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It's reflection o'clock! And I must admit that this prompt came just at the right time when I decided to pause and really check my recent activities in relation to my personal goals. Yeah, I do set yearly, monthly, weekly, and even daily goals, but as humans, circumstances beyond my control will always play out to interrupt with my goals, whereas sometimes I can just be too lazy or too careless to follow up with my goals. This is in relation to what happened to me majorly last month, of which I am sitting back to really reflect on them and make changes where necessary.


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Last month has come and gone, and I kept asking myself how I did all I did. It's quite unlike me, and I know that it's either I cut off this new relationship I got or strictly not allowed that intrude into my personal activities as I kept striving for a better future. For you to really get the picture of my reflection, take a look at the inleo prompt topic description below.


>*What's something you missed or didn’t pay much for in the last month? Reflect on it now and share a lesson you’ve learned from that experience*.


Making new friends is never a bad idea. I have known that people are wealth. In fact, you might be lucky to be a close friend with someone who would change your life for good. So you see, I am a good advocate of socializing with people, but it becomes a concern when I come in contact with a new friend that has a total different mindset from mine. It's either the friendship makes me or it mare me, and that's why being sensitive in every one of my actions is of great importance. 




Having said that, somehow, I had contact with this person, and gradually we became friends just in October. This lady is someone who is already financially buoyant while I am still on the path of achieving my financial freedom. She is the type that loves going out always, and to make it easier, she has a ride. So almost every two-day interval, she will come and drag me so we can go out and visit this spa, this mall, this eatery, and so on. She is always taking care of the whole bill on every of our movements, but then this movement with her always, started affecting my daily activities. I found myself carrying over some of my daily tasks, which rarely happens, but it started happening more often because of her.


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The height of it all was that it decreased a little the attention I reserved for my kids and also made me miss some spiritual activities I do attend in my church. 



So when November came, I said no. Obviously,  I can't continue with being close with this lady; otherwise, I will keep lagging behind with my personal activities, which will in turn not be of any advantage to me but possible regret. I started withdrawing myself from her and could give her silly excuses whenever she called for one movement between me and her. I wouldn't say that I have totally cut the ties between us, but to a large extent, I have set some boundaries and started reclaiming my lost activities like before. 



Overall, I would say that in the last month, I missed being up and doing with my daily goals because of this new friendship, but I have learned to always watch out for anything that is contrary to my lifestyle and adjust to avoid losing focus in life.

*<sub>This post was inspired by the #inleo community  and my entry to the #novemberinleo monthly topic Day 12 .Please check out the [prompt](https://inleo.io/threads/view/leogrowth/re-leothreads-2prbygnqd) to get involved</sub>*.

***Images are mine!!!***

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