I spent the month of December preparing for my wedding, getting married and going on my honeymoon. Not much else went on except chatting/relaxing with friends and family during the holidays. I spent some of that time reviewing what went on in my life this year:
Good:
- Got married to a wonderful woman.
- Bought a house (could be a bad, given the real estate market here).
- Transferred to a new company location, doing away with a grueling 2-3 hour round-trip commute.
- Took steps to start my own businesses, establish multiple streams of income.
Bad:
- Nothing much, other than the fact that I still have a regular 9 to 5 job. I say “nothing much” because in the context of the natural disasters that occurred this past year and people facing extended unemployment, I have to say nothing at all. I really have to keep this in mind when life and work’s annoyances get to me.
Switching to the new company location let some of the air out of my motivation to do my own thing. But the motivation is still there, and I’m deciding what to do next. None of my ventures have been successful in terms of freeing me from a 9 to 5 job; I’ll have to count them as the inevitable failures on the way to success. I’ve decided that the only one I’ll continue to actively work on is my wedding favors website, which is at least profitable and requires minimal time and effort.
For the better part of last year, I’ve been exploring ways to just make money, period. For now, though, I’ve decided to explore new personal interests and seeing where they lead me. I’ll be blogging about these as they progress.
