I moved into an apartment October 1, 2010. I tossed everything I owned into the back of a U-Haul and hit the highway. The space that wasn’t taken up my possessions and a queen size mattress was taken up by the amount of guilt the move created. I needed to move but I could have stayed living at home with Mom and spent the money on flying. I constructed a budget that would allow me to live on my own and set aside a few hundred dollars a month to fly. That was a great idea but there were some extra expenses related to the move; property tax on my car; an increase in a student loan bill (“You are in the graduated payment plan, sir.” But that doesn’t mean my payment goes DOWN over time? “No sir, it increases.”)…you get the hint. Variables come up and as they come up my flying fund goes down. All the way down. To zero.
I could sit and whine about it but the answer is simple: get a part time job. My goal is to find another $1000 a month to support this little habit of mine. That sounds like a lot of money and it turns out it is. Part of this is going to be taken care fact by shifting my week so that I am working 6 days instead of 5, with the 6th day being dedicated to teaching in the Decathlon. It is extra work so that means extra income. Even if I bill 8 hours each week that leaves me several hundred short of my goal. I may start giving guitar lessons to make up the difference though the local market is saturated. Other options: waiting tables, bartending…something to do in the evenings. I am open to suggestions and or referrals. Two to three nights per week would be ideal.
Don’t forget: “Winners are simply willing to do what the losers won't.” If that means working 80 hours per week then so be it.
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