Up and Running

I'm working again.  Got a call last Wednesday, interviewed Thursday, started Friday.  I have worked three days already, and all I have done is accounts payable filing.  I don't mind, but it's expensive filing, for them.  For me it's kind of free money, and I like free money.  Anyway, I am 90% complete with the two boxes of invoices they gave me to sort, so tomorrow maybe I will do some accounting.

Since May, I have worked with one recruiter, and she has kept me busy most of the time and has suggested several other possibilities.  She has found more work for me in five months than all other recruiters found for me in the previous 13 months.  It could be that she can keep me busy until one of these employers hires me.

During my brief period of unemployment between Alaska and last Friday, I gave some thought to what we can do to live more frugally.  I read a blog post recently that was written by a guy who says he spends about $10,000 per year.  He owns his home and his car outright.  He also grows some of his own food, says he hates monthly fees, never eats out, and would never buy shredded cheese.

I sort of want to be that guy.  Not quite so extreme, but I like the idea of living cheaply.  Living way below your means would give you the freedom to feel like your job was optional, instead of the constant stress of feeling that you have to make more, more, more, the stress I have lived with almost all the time for 20 years or so.

However, I don't think anyone else in my family likes that idea.  In any case, we are not capable of it, or even of moderating our spending a little.  If you can't lower your spending, the only alternative is to increase revenue, so working is good.