March 18, 2008

Balanced

Whew, just finishing balancing MS Money. As much as I love that pgm, I HATE balancing it, more specifically, my daily bank acct, it's a pain to track all those transactions from my debit card. Plus, I'm tired. Bone tired. Eyes tired, even my hair is tired.

For 2+ weeks now I've been working 80+ hours, non stop, no days off. Is it worth it? Sometimes I wonder.

This week training for Job #3 ended and we went "live" so by the last day of the work week, yesterday, I was just fried. On my break I wondered how much longer I can do this, not the 80+ hour thing, this particular job, it's sooo much, I just feel overwhelmed and not really happy.

The trainers of this job know it's rough, so they asked us all to give it @ least 3 weeks before we make a final decision. I'm a strong person, or @ least I'd like to believe I am so I'm going to commit to @ least that. I can't see beyond that right now.

Plus, I got a new computer specifically for the gig, so I told myself I'll @ least pay it in full via this job an if I can make it longer, well it's all gravy.

And the fact of the matter is, even if I walk away, I'll pretty much need to go thru the entire process again nailing a 3rd gig. I guess I'm just trying to find something low key, minor learning curve, decent pay and hours I can work w/. Perhaps I'm asking for too much so I'll keep on keeping on.

April 4th is the first payday we get paid for our training and live shifts to date, then we get paid every other Friday. It almost works out to my other job #3 and I must say, the best thing about the two extra gigs is, I end up getting a paycheck every single week of which I'll funnel every penny to the extra debt and do a portion to paying off the new computer, which by the way I was able to finance @ 0% interest for a bit over a year.

If I don't see myself sticking around Job #3 for a long time, then I'll use the entire paycheck to get it paid in full. If I can get to 3 weeks and see beyond, then I'll set about 1/3 of each check to pay it off in time so I have that much more money to go to my other debt.

Oh and the computer, it was part need, part desire and part a "treat" for all the work and progess I've been making. A friend of mine said what I need to do every so often, and I know I should do it, is every milestone, just reward myself w/something fun for all the hard work and take a break to enjoy what I'm doing or else I'm going to start being resentful. I know she has a point and I made an unspoken decision, especially after paying off the car, to get the computer.

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