Such a disgusting topic but I’m getting it out of my system before the new year begins.
Money is at the center of most daily anxieties for me. It’s not that I make too little or too much (is there such a thing?). I just don’t want to squeeze the rest of my life into 2 hours per evening and laundry on the weekend.
I think I got myself into a mess buying this condo. Real estate is shit now and my work is not guaranteed beyond the coming few months. This means that I may have to move in search of more work.
But then what? Another job? I’m not opposed to working, I love what I do, I just can’t fit the other things I love to do into my 60+ hour weeks. Paying off student loans was a major motivator and now that it is almost paid off, I simply can’t spend 10 hours in the office and 2 hours commuting while taking a bunch of files home every Friday. WTF?
Am I the only one who feels like day-to-day drudgery will just about wipe out any dreams and health you have? I don’t want to be suckererd into the retirement thinking that workers the world over have been programmed to do. Yes, savings are important but good health and some sanity will be nice too.
I have this sneaking feeling that if I don’t plan to go after my dreams now and take some concrete steps, the only thing I will know how to do is draw a biweekly check and wait for my boss to leave so I could leave too. Oh, the misery of it all!
Okay, that is out of my system. Whew! It was backing me up, dammit.
What are you people planning for the New Year?
