Change

One of the most frustrating things is watching how slowly time is passing by while at the same time going by so quickly.

All things take time to accumulate. Good and bad things compound. But compounding is not an instant phenomenon – it takes time.

I was looking at my portfolio today, my retirement, investments and savings and was disappointed on how little money there was in there especially compared to my goals and how I want to have one day to buy land. My plans are solid, and things are growing as expected – minus a temporarily sluggish economy – but it’s not tomorrow yet and the future is a long way off. Each week saving and investing is another big bite of money but in the grand scheme of things isn’t much.

Likewise, my efforts to be healthier are progressing slower than I would hope. I’m not instantly skinny or strong, at one level besides my increasingly sunken face, legs and arms I’m not there yet. My emotions are far better regulated. But I haven’t gotten my BMI below 30 though I fully expect by the end of summer if I keep to my plan I’ll get there, losing a pound a week. But a pound doesn’t look like much. And my scale is broken. But I wish it could happen faster, not be so much work.

Change takes time. Change is not easy if you want it to amount to anything. But I’m doing a lot to automate change, from automating investing to only buying simple, healthy groceries at the store. I’m doing the right thing but it is annoying on how long it truly takes to see change in action.