The Musings of A Wandriously Flawed Introvert

You know that interview question that you always seem to get asked, "What are your plans for the next 5 years?" Always that or some variation. I very much dislike that question and think interviewers should strike it from their questionnaire. Most of the time, I don't know what my plans are for next week let alone 5 years from now. I know where I'd like to be but that doesn't matter. "Every day of my life was recorded in Your book. Every moment was laid out, before a single day has passed." Psalm 139:16 (NLT) The question above doesn't matter because God holds my future in His hands and has since before I was born. What I am doing an hour from now was preplanned by God when He set the world in motion and all I need to do is have faith and trust. Being intentional also helps because He also gave us choice. :) With that said though, He knows what decision we will make and guides us to that decision, even the terrible ones. Because He uses even o

Recently, my company went through open enrollment. For the last 2 years, they have offered an HSA plan and seeing as how I never use medical benefits, I decided this was my cheapest option. And since I never go to the doctor, I opted out of contributing any money to my HSA fund last year. When it came time to opt in this year, I started doing my research and discovered HSA funds could be used for chiropractic services (which I go to regularly), dentist appointments (since I don't have dental insurance), glasses and contacts (which I use) and a host of other things. I also discovered that unlike a flex spending card, these funds roll over from year to year if you don't use them AND you can invest the money left in the HSA. And can I just remind you THESE ARE PRE-TAX DOLLARS. So I could've been using money that the government hasn't touched in order to pay for things I use regularly. And then I wouldn't have to budget for any of it. Cue me figuratively kicking mysel