I need more hobbies.... Things that take more time
I've got a number of things to do up my sleeve for this summer. Though on a sunny saturday like this, but not quite summer yet, finding things to do is still a little difficult.
I think I might get a job selling beer and food at a local rec park this summer to take up some free time. That way while I'm wasting the hours away - I'm also earning a couple more bucks. I think I'm going to take a class to learn how to row -- like on the Erie Canal. There's a place out in one of the suburbs that does it - and you can choose either one or two nights a week to go. The latter will depend entirely on the amount of hours at the former. I've also got another wedding and maybe a bachelorette party this summer. So, hopefully this warm weather will keep and it will be a good summer.
I'm supposed to go to AZ to interview at that company I've been going back and forth for the last couple of months on the 30th. I'm trying to nail down times and flight schedules -- but it always seems way harder than it should be. This one lady is impossible to work with. It's not that hard -- but she's making it freaking impossible. It's really annoying to say the least. Ehhh - whatevers -
I've gotten a lot done today -- pretty amazing actually. I went to the farmers market and picked up fresh vegetables for the week, cleaned my apartment, went on a bike ride, got my oil changed, and generally have been productive. Tomorrow I have a clarinet lesson (I'm going to try out this teacher and see how we mesh -- it may or may not turn into a regular thing.) I also want to pick up some flowers to make my apartment look cute, go biking, do laundry, and finish a book. I'm in a productive mood, it's nice outside, and I feel like I'm not accomplishing anything at all. I feel useless even though I know that I'm not being useless. It's so weird.
I'd really like to learn how to play the piano. But I've looked up the costs for digital pianos -- and minimum is like $600. The keyboards are cheaper - but don't have the right feel or the right number of keys, nor the pedals, which doesn't help when trying to play classical piano. So, it's a really high entry cost to do it, and I'm not sure that I'm ready/willing to put that much money into something that I'm not sure I'm going to like. I'd rather put it into something more useful -- like a new car.
I should talk to some more recruiters about a new job this weekend as well, apply for anything that looks really interesting. See what happens. I've been a little lazy on the job search front lately. It's such a debate though. I'm not entirely happy. A few good days happen and I start to think -- maybe I can make it through another two years (hopefully we'll get bought out that fast... might be a lot longer though.) But on the other hand I could go somewhere else and make another 30% and get to move somewhere new and exciting. I can't say that I'm entirely happy with the city I'm in. But if I do move to another job then the debate comes in as to whether or now I want to buy my stock options. It's a hard thing. Somedays I feel like the company is going to fail - and other days I'm confident that it will be bought out relatively soon. Ultimately I might just buy out part of the options that I've vested in. We'll see what happens. I actually got contacted the other day about a job here -- which is the first one. I'm not counting any chickens before they are hatched though.
I'm watching an older version of "Pride and Prejudice" -- yes I know it's really dumb. I just have to say watching/read Jane Austen just makes me appriciate modern times all the more. I like modern medicine, modern society, the fact that I'm not pressured to get married for money, that I have a job and useful things to do, it really makes me wonder who came up with the inventions during that era if many people had no jobs... I guess everything took longer back then though -- you had to physically write out letters you couldn't even type them much less have email, no cars, no telephones, no central air conditioning. The woman had to wear those horrible dresses which would be cold in the winter and warm in the summer. Not like the guys got out of it though -- the stupid wool had to be unbearable in the summer. I guess England never gets that warm though - it's the equivalent of Seattle in weather.
This being earth day and all I wonder if I should be less of a consumer and more of a doer. Meaning that I should stop spending money on dumb things and spend them on smart things. I'm trying slowly but surely to gain wealth. It's a hard thing, but I've got quite a bit in savings and my 401K so far. I want to put maybe another grand into savings and then start an investment account. A nice company bonus would do well -- or I'll have to wait until June when it's a three paycheck month *sigh*
I think I might get a job selling beer and food at a local rec park this summer to take up some free time. That way while I'm wasting the hours away - I'm also earning a couple more bucks. I think I'm going to take a class to learn how to row -- like on the Erie Canal. There's a place out in one of the suburbs that does it - and you can choose either one or two nights a week to go. The latter will depend entirely on the amount of hours at the former. I've also got another wedding and maybe a bachelorette party this summer. So, hopefully this warm weather will keep and it will be a good summer.
I'm supposed to go to AZ to interview at that company I've been going back and forth for the last couple of months on the 30th. I'm trying to nail down times and flight schedules -- but it always seems way harder than it should be. This one lady is impossible to work with. It's not that hard -- but she's making it freaking impossible. It's really annoying to say the least. Ehhh - whatevers -
I've gotten a lot done today -- pretty amazing actually. I went to the farmers market and picked up fresh vegetables for the week, cleaned my apartment, went on a bike ride, got my oil changed, and generally have been productive. Tomorrow I have a clarinet lesson (I'm going to try out this teacher and see how we mesh -- it may or may not turn into a regular thing.) I also want to pick up some flowers to make my apartment look cute, go biking, do laundry, and finish a book. I'm in a productive mood, it's nice outside, and I feel like I'm not accomplishing anything at all. I feel useless even though I know that I'm not being useless. It's so weird.
I'd really like to learn how to play the piano. But I've looked up the costs for digital pianos -- and minimum is like $600. The keyboards are cheaper - but don't have the right feel or the right number of keys, nor the pedals, which doesn't help when trying to play classical piano. So, it's a really high entry cost to do it, and I'm not sure that I'm ready/willing to put that much money into something that I'm not sure I'm going to like. I'd rather put it into something more useful -- like a new car.
I should talk to some more recruiters about a new job this weekend as well, apply for anything that looks really interesting. See what happens. I've been a little lazy on the job search front lately. It's such a debate though. I'm not entirely happy. A few good days happen and I start to think -- maybe I can make it through another two years (hopefully we'll get bought out that fast... might be a lot longer though.) But on the other hand I could go somewhere else and make another 30% and get to move somewhere new and exciting. I can't say that I'm entirely happy with the city I'm in. But if I do move to another job then the debate comes in as to whether or now I want to buy my stock options. It's a hard thing. Somedays I feel like the company is going to fail - and other days I'm confident that it will be bought out relatively soon. Ultimately I might just buy out part of the options that I've vested in. We'll see what happens. I actually got contacted the other day about a job here -- which is the first one. I'm not counting any chickens before they are hatched though.
I'm watching an older version of "Pride and Prejudice" -- yes I know it's really dumb. I just have to say watching/read Jane Austen just makes me appriciate modern times all the more. I like modern medicine, modern society, the fact that I'm not pressured to get married for money, that I have a job and useful things to do, it really makes me wonder who came up with the inventions during that era if many people had no jobs... I guess everything took longer back then though -- you had to physically write out letters you couldn't even type them much less have email, no cars, no telephones, no central air conditioning. The woman had to wear those horrible dresses which would be cold in the winter and warm in the summer. Not like the guys got out of it though -- the stupid wool had to be unbearable in the summer. I guess England never gets that warm though - it's the equivalent of Seattle in weather.
This being earth day and all I wonder if I should be less of a consumer and more of a doer. Meaning that I should stop spending money on dumb things and spend them on smart things. I'm trying slowly but surely to gain wealth. It's a hard thing, but I've got quite a bit in savings and my 401K so far. I want to put maybe another grand into savings and then start an investment account. A nice company bonus would do well -- or I'll have to wait until June when it's a three paycheck month *sigh*
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