My day
Just about 2 months since my last post. Jeez, I fail at this blogging thing. :|
Work is going well. I applied for a "real job" last week as a metal fabricator - would've been a great job, good pay, insurance I'm gonna be needing at the end of August, et cetera. I'm completely confident I did the best I could at the interview - which included practical tests of my welding and print reading abilities, but I still didn't get the job. Oh well.
The self-employed thing is working out pretty well lately. I have 5 jobs-in-progress on my workbench right now: 3 laptops, a cell phone, and an external hard drive. My last 'house call' netted me $75, a U.S. Robotics USR5461 wireless router (which is already proving interesting to mess with), and a couple meals. Not too bad.
Joined the NRA. Still need to get around to getting my FOID. Might get that ball rolling over the weekend.
Today I squared up my finances, and started my move from Bank of America to Chase. Very happy with my decision, and they're going to be a lot more useful to me than BoA was. I've saved up a decent amount of money, and met several of my financial goals - among them, I have enough money set aside to incorporate one of my projects. That's not gonna happen right away - there's still a lot of detail work to be done before that's viable, but soon enough (I'm even learning how to do the accounting myself). I'm also about two-thirds of the way to achieving a long-term goal of mine way ahead of schedule - but that one is for another post.
I'm still not entirely sure of my current living situation, but it's more stable than it was a couple months ago. I've eliminated a couple things, cut back on many others - and I'm finding myself much better off because of it.
I'm back to reading and writing a lot more, and while my sleep is still a horrible mess, it's toned down a little bit. I'm recording more media, and while I'm not quite at the point where I'm comfortable releasing material yet, it's getting closer.
Two posts ago I wondered what I should do with myself. I ended up taking the 'all of the above' choice, and it's working out pretty damn well so far.
Now, It's 4:30 in the morning. Should I go to sleep, or stay up until 9am, drive to Schaumburg, and attempt to upgrade my amateur radio license?
Work is going well. I applied for a "real job" last week as a metal fabricator - would've been a great job, good pay, insurance I'm gonna be needing at the end of August, et cetera. I'm completely confident I did the best I could at the interview - which included practical tests of my welding and print reading abilities, but I still didn't get the job. Oh well.
The self-employed thing is working out pretty well lately. I have 5 jobs-in-progress on my workbench right now: 3 laptops, a cell phone, and an external hard drive. My last 'house call' netted me $75, a U.S. Robotics USR5461 wireless router (which is already proving interesting to mess with), and a couple meals. Not too bad.
Joined the NRA. Still need to get around to getting my FOID. Might get that ball rolling over the weekend.
Today I squared up my finances, and started my move from Bank of America to Chase. Very happy with my decision, and they're going to be a lot more useful to me than BoA was. I've saved up a decent amount of money, and met several of my financial goals - among them, I have enough money set aside to incorporate one of my projects. That's not gonna happen right away - there's still a lot of detail work to be done before that's viable, but soon enough (I'm even learning how to do the accounting myself). I'm also about two-thirds of the way to achieving a long-term goal of mine way ahead of schedule - but that one is for another post.
I'm still not entirely sure of my current living situation, but it's more stable than it was a couple months ago. I've eliminated a couple things, cut back on many others - and I'm finding myself much better off because of it.
I'm back to reading and writing a lot more, and while my sleep is still a horrible mess, it's toned down a little bit. I'm recording more media, and while I'm not quite at the point where I'm comfortable releasing material yet, it's getting closer.
Two posts ago I wondered what I should do with myself. I ended up taking the 'all of the above' choice, and it's working out pretty damn well so far.
Now, It's 4:30 in the morning. Should I go to sleep, or stay up until 9am, drive to Schaumburg, and attempt to upgrade my amateur radio license?