What I'm Doing...

Today’s New Plan

The ING Direct gun fund account has become the emergency fund. 10% into it, no matter what. No more CDs right now. I want to annihilate the Paypal Buyer Credit balance as quickly as possible, so that I may focus on the larger balances that actually mean something (such as, you know, much larger payments). [...]

Those Folks Are Crazy

Alright. I just updated all of my numbers, and here’s what I came up with:

Net Worth: -$36,597.83
Average Daily Change: $4.12
Projected Zero Net Worth: March 4, 2032

These are calculated using net worth figures dating back to 9.26.07. Of course, I don’t expect it to take til 2032, but then again I find myself wondering how it [...]

Crisis Imminent

Sallie Mae expects me to pay. The first payment is due January 1, for $277.97. As if. I have no idea how I’m going to pay that much every month, other than by somehow magically knocking out some other debts by then. With this new job, I expect to bring in about $1400/month. Sure, that [...]

Here we go…

My training was moved up to tomorrow, 1500. One of the nicest things about this (or pretty much any) new job is a regular schedule. Out at the park, the schedule was never the same, the hours were never the same, and so it made it difficult to budget. Structure, and a regular paycheck, that’s [...]