Checking In

I just found a post I wrote last year about turning 30 and things I hope to accomplish before then. I had completely forgotten about the list until just now, so lets see what I was hoping to accomplish (technically I still have 3 months to complete these goals).

1. Get out of debt. HAHAHAHA. That is not happening. I’ve been laid off 3 times in the past year, so naturally my finances been totally effed. And my last job was only part time so I wasn’t bringing much in to begin with.

2. Get fit and stay fit. It took 10 months but I’m finally starting to lose weight. Thanks to Jools and our afternoon workouts, I’m down 5 pounds since I got laid off.

3. Change my eating habits. Another success. It only took layoff number three for me to finally start eating better. I guess having time to make my lunch and actually cook dinner has paid off.

4. Remedy my current job situation. Done.

5. Have better routines. Still working on this one but I do try and give myself a checklist to complete for the day.

6. Go back to church. Eh. It’s a work in progress. I found a new church I want to check out on Sunday.

7. Drink less. Alert the media! I am actually drinking less these days!

8. Be tidier. Nothing to see here. Move along.

9. Move. Done. Although it wasn’t far away like I originally planned. My adorable nieces are preventing me from moving too far away.

10. Go back to school. Yep. Filled out my FAFSA stuff yesterday and beginning my studying for the GMAT. Hopefully I’ll be able to start in January.

If I only

*All of these are suggestions I’ve received from friends and family in the past month.*

If I only wanted a job where I knew I’d make ridiculous amounts of money, I’d do something with computers.

But I find that stuff incredibly boring and would burn out super fast.

If I only wanted something where I would be certain I’d have a job as soon as I graduated with an associates degree, I’d become a dental hygienist.

But that is just a disgusting job. Eww. Eww. Eww.

If I only wanted a job that required me to work from 7-3 and have summers off, I’d become a teacher’s aid, aka, a parapro.

Gee. A job that offers virtually no advancement, has REALLY shitty pay and is basically being the teacher’s bitch. Where do I sign up?

If I only wanted to sit on my ass all day and do nothing while being completely unsatisfied by my husband, I’d marry rich.

Yeah, that was actually a suggestion. Because as my friend so eloquently put it, I’d ‘probably have better luck marrying rich than finding a marketing job in this economy’.

So what’s up with these posts about jobs? Well, I got the shaft at work. Again. The sad thing is, I really liked my position (my boss was a moron though), and now I just don’t have the desire to get a job.

But more on that later.