Unhatched Chickens, Enumerated

1. First, repay certain people. You know who you are. Your recompense is nigh. 2. Reinstate phone service, license plate tags and auto insurance. (I am not driving the vehicle until then; hence the bicycle.) Two to three weeks out. 3. Pay off the credit card settlement deal, my last interest-bearing debt. Four to five weeks out. 4. Obtain a bank account and ATM card. Three to six weeks out. 5. Pay back-rent owed to current landlady. Four to six weeks out. 6. Pay back-taxes owed on 2006. Ten to twelve weeks out. 7. Purchase a reliable used car, with cash in hand. Five to seven months out. 8. Accumulate an emergency fund of $1,000. Six to eight months out. 9. Save up to purchase a reasonably nice refurbished laptop computer.  10. Eventually achieve long-term career goal:

Comments

ext_258791 on Aug. 31, 2007 12:54 AM

Oooh, that was my idea for you! (:

ext_21159 on Aug. 31, 2007 2:09 AM

Yes, and I was so overwhelmed with the idea that I kept putting off blogging about it for fear of not doing it justice! Yesterday the temp who I'm replacing at this new job told me that, while I was telling her over lunch that I like to think of myself as a bridge between engineers and end-users, it reminded her of the father of a friend of hers. He runs Menlo Innovations. She applied to be a High-Tech Anthropologist despite the fact that she is less technical than me, which suggests that they may not have as strict a requirement as I would demand if I were them. The only reason she didn't take that job was that it consists of three or six month contract work without benefits. Personally I wouldn't mind that. What matters to me, after the intangible compensations, is take-home pay. After she described her experiences in their orientation process, I told her the very idea was like the Big Rock Candy Mountain.

ext_258791 on Aug. 31, 2007 8:47 PM

I'm glad you like the idea! I hope you can make it a reality, and it turns out as good or better than the rock candy mountain. *smile*