I don't know how to say this...and I don't know if it is a good or bad thing...but I just never get to this site much anymore. On one hand, I am feeling infinitely better over our financial situation than I was a year ago, or even 3 months ago! DH has steady work and a few great propects for a permanent teaching job next year. Our net worth has gone from negative to nearly $11k in three months time. We have enough money to not worry about where every penny is going. We continue to pay off our cc balances every month, while maintaining a sizable EF.
But, I am spending money that I wouldn't have considered spending a few months ago. Our entertainment budget is out the window. I only get to this site once a week or so. Am I becoming too complacent? Or am I just at a spot where I can let my hair down without being consumed with worry? Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
This site was a lifesaver for me over the past two years, from a difficult decision to live on my PT income while DH returned to school, to making those ends meet through all those months. Most of all, it was just nice to know that I wasn't alone in my attempts to save money wherever possible, to make things from scratch, to not buy new when used would do. But now I find myself visiting less and less - and it's certainly not because I am any less interested in the wonderful people I have met here. It just seems as though life keeps getting in the way. There is always so much to do in these warmer months. At the same time, I feel as though I have less financial stuff to blog about. It seems less relevant for me to blog about making ends meet when we are meeting them, with extra! I don't know...I'm rambling, just trying to figure what I'm doing here and if I should keep trying to maintain this blog.
Musings of a long-time blogger
May 21st, 2007 at 02:37 am
May 21st, 2007 at 02:58 am 1179716304
as for not blogging about making ends meet, so to speak, i throw in an age old quote: with money comes a whole new set of problems. seems like that might be the place you will find yourself in now that money's not "tight".
not necessarily having problems, but finding new challenges with regards to your money. for instance, now that things are evened out, have you sat down and re-evaluated your goals? things above and beyond retirement like college funds for the boys or going back to school for you (if'n you want, that is!).
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But like most things in life, I'm doing the best I can. If that means I only get to the site once a week, so be it. If that means that I can only catch up on a few of the blogs, that's ok. Maybe at some point I'll get back in the routine of posting more frequently, but for now, this is what works for me, so I'm ok with it.
For those of us who have gotten to know you over these past few years, I hope you continue to post at least once in a while, to let us know how you're doing. Good luck!