So I couldn't sleep the other night. Thanks goodness the insomnia didn't return for longer than that. But I had an epiphany.
I am about to be 30. It will be 4 years this April since I left JackAss (this is the piece of shit ex fiance who doesn't deserve to be called by his real name) and I was fortunate enough to have parents who took me in when I got the strength and courage to leave him. And who let me live with them again rent free. They are now in TX full time and I am back in their house, paying rent, after leaving for a year to live with one of my best friends.
That is the background.
The epiphany happened when I realized that I am about to be 30 and there are a lot of things I need to get in order.
I have a career. So that is done.
I am happy about the current "love life" I have. I know, whoever thought I'd be happy about that? (For all those who've been around long enough to witness the evolution I have undergone over the years).
I have the best friends anyone could ever hope for.
I have a great family.
What's missing???
A financial plan. Yep that is right I am OLD. I am thinking about long term financial planning. I remember back when I was the obnoxiuos teenager, my long term financial planning was centered on enough money to buy concert tickets, clothes and lunch at Miguels and have enough money to blow on the weekends with my friends.
I guess it just kind of hit me that I have to grow up a little more and start to think about what I am going to do when my folks decide they don't want to keep a house in Cali for me and my bro to live in. My bro is another story and I cannot worry about him.
So that brings me to today. I am going to sit down and go through my financial crap and figure out how to save money. That pretty much means my alcohol and tattoo budgets are nixed for a while. But as I have recently learned, a whole bottle of wine is not good to drink all at once, so I can save there. And that until, I find an artist Iike, no new tattoos for me.
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OK, I think I can pre-empt the midlife crisis that will occur this July, the month before my 20s are over.
I will keep my fingers crossed.
Hope you are all well out there in SG Land!
I am about to be 30. It will be 4 years this April since I left JackAss (this is the piece of shit ex fiance who doesn't deserve to be called by his real name) and I was fortunate enough to have parents who took me in when I got the strength and courage to leave him. And who let me live with them again rent free. They are now in TX full time and I am back in their house, paying rent, after leaving for a year to live with one of my best friends.
That is the background.
The epiphany happened when I realized that I am about to be 30 and there are a lot of things I need to get in order.
I have a career. So that is done.
I am happy about the current "love life" I have. I know, whoever thought I'd be happy about that? (For all those who've been around long enough to witness the evolution I have undergone over the years).
I have the best friends anyone could ever hope for.
I have a great family.
What's missing???
A financial plan. Yep that is right I am OLD. I am thinking about long term financial planning. I remember back when I was the obnoxiuos teenager, my long term financial planning was centered on enough money to buy concert tickets, clothes and lunch at Miguels and have enough money to blow on the weekends with my friends.
I guess it just kind of hit me that I have to grow up a little more and start to think about what I am going to do when my folks decide they don't want to keep a house in Cali for me and my bro to live in. My bro is another story and I cannot worry about him.
So that brings me to today. I am going to sit down and go through my financial crap and figure out how to save money. That pretty much means my alcohol and tattoo budgets are nixed for a while. But as I have recently learned, a whole bottle of wine is not good to drink all at once, so I can save there. And that until, I find an artist Iike, no new tattoos for me.
______________________
OK, I think I can pre-empt the midlife crisis that will occur this July, the month before my 20s are over.
I will keep my fingers crossed.
Hope you are all well out there in SG Land!