Been Gone Longer Than I Wanted

I've been neglecting this for far longer than I wanted.

Mixture of keeping busy and having events come up made the days of being on here very slim. I also slipped in to somewhat of a depressed state, so I'm taking that as a sign that I need to keep up with this for mental sanity.

I've come in to a bit of a financial type of situation. I always knew with my current expenditures and cut in salary that I would begin to need to make up for the difference somehow, and that time appears to be now. Back in to the ebay business I go, this time to finally clear out the remaining comics that I have, and possibly to start on the video games.

Part of me is thinking that the big bonus we are expecting this year at work around the holidays will prove to help fund the remaining debt on my last student loan, and then I can work on the monthly business of the credit cards. I just had the taste of being out of debt, but here I went spending money to help me feel like I could find myself in Austin by spending money. Not the smartest part of me, but soon I hope to have a couple of expenses cut down so that I can tackle that debt demon and put it out of its misery.

I'm posed with the possibility of also getting a second job, which may end up proving fruitful as a door guy at a bar. It wouldn't pay much, I'm sure, but it would be something to help me out. Again, at the point that needing that something to do for the money would help with balancing out the main bills until I can pay everything off. Sigh. It really is this financial stuff that can bring me down. I loved the days of knowing that I could go a little crazy from time to time and still bounce back from it. Now I don't have that safety net, and it is causing me stress. Points to anyone who finds that the leading cause of stress in life can be financial difficulties.

I've also found that I find myself hanging around a lot of couples. Good for them, but it is starting to get to me at times. I am happy, I see them happy, and I want to share this happiness with someone else. But then I look at my finances and am thankful that I don't have that going on, as that would be added expenses and stress that I don't need. I've been down that path in life and it took me years to get out of it, I don't need it again.

I also didn't get much reading done either this past week, much to the dismay of the stack of books next to my bed. I've been tackling more online videos on YouTube and Hulu. I'm about to cancel the Hulu account simply because I can't afford it anymore, and I have enough stuff to watch between YouTube, Netflix, and Amazon Prime. One blog post sometime will be about that and how I've approached and liked the different services, but not for now.

And with this, I transition to the ebay tab on my computer screen. Time to put up some auctions and get the ball rolling on liquidating the last four long boxes I have.