something about being a grown-up ...

In an attempt to re-jump-start my personal blogging (and in preparation for my updated website, which will have a professionally-focused blog I update hopefully much more regularly), I'm going to attempt a real thought.

I had a thought the other day that was too long for a Facebook status message update or a tweet (I don't even want to mention how painful the fact that I've embraced both those technologies as legitimate realities is for me) about what it feels like to finally start coming out of financial darkness. What I came up with is that I'm feeling pretty grateful to be experiencing the inconveniences of grown-upitude again, the biggest one being that when you can pay all your bills, you start to realize that all of them are due at totally different times, meaning you essentially feel like you are always paying bills. Some people might cite this truth as a frustration that makes life difficult. But I am enjoying it with an overwhelming sense of relief that I am finally not living with the stomach knot that is having to hand pick and choose who you piss off by not paying them what they are owed.

More on hopefully much more interesting topics later ...