next entrySome Big Decisions
Taking a chance on my convictions
Boy oh boy, it's been a tough couple of days with me not knowing if I'm coming or going, depressed or happy, sad or normal, I don't know what the feck is going on, so I've had a good long sit down today with myself to try and pinpoint some of the problems and see if I can figure out what to do about them.
It seems the main problem for me is 2 fold - I have an amount of debt with I'm finding incredibly hard to pay off every month, and the prospect of having at least another 17 months of it is making me feel rubbish. Secondly I still don't know what it is I want to do with my "career" - not that there is anything left of the I.T. one.
So taking the finance problem first after a lot of consideration of numerous options (including selling the BMW) I've decided that I won't sell it, but I will pay off all the finance from my savings this month. The same goes for my student loans. I've got a final figure for all of it and thinking about it more and more I would be so much happier not having to worry about finding 500 odd quid every month when I'm not working.
As for the career, well I didn't get quite so far with this one. I think I'm formulating some sort of plan though, and that is to get another part time job for the next year or so and making my career me - if that makes sense. I want to concentrate on me, just me, until I'm happy with me, and I figure a year would be enough time for me to make sufficient headway for me to get my confidence back. In that year I want to change the way I look (primarily my weight) and learn upon the 2 days training I had glass bead making. I really enjoyed doing it, and I figure if I practice enough I can get to a point where I could make a living out of it. All that remains on that front is for me to get the kit I need to start, which I've made an allowance for in how much I'll take out of my savings.
So there you have it, I think I'm almost there now, just need to start putting the plan into action.
Posted by Abi on the June 2, 2006 9:01 PM
Hello,
Whilst not wishing to put any sort of a damper on your bead career, something does come to mind.
The fact that you decided that you need metal sheething inside your shed to make it safe, might suggest that you should enquire of the council whether you need any planning permission or safety certificate of some sort.
Just before you go spending all that money.
Good luck.