I've Come To Wish You An Unhappy Birthday
Here's a little bit o' sunshine to brighten up your day...
I'll be 38 years old next week. In so many ways, I am thankful to still be on this planet. I have no major health problems or diseases. I love my wife and am grateful that she chose to spend her life with me. We have no real debt to speak of and no kids! Really, I am doing so much better than so many people I hear about, financially and otherwise.
Nevertheless, compared to people in my immediate circle of friends, I suck! My car is a piece of junk. I rent. I haul my ass to the laundromat three times a week. We have less than $150 that I can physically access right now. Even though I make a decent living and we try to keep our spending down, we just can't seem to ever put anything away. So, the danger of credit card debt is ever-looming in our lives. That is a place I have been to before, and I for one am not looking forward to making a return trip.
Many of my co-workers who make about the same salary as I do have kids. And yet they are able to buy homes. And new cars. And go on vacations. Since I've been married, my wife and I have never really gone anywhere together for more than a couple days. Unless you count visiting our parents. Which is not much of a vacation, as far as vacations go. What do these people know that we don't?
If this all wasn't bad enough, I am seriously considering quitting my job next year and going in to the field of teaching. That means a thirty-thousand dollar pay cut from when I am at now. We can't even save any money at this level, so I just don't see right now how this could even work.
And ya know what, this whole voyage into negativity ain't doing a damn thing for me this morning, so goodbye.
I'll be 38 years old next week. In so many ways, I am thankful to still be on this planet. I have no major health problems or diseases. I love my wife and am grateful that she chose to spend her life with me. We have no real debt to speak of and no kids! Really, I am doing so much better than so many people I hear about, financially and otherwise.
Nevertheless, compared to people in my immediate circle of friends, I suck! My car is a piece of junk. I rent. I haul my ass to the laundromat three times a week. We have less than $150 that I can physically access right now. Even though I make a decent living and we try to keep our spending down, we just can't seem to ever put anything away. So, the danger of credit card debt is ever-looming in our lives. That is a place I have been to before, and I for one am not looking forward to making a return trip.
Many of my co-workers who make about the same salary as I do have kids. And yet they are able to buy homes. And new cars. And go on vacations. Since I've been married, my wife and I have never really gone anywhere together for more than a couple days. Unless you count visiting our parents. Which is not much of a vacation, as far as vacations go. What do these people know that we don't?
If this all wasn't bad enough, I am seriously considering quitting my job next year and going in to the field of teaching. That means a thirty-thousand dollar pay cut from when I am at now. We can't even save any money at this level, so I just don't see right now how this could even work.
And ya know what, this whole voyage into negativity ain't doing a damn thing for me this morning, so goodbye.
posted by Rob at 6:46 AM
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