A new life for a new age
I promised an update on my life with my last journal entry, so here it is.
1. I now have a brother. An older brother. He's my half-brother who I barely knew, but spent a lot of time with in London. It's pretty cool, having a brother - I'd recommend it ;-) He's getting married in a year, so I'll be there for the wedding.
2. My stock market account recovered. I had managed to lose 8 months' savings on it, which is quite a bit given that I spend less than half my income, but I've made it all back and a little more. I think I've got the hang of this game now ;-)
3. I quit my job. Huzzah! 10 working days left :-D I'm going to trade the Stock Market for income, and probably do some IT Contracting work. How good is it that I'm going to be making money playing a game? And it's an awesome game too - most games present insufficient challenge, but not this one!
4. The US economy is about to jump off a cliff. As entertaining as the fall will be, it's not the fatal part. The sudden stop at the end is, and those in charge are no MacGuyver. Within weeks it will probably be too late even for congress to stop it, even if they started acting perfectly. The Australian economy is going to follow it, but hopefully we won't jump off after them just to get down the mountain. I need to get active about stirring support and create a Facebook group to ensure we don't follow the US like we normally do. Westpac is toast, ANZ too I think, and I fear for NAB. We *must not* bail the greedy bankers out. Those who screwed up must lose their money. This includes me to the tune of 200k - but if that's the price I must pay to live in a productive and free society then "I pay it gladly".
1. I now have a brother. An older brother. He's my half-brother who I barely knew, but spent a lot of time with in London. It's pretty cool, having a brother - I'd recommend it ;-) He's getting married in a year, so I'll be there for the wedding.
2. My stock market account recovered. I had managed to lose 8 months' savings on it, which is quite a bit given that I spend less than half my income, but I've made it all back and a little more. I think I've got the hang of this game now ;-)
3. I quit my job. Huzzah! 10 working days left :-D I'm going to trade the Stock Market for income, and probably do some IT Contracting work. How good is it that I'm going to be making money playing a game? And it's an awesome game too - most games present insufficient challenge, but not this one!
4. The US economy is about to jump off a cliff. As entertaining as the fall will be, it's not the fatal part. The sudden stop at the end is, and those in charge are no MacGuyver. Within weeks it will probably be too late even for congress to stop it, even if they started acting perfectly. The Australian economy is going to follow it, but hopefully we won't jump off after them just to get down the mountain. I need to get active about stirring support and create a Facebook group to ensure we don't follow the US like we normally do. Westpac is toast, ANZ too I think, and I fear for NAB. We *must not* bail the greedy bankers out. Those who screwed up must lose their money. This includes me to the tune of 200k - but if that's the price I must pay to live in a productive and free society then "I pay it gladly".