Blog Post #3

               This one is harder to write. I don’t feel like doing much today. There’s quite a lot of smoke from wildfires in the air. I’ve been too tired to do much of anything I should for the whole week. I’ve canceled a plan to see Brand New Day because I was afraid I couldn’t drive home safely for the half hour trip in the dark. But I want financial freedom. I sense there’s no real creativity to be had from pressuring oneself beyond their capacity, but money is just so important. If there’s any amount of time in the day, I need to use it to get rid of my 9-5 and replace it with multiple 5-9’s.

                I’ve noticed it’s been hard to switch gears but I’m hoping that leads to success in business; I’ve been so focused on being frugal that the obsession took hold of my every thought. I’ve switched from chocolate bars to cocoa powder to save $40 a month on my chocolate habit. I’ve called and threatened my internet service provider, saying I would switch to their competitor if they didn’t lower my bill and they dropped it $20 a month (total bluff, by the way; who needs the hassle of switching ISPs).  I’ve switched to using the bare minimum of laundry detergent to get clean clothes. Laundry is still passing the sniff test. I’ve applied for and received an Income-Driven Repayment plan, which delayed my first student loan payment by one month and dropped my anticipated monthly payments by $40. I’ve ordered kefir grains and milk powder to start making my own kefir, I’m using Greek yogurt from the store as a starter culture to turn the milk powder into yogurt and I’ve switched to a disgusting clumpy protein powder because I just can’t afford the good stuff anymore. And yes. I did it. I got that second freezer. It was overly involved and ended with a huge gamble. A freezer arrived at the house that was severely dented from being dropped, wouldn’t cool, and after unplugging an hour later started shooting out refrigerant into the room. I was made to drive two hours away to return the thing and get another, and seeing as I had already made the drive I loaded up on 20 packages of chicken drumsticks (99 cents a pound) that are in the fridge waiting for the moment I can plug my new freezer in. Dear god, I hope that thing freezes this time.

                So, if all goes according to plan, I’ve now bought time. It’s the resource even more precious than money. Maybe. If you have a lot of money, you can buy a lot of time. Now what I need to figure out is time management. I’ll have to create a productivity schedule that doesn’t let my blog posts fall behind an anticipated one a week (this one is a week late). I’ll need to schedule marketing for my cleaning business and hopefully schedule actual cleans soon. I’ll need to make time for meal prepping, cleaning my own house, mowing my own lawn, spending time with my family and of course, doing absolutely nothing as a spiritual practice rooted in self-care. If you’re constantly doing things, you never do any of them well. Never-ending stress is not the answer. Anyways, I hope you’re making money out there friends. If you’re not, I’ve got ideas. Maybe we can help each other.

 

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