Debt Free or Bust

I have great friends that I’m neglecting

I’m working 3 jobs right now because I’m putting every extra dollar on my debt. I’ve been neglecting my family, too (meaning my mom and sister, not my son). But, they will be there when I can stop working like a crazy person.
On to my story…

We had our annual December birthday celebration tonight at the our local hang-out bar. I had a blast and the cake was my favorite — chocolate! Five of our group have December birthdays.

I’m at the age now where I get the “drinking age verified” wristband without being carded. I’m the second oldest of the group. The oldest is only 6 months older than I am.

I am upset that I wasn’t invited to the dinner before the party at the bar and my name wasn’t on the cake this year, a sure sign that being out of site is being out of mind. It’s my own fault. I even forgot this month was my birthday until I was invited to the birthday party for the others, so if I forget, I guess I can’t really expect anyone else to remember. It’s ironic because I just wrote an article about the value of our attention on my TDC blog, and I’m guilty of not giving my friends enough time and attention to fully include me in the birthday celebration.

I was good (financially). I only spent $10 tonight, and I had $30 in the budget for the special occasion. That extra $20 is going on the debt. I spent $10 on my own cover charge and I bought my own diet Cokes. My friends were buying the drinks (thank you!). I don’t drink much alcohol, so buying me a drink is pretty insignificant comparatively.

I am off to bed. I’m very sleepy and it’s very late. I have to be at the library tomorrow this afternoon at 2 for 5 hours of tutoring. My students have mid-terms this week and are cramming sessions in where ever they can. Come on Thursday! My last heavy work night will be Wednesday before the last day of tests on Thursday. Then I can focus on reconnecting with my family and friends and blogging for a few weeks before school starts again.

December 16th, 2007 Posted by | Off Topic | 2 comments

What Kind of Blogger Are You? Quiz

I took the quiz on Julie’s Journal and here are my blogging attributes:



You get scores on greed, experience and sociability. Here’s how I scored.

Greed: 5
Profit
Money, Money, Money! Whether its Adsense, Affiliate programs or Banners, blogging is all about the clicks, paid ones that is! Although you do get enjoyment out of writing for the sake of it, you blog because you enjoy rolling in the dough!

Experience: 3
Experienced
You’ve been blogging since Nick Denton was in diapers. When it comes to blogging experience, you are the authority on blogging. Heck you probably even have a blog where you give advice about blogging!

Sociability: 5
Social
You love web 2.0 stuff like Digg and Del.icio.us and you’re involved in more blogging groups, networks and activities than anyone else you know. With all your connections, you make Neil Patel look positively anti-social!

I’m not too sure about being that experienced. I know people who blog a lot more than I do. I blog a lot, but have been doing it less than a year. They don’t give you many answer choices so you have to pick the best fit, which may not fit that well.

I’m definitely in it for the passion and for the profit. I don’t see why passion has to be a pure thing. Why can’t your passion be your profit? If more people’s work was there passion there would be a lot more happy people around than there are now.

I agree with my sociability score, although I wish I had more subscribers. To get you who are reading this to subscribe, I’ve got to write engaging content that you look forward to reading.

November 28th, 2007 Posted by | Off Topic | no comments