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...