Yesterday I was doing so well with working on my hubpages plan of getting 100 articles written because from the tests I’m doing, every article I write earns me a dollar a month in income, if not more. Not for this site yet but it could over time and one reason for my 100 hubpage challenge was to see if I could get a few more readers and maybe dollars here too
But today, I should have just gone for a walk or something but the distractions were many, check my email, sweep the floor, any jobs I could get? I’ve spent pretty much the entire day with this, and it’s a vicous circle or deep deep rabbit hole. This getting out of debt isn’t just about the money. The money is just one factor. It’s about producing work each day that your’re proud of and finding an equal balance of work/rest/play the whole works
Oddly enough once I get writing, I absolutely love it. I get to tell stories all day basically and get paid, or try to convert words I type into conversions or clicks or sales or something. Anyway, work wise – today was not the productive day I had hoped. Every time, I would look at the clock, look at the empty page and go, damn. And then I would do it again. It’s only 7pm here so there’s still hope for me to get a bit more written tonight so we’ll see. But I so want to get into rhythm as the more I write, the more chances I have to squeek out a living which is the ultimate goal, right?
Speaking of earning money, we’ve all dreamed the dream about how we would win the lottery we’d buy cars and houses and the like, but what if it went the other way? What if your income dropped by half? Or stopped? What would you do?
I know. and it’s kindof scary right? I have been looking for ways to live cheaper and with less stuff. In a lot of ways, life was more fun when you moved, and all you had to do was load up the passenger seat with your clothes and maybe computer in simpler times. I wonder how little stuff we need? I’m paying $150 a month to store stuff I have not touched in years and will have done without for almost a year.
What if you sold it all and just started over again?
What if you calculated your monthly expenses and then lived on half that? Yes, it might mean moving to a less fancy apartment or house, or even getting or being a roomate for a while to pay bills but it sure would be a good way to get out of debt in a hurry. Think about it: No debt, no stuff to worry about. If you chose, you could work part time or freelance or whatever you wanted to do. You could travel more and worry less.
It’s a thought I’ve had, and it’s a lot of work to being completely free of stuff with the hassle of selling it for less than you paid and the weird emotional attachment we have to the stuff that we’d have to fight. But it sure would be a good lesson wouldn’t it? it would be hard to see my toys go, but it would be more hard to sit across the desk at the bank and tell them you can’t pay them because you bought some records or other stuff a few years back and you’re still paying for it. At 18 percent interest.
You can always buy cooler better stuff, later. But I bet after being without it for so long you wouldn’t miss it.
Food for thought for a non productive day.
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