1. Be gainfully employed.
2. Have a clean place.
3. Move (if employed in my current city).
4. Finish my book.
Yes, the job search continues. I recently I had a few interviews and am waiting to hear back. I use the term gainfully employed because....well, partly because a friend says that to describe my current situation and I liked the sound of it. I'm employed, just not in a job that uses (any) of my degrees.
Confession: since my mom came to visit this weekend, I did a little extra cleaning outside my usual routine. Mainly got rid of all the papers I had in the guest room but it made me realize that I need to go through everything in here on day....okay, one weekend to throw out what I don't need and donate things that are still in good shape. I also realized looking through my bookshelf that I have a lot of old textbooks that pleasantly enough, are still worth a pretty penny on half.com (my go to website to buy and sell textbooks). So, I posted the four on there that were currently listed at a decent amount which, if sold, will yield me about $250 after listing them less than the lowest price already on there.
I came to the conclusion today that no matter what happens job-wise, I'm going to have to move. This apartment costs too much for what it is and what I put up with (see my posts on noisy neighbors and bug of the month club). I realize that it's in a prime location for the university and near the best parts of the city. I became a little angry with myself when I looked online at apartments only 10-15 minutes away from this apartment and realized I could be paying, on average, $150 less per month for pretty much the same apartment. I really don't need to be this close to the city and saving money is always a plus.
After thinking about this, I realized that moving requires, well, moving. Meaning, I have to pack up all my things here, to move it there (wherever there turns out to be). Which gives me another reason to do somespring winter cleaning. Anything that would be worth the effort, will be put up for sale online, cheap things and clothes will be donated.
As for finishing my book, it's just a fun project that I would like to get done during downtime.
3. Move (if employed in my current city).
4. Finish my book.
Yes, the job search continues. I recently I had a few interviews and am waiting to hear back. I use the term gainfully employed because....well, partly because a friend says that to describe my current situation and I liked the sound of it. I'm employed, just not in a job that uses (any) of my degrees.
Confession: since my mom came to visit this weekend, I did a little extra cleaning outside my usual routine. Mainly got rid of all the papers I had in the guest room but it made me realize that I need to go through everything in here on day....okay, one weekend to throw out what I don't need and donate things that are still in good shape. I also realized looking through my bookshelf that I have a lot of old textbooks that pleasantly enough, are still worth a pretty penny on half.com (my go to website to buy and sell textbooks). So, I posted the four on there that were currently listed at a decent amount which, if sold, will yield me about $250 after listing them less than the lowest price already on there.
I came to the conclusion today that no matter what happens job-wise, I'm going to have to move. This apartment costs too much for what it is and what I put up with (see my posts on noisy neighbors and bug of the month club). I realize that it's in a prime location for the university and near the best parts of the city. I became a little angry with myself when I looked online at apartments only 10-15 minutes away from this apartment and realized I could be paying, on average, $150 less per month for pretty much the same apartment. I really don't need to be this close to the city and saving money is always a plus.
After thinking about this, I realized that moving requires, well, moving. Meaning, I have to pack up all my things here, to move it there (wherever there turns out to be). Which gives me another reason to do some
As for finishing my book, it's just a fun project that I would like to get done during downtime.
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