Sympathy Whining About the Financial Crisis

So ever since I took this 'less stressful + better hours = less pay' job back in September 2008 I've been in the hole. I took a $9k/year pay cut for the first 4 months and then gained a little of that back, but it was too late... I was already behind. Now over a year later I'm swimming in credit card debt, living tremendously far from my job for cheap rent and some space to move and I'm more frustrated than before about my career and finances. When this happens I have to stop and take a moment to realize that I'm LUCKY. I have a job, I have a place to live and there is food on the table. So many of my friends and family members have been negatively impacted by this financial crisis and there is absolutely nothing I can do to help... I've never felt so helpless before. All I can do is offer my support and I never feel that it is enough, even though I know that they are grateful.

While I sit here in my office, getting paid for work I'm not doing while I'm writing this blog post, I look for a new job; one that is better suited to my talents and higher paying.While I relax in my apartment with my zoo of pets I look at pet friendly apartments that I can't afford. When I'm at symphonic band rehearsal I complain about my crappy student trombone and how I long for a fancy one with an F-attachment. Why is it that even though I have everything I need to live (and then some) that I can't stop wishing and hoping for more? I'm sure part of it comes from the fact that I have $6.36 in my checking account, no credit available on my credit cards and no savings to rely on if something was to happen right now, but could it be that I'm having something akin to sympathy pains? I know it is normal for me to want to aspire for greatness, but am I just being selfish?

New 'Green' Font from Europe Saves Toner

This is one of my favorite finds from 2009; a doubly 'green' font that is not only good for the environment, but saves you dough too. Ecofont, a new typeface developed in The Netherlands, actually has small holes in the letters to save on toner. This works great for printing out stuff that you really hate to print and waste the paper and toner, but really need to have on hand. Now I wouldn't use it for any legal documents or school papers, but for everything else it is totally worth it. Visit the link to download the free version for private use.

Ah... that New Year smell!

So here we go folks... it is a new year which means we have to set some new goals that we are never going to reach. I really can't believe that it has been six months since my last post. No wonder no one follows me! I'm the worse blogger in the history of blogging! I think what is really rubbing me the wrong way here is that my boyfriend (soon to be ex-boyfriend) just started a blog about his fish tank on a fishy site and has posted something every day this week. Makes me really feel like a loser.

Here's the thing, I wasn't going to allow this blog to get personal. I was going to focus on the things that make me happy... being green, music, knitting, reading, accounting... but more and more I find that the stuff I want to really talk about is much more personal than that. I don't think I can keep this blog strictly 'business' because as you can see... there isn't much that I post when I'm sticking to that kind of theme.

Now I have to admit that I spend WAY too much time on Facebook. I play too many games, look at too many pictures, comment on too much stuff that doesn't really matter. I'm realizing that a lot of the subjects I bring up there in my status update are things I could be talking about here with you. So I'm thinking that over the next week or so I'm going to review the last year of Facebooking and bring over some things that I still feel very strongly about.