My life has caught up with me. My work has been steadily increasing, and my sleep is decreasing in direct correspondence.
When I had the idea for 365 Days of Saving Money, I didn’t realize how much time it took. I could handle that. What I couldn’t handle, was the realization that my blog, my editorial of my life had been reduced to daily sound-bites.
I started rethinking my blogging…I started rethinking my life.
It’s odd, but I’ve cut, slimmed, reduced, and simplified everything I can in my life. We live in 480 sf. We’re in the process of selling my car so we’ll be a one car family. I’ve put off having kids. I’ve cut my life as much as I can, and I’m not sure that I enjoy that anymore.
Many of the blogs that I’ve really enjoyed have been about reducing expenses for real joy: so that they can be home with their kids, so they can pursue their goals of traveling or starting a business.
I’ve just sliced my life, for the sake of paying less interest to someone else. It’s been feeling empty.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love saving money. Instead of releasing crappy sound-bites I hope to release 365 Days of Saving Money as an e-book within the next 30 days so that the writing, the tips, are quality.
I find myself needing to build instead of cut. My entrepreneurial spirit is starting to rev, and I’m excited about my future prospects. The truth is there comes a point where you’ve sliced as much as you can, and now you have to grow. I hope you enjoy better posts (albeit not on a daily basis) and the upcoming e-book, because you have all been such wonderful readers…you deserve my best.
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Please don't let writing become another cog in the machine that is your life. I beat myself up all the time about not blogging and writing more. I need to stop and just try to focus on writing for the sake of it. Also, do whatever you can to find joy, even if it means not being as frugal as you have been. For example, I am craving an office of my own. One day I really want more space (meaning a lot more money in rent) but I think it would be worth it. Good Luck!