Been thinking about taking a second job. This sort of goes against my general feelings on life and how I want to live mine… but I don’t think I can live mine the way I want to without clearing up some MAJOR debt I racked up mostly when I was younger and entirely when I was stupid. I would feel so much better with a clean slate. It’s going to take me some time… but if I worked a second job I would be tired but I bet I could pay stuff off within a year or so. That would be amazing. The time for action is NOW. We’ll see what I can find.

The second thing I’ve been debating now as you know is selling and moving. A new option I’ve pondered is renting something in the country for awhile and maybe renting my current place out at the same time (thereby paying for the second place with the first!). This could completely work, right? It’s a bit late this year for me to accomplish anything (a garden for example) but this is absolutely something I could work towards. Anyway, it would be nice to have a place with a fireplace for the winter too!! I’m not against renting; I think it might be a good solution for me and I can’t really afford to look at buying anything on my own right now, even if I did sell.

Finally, I want to travel. I know I’ve missed out on a lot by never really going anywhere and my fear of flying has held me back. I’ve never really been with anyone who encouraged any travel either, so overall, I’ve short-changed myself in this area. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to go to Japan, but I think I’d need to start smaller. Maybe I can start by going further west in my own country than this province I currently live in. I wouldn’t mind hitting up California again sometime too… Last time I was there was in 1984!! I also REALLY want to see the desert.

I’ve never fully made any life decisions based solely on what I wanted. I’ve pretty much always been mindful of what other people would think and/or how they would be affected and done things accordingly. Don’t do that. It kills your soul.

I know, it still sounds like mid-life crisisville here, but seriously it’s not. It’s more like get a life crisisville. I feel excited by the possibilities and I hope I can make these things happen!!