More on employment and income
Oct. 5th, 2010 06:40 pmHere comes the Taurus in me:
I'm excited about the prospect of this new job for two reasons:
1) I'm not going to be bored out of my mind wandering aimlessly around a kiosk by myself, unable to go to the bathroom until someone shows up to relieve me
2) I'm gonna be makin' cash money yo! (lol)
I've never been too obsessed with money, probably because I've always had it. I don't know how, usually from sources of support or otherwise. I don't spend a lot of money on superfluous things outside of coffee. But since I've begun a "household" so to speak, I've been interested in things like savings, investments, and budgeting.
Weird, huh?
So I'm super excited to be making almost as much as Jared at 25 hours a week ;p Imagine if I worked full time? Or not. Because I won't, as long as I don't have to, because my writing is a priority for both of us (<3).
But, if I get this new job, I'll be making more than enough for us to start paying off Jared's student loans, put some money into savings, and start a travel saving account. My dad is into stocks and mutual funds, etc., and has given us some fabulous advice, as well as a little book called The Richest Man in Babylon that has some simple rules I'm eager to begin following.
We're going to start with some "high risk" mutual funds (I put that in quotes because mutual funds are inherently kind of low risk) for the remainder of our wedding money, as well as setting aside a minimum of 10% of all income for general savings. I want to designate one of our savings accounts as the "Paradise Falls" savings (if you've seen Up you know :), and put in what we can at the end of every month after bills and ourselves are paid.
I'm geekily excited to watch our bank accounts grow!
< / end Taurean financial spew>
Also, NaNo is in less than a month now. This is my 4th year as a Municipal Liaison (I get a pin!), and Sarah's second (she get's a VERY BRIGHT T-shirt!), and Buffalo's AWESOMEST.
Guaranteed.
:D
I'm excited about the prospect of this new job for two reasons:
1) I'm not going to be bored out of my mind wandering aimlessly around a kiosk by myself, unable to go to the bathroom until someone shows up to relieve me
2) I'm gonna be makin' cash money yo! (lol)
I've never been too obsessed with money, probably because I've always had it. I don't know how, usually from sources of support or otherwise. I don't spend a lot of money on superfluous things outside of coffee. But since I've begun a "household" so to speak, I've been interested in things like savings, investments, and budgeting.
Weird, huh?
So I'm super excited to be making almost as much as Jared at 25 hours a week ;p Imagine if I worked full time? Or not. Because I won't, as long as I don't have to, because my writing is a priority for both of us (<3).
But, if I get this new job, I'll be making more than enough for us to start paying off Jared's student loans, put some money into savings, and start a travel saving account. My dad is into stocks and mutual funds, etc., and has given us some fabulous advice, as well as a little book called The Richest Man in Babylon that has some simple rules I'm eager to begin following.
We're going to start with some "high risk" mutual funds (I put that in quotes because mutual funds are inherently kind of low risk) for the remainder of our wedding money, as well as setting aside a minimum of 10% of all income for general savings. I want to designate one of our savings accounts as the "Paradise Falls" savings (if you've seen Up you know :), and put in what we can at the end of every month after bills and ourselves are paid.
I'm geekily excited to watch our bank accounts grow!
< / end Taurean financial spew>
Also, NaNo is in less than a month now. This is my 4th year as a Municipal Liaison (I get a pin!), and Sarah's second (she get's a VERY BRIGHT T-shirt!), and Buffalo's AWESOMEST.
Guaranteed.
:D