Bethjoy.com

My, I seem almost a foreign visitor to my once frequently updated website. Pity, but at least there was plenty to read on here in my absence.

You might, though probably not, been wondering what have I been doing lately? Well, I’ve done a lot of writing on stories, though not a lot of finishing. I’ve also been making grand plans for self improvement. I’m trying to exercise and get into shape so that I can work more so that I can earn more money so that I can buy nice car when I want one(which is going to be a while) and so that I will be earning plenty of interest and so forth. Or something like that…

Anyway I read a book on finances back in January and I recently reread it and I’ve written a bunch of financial plans. I’ve made goals and divided them up into monthly payments on annual expenses and now I’m briskly trying to work so that I’m three months ahead of my plan because I think that would be fun.

And I just started saving more money. Basically, out of every ten dollars I earn I’m putting five into the bank. As tithes, taxes, and my 401K eat up another three dollars I’m doing all of my saving, and my twenty dollar a week allowance that I give myself, out of $2.00 out of every $10.00. For me that is bordering on the absurd but I think it will work. You know that you can increase success by lowering your expectations, and that works for things financial too. I lowered how much I was planning on earning(I did not cut my allowance, I’m too fond of shopping for that) and did a bunch of calculations with a calculator and I have come to the point that providing I increase how much I’m working in the shop and work regularly I think I’ll be able to do it. And that will be nice. Especially since it will mean I’ll have a nice bit of money in the bank to buy the car I want and paint it pink, or purple, I haven’t quite made up my mind yet. I have made up my mind that it is going to be a very inexpensive car with hopefully very low insurance and a lot of miles per gallon.

And now that it is time for supper and I am being called I am going to end this post and perhaps mention the other things I’m doing at some other point.