Property investment again
The more I influence myself with books and seminars on property investment, the closer I'll get to actually getting off my arse and doing something about it.
I went to a property investment seminar tonight, which went for about 3.5 hours. It was pretty cool, teaching all kinds of things about buying property, equity, taxation, companies, trusts, etc etc.
While I've been working on reducing my debt and improving finances this year, I've been inspired to try harder. Not sure how much harder I can try without causing undue suffering though. The biggest 'harder' thing to do is sell my car and buy a smaller/cheaper car and use the difference to get rid of some of my debts. I think that's looking to be my only option.
The politics of… me!
I was having a conversation with a friend by email about my political views (according to the political compass entry here), and I thought I'd put my comments here because they tell a lot more about me and my views. They're modified only slightly to fit in with the journal entry format.
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Re: being like Ghandi
The interesting thing about that political survey is that you don't know where you're going to be positioned before you do the survey. I didn't know I'd be in the same area as Ghandi, and I didn't choose answers that I thought Ghandi would have chosen. I simply chose answers that were reflections of how I felt.
Yawn…
I'm tired.
I've been tired a lot lately, of evenings when I get home. It's because work has been so full-on in relation to the number of calls I've had to take, and the workload that's increased. It's all since I got back from my holidays.
They moved people to different groups, trying to create a more streamlined approach within the helpdesk, and putting the better people with the harder clients – those who are high-volume callers, usually with the hardest problems.
I guess I should feel happy about being put into that group, as it means they think I'm one of the 'better people'. I just wish that wasn't the case, and I wouldn't be as tired… *sigh*
Investing in my future
Ever since my recent holiday with Mel around the north island of New Zealand, I've taken to being a lot more serious about money, and the spending of it. I overspent my budget on the holiday, and it's annoyed me that not only did I do less than I wanted to, but I spent more than I was able to. This is because of a pattern in my life that's centred around a lack of discipline and foresight involving money and the use of it.
I've had illusions of grandeur, about getting involved in various schemes to increase the money I have, but they've all fallen by the wayside, one way or another. Instead, I've simply been going through life and enjoying the lifestyle that I'm capable of, without thought of the future. I've had the philosophy of living one day at a time, and just enjoying the moment.
