month.

So I have extra cash in the bank, yippee, let's go out and spend it. I can afford to this month.

Purchase that luxury item, go for that holiday, the money is there today.

But come next month, not only is that float not there , now I find I somehow have double the cost to pay, and I am in double the debt.

There is a more pleasant variation of this principle, where if I work hard today, I will reap the benefits tomorrow.

Had I studied hard in my teens, it would have benefited me for the rest of my life.

Last example, this applies with exercise.

I may not feel the benefit of 5 pull-ups today, and will struggle, but tomorrow, I will be stronger, and be able to do 10.

They say the Ant works furiously during the Period of Plenty, when it doesn't have to.

It's reward is more than just barely surviving during the sparse winter months, it thrives and builds and multiplies, and emerges in the spring stronger than before.

And that's our aim, isn't it?

To not just survive, but to Win.

To be more than just fighters, but to be victorious.

To not just scrape through, but to sail through singing and laughing.