When we opened the Grooming Shoppe,we transferred our old home phone number to the shop.
At some point we switched service providers and ported over our old number . That was about 8 months ago.
Since then, every month, a charge appears on our credit card for $11.58 from the old provider.
I also get  monthly email alerting me to this bill. 
As I said, this has gone on for months. Today I decided to get to the bottom of this.
It's not a big expense, it just seems silly to throw more than a ten dollar bill away month after month.
I reached out to the old service provider and discovered that it was for two "additional" lines connected to that old service. 2 lines that have not been used in over 4 years.
Do the math.
48 x $11.58=$558.54
How stupid do I feel?
Well, not really.
I am sure we all forget to pay attention to trivial matters at one time or another. It's the compound effect of not paying attention that becomes more than just an inconvenience.
This is true of any habits or behaviors that we may not pay attention to.
 Like eating.
Or Exercise.
Or our personal finances.
Or house cleaning, yard work or car repairs.
Little things left unaddressed turn into big things given enough time.
I may have thrown away $558.54 however by making the choice to deal with this today, I won't waste another red cent on this.
Little changes that yield big results.
As the oft quoted David Spiegel has posed more than once:
Incremental is Monumental!
Chalk this one up as a win for the home team!