August is going to be catch-up month for me.

 I'm the most random abstract person you've ever met, most likely. Like a butterfly, I flit here, there and everywhere, tasting the best of everything but focusing only where I find an absolute passion.

 Luckily, I don't have the pressure of having to make money, although I can use more, always. I also don't desire lots of material things. Give me my computer, my books, an Internet connection and a printer and I'm a happy girl.

 I do want this, along with my online writing gigs, to work.

In reading Arbie's post on Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, I pulled out my old copy--yes, I bought it years ago--and found another similar book entitled, An Introduction to the Millionaire Mind, by Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. I did skim back through it, having read it long ago, although I won't let myself get sidetracked away from my WA/writing schedule next week.

 Dr. Stanley lists the top five factors most often mentioned by millionaires as being most important in explaining their economic success. I couldn't help but measure myself against these criteria and where I come up short hit me like a bullet. 

1.  Integrity--being honest with all people:  I've got this one down okay. It's been important to me since I saw the look in my mother's eyes when I "stole" an Avon lipstick sample (yes, those tiny white ones) from my aunt's make-up cabinet. She had dozens of them, so I figured they were samples and she wouldn't miss one. I was eleven at the time and I knew it was wrong. 

My mom found it in my pocket and just looked at me. I've done my best to be honest, especially with myself, ever since.

2.  Discipline--Oh, gee. No. 2 on the list. It's my downfall. I told you I'm Miss Random Abstract incarnate. More later.

3.  Social Skills--Getting along with people. Piece of cake for me. I was born and bred in the teacher patch and have been a teacher all my life.

4.  A supportive spouse--Oh, this is my second greatest gift. My first was my baby sister when I was two. I couldn't ask for anyone more supportive of everything I do, no matter how far-fetched.

5.  Hard work--Hey, I finished college in 2 1/2 years, sent myself, and did a Master's while I was teaching high school and yearbook workshops. I don't mind hard work. Thrive on it, even.

So -- there. I've found MY problem. I also know how to solve it. 

It's discipline. And this little blog, along with my control journal--which I'm starting tomorrow--will keep  me accountable.

My first goal is to meet my writing deadlines for this week-end. I think I have three articles due by the end of the month. Just three. 

A wedding and family stuff. (That's important) 

Get my control journal set up and in working order (including defining my hot spots).

Go back and make sure I've done EVERYTHING in my PotPieGirl materials. I keep reading that I learned this in PotPieGirl's eBooks. I read most of her material, but I didn't do it. So, I'm not letting myself go down the WA yellow brick road too far until I've printed out my PPG material and DONE what she said do.

After I've printed out my PPG material and organized it, I get chocolate.

Want to join me? I know where there's an entire bag of the stuff.