Whole lotta money goin' out...
Jan. 30th, 2006 06:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpI'm crabby today, the result of having had to write entirely too many checks to too many people. I was then reminded of the tab for the transmission repair in Houston, which hardened my resolve not to call the plumber to unclog our supply and drain lines (though, to be fair, the drain line was draining - slowly - yesterday afternoon). I also have some tax stuff due tomorrow, which contributes to my ebullient mood.
January started out well and will finish at about 50% of where I need to be to keep our financial nostrils above the slime. Hopefully, February will be better.
I've been thinking a lot about what it will take to rip myself out of this rut that I feel I am in. I was speaking to a client yesterday, who was trying to get me excited about a new development in aircraft design (for which I had done a translation), and for the life of me, all I could talk about was translations and deadlines and nickels and dimes (and not enough of either to make a lasting difference in my life). To my credit, I did start an email to an old friend, asking for a LinkedIn introduction to one of his contacts, but then I got to second-guessing myself and convinced myself to cancel the email.
Maybe if I... there's that word: "maybe." The best friend of woulda, shoulda, and coulda, and close relative of "if only."
I need to work on my attitude, which frankly stinks at the moment. I can't afford to simply "hope" February will be a better month; I need to take action now to figure a way to make sure it's a better month!
Cheers...
January started out well and will finish at about 50% of where I need to be to keep our financial nostrils above the slime. Hopefully, February will be better.
I've been thinking a lot about what it will take to rip myself out of this rut that I feel I am in. I was speaking to a client yesterday, who was trying to get me excited about a new development in aircraft design (for which I had done a translation), and for the life of me, all I could talk about was translations and deadlines and nickels and dimes (and not enough of either to make a lasting difference in my life). To my credit, I did start an email to an old friend, asking for a LinkedIn introduction to one of his contacts, but then I got to second-guessing myself and convinced myself to cancel the email.
Maybe if I... there's that word: "maybe." The best friend of woulda, shoulda, and coulda, and close relative of "if only."
I need to work on my attitude, which frankly stinks at the moment. I can't afford to simply "hope" February will be a better month; I need to take action now to figure a way to make sure it's a better month!
Cheers...
