Don't throw away your money Weekender 5-7 May
saoutchik
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Join Date: Jan 2015
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Well, I shall draw a discrete veil over tonights performance at Crazy Golf, lets just leave it that I finished in the top 7.
Friday evening is begining for many of you, some of you will be physically or mentally tired snd feeling that you deserve a drink or three plus the company that goes with it but play the tape through to Saturday morning and remember why you are here, it really isn't worth it.
G'Night gang.
Friday evening is begining for many of you, some of you will be physically or mentally tired snd feeling that you deserve a drink or three plus the company that goes with it but play the tape through to Saturday morning and remember why you are here, it really isn't worth it.
G'Night gang.
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Thank you for all the words of support. I have gone to my parents for the weekend. My mom is difficult but being close to my dad helps me to feel more grounded. I am determined to find a new place to rent so I have brought some of my things back here as well. I have been living in that place for almost a year and it is amazing how things accumulate.
Anyway for a while I was mired in self pity. I'm lying in bed thinking of what do I do with my life. I'm mid 30s, stuck in a job where I'm the office scapegoat. Trying to figure out what to do. I can't afford to go back to college for the third time in my life. And for what, for it all to go belly up again. I would be 40 with no life and broke after college. Wouldn't be able to travel at 40 and can't exactly afford a mortgage now and I don't see that changing any time soon.
I'm getting older with nothing to show for it. I wish I could take 20 years off my life and start all over again at 18. That's what I was thinking lying awake in bed tonight.
Then I found my memory stick with old copies of my C.V. from 2 - 3 years ago. My C.V. at that time was pitiful. Not a lot of real work experience. Trying desperately to cover up the gaps. I thought back to how things were at that time and to where I am now. Wow, I have come a loooooooooonnnnngggggg way since then. And I am grateful.
Anyway for a while I was mired in self pity. I'm lying in bed thinking of what do I do with my life. I'm mid 30s, stuck in a job where I'm the office scapegoat. Trying to figure out what to do. I can't afford to go back to college for the third time in my life. And for what, for it all to go belly up again. I would be 40 with no life and broke after college. Wouldn't be able to travel at 40 and can't exactly afford a mortgage now and I don't see that changing any time soon.
I'm getting older with nothing to show for it. I wish I could take 20 years off my life and start all over again at 18. That's what I was thinking lying awake in bed tonight.
Then I found my memory stick with old copies of my C.V. from 2 - 3 years ago. My C.V. at that time was pitiful. Not a lot of real work experience. Trying desperately to cover up the gaps. I thought back to how things were at that time and to where I am now. Wow, I have come a loooooooooonnnnngggggg way since then. And I am grateful.
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You know who I'm jealous of? Not people who have fabulous careers where they love what they do and make a lot of money. But people who show up consistently to their crappy desk job, get that paycheck and just go out and enjoy the hell of their life, because their job is not their life.
I am not going to love being a nurse. It is going to pay my bills. I am okay with that.
I am not going to love being a nurse. It is going to pay my bills. I am okay with that.
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Join Date: Dec 2015
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I'm in, and thanks for the thread Sao. I relapsed over a week ago but am counting May Day 2017 as my sober date as it holds a lot of meaning to me, and not just because it's a distress call.
My housing is under threat and spent over $1000 on God knows what apart from booze. Takeaways, cigarettes, cabs, blah, I'm more than a drip I'm an idiot. This money was set aside for moving expenses and I blew it.
Gotta claw my way back.
My housing is under threat and spent over $1000 on God knows what apart from booze. Takeaways, cigarettes, cabs, blah, I'm more than a drip I'm an idiot. This money was set aside for moving expenses and I blew it.
Gotta claw my way back.
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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I'm in for a sober weekend, and I'm definitely all for saving money.
I'm afraid to add up all the money I've spent on booze, other substances, booze related activities and for the messes created by my drinking. It's well into the tens of thousands of dollars. I believe I once estimated it to be $50,000, but it may be closer to $75,000 over the last 10 years.
Shameful, I shudder when I think about all that wasted money. I think about how some poverty stricken family could survive on that amount of money for a long, long time, and here I was throwing it all away on frivolous nonsense.
But the good news is I can now begin to save money and put it to good use for myself, my family and even donate some to worthy causes
Have a great, safe sober weekend everyone!
I'm afraid to add up all the money I've spent on booze, other substances, booze related activities and for the messes created by my drinking. It's well into the tens of thousands of dollars. I believe I once estimated it to be $50,000, but it may be closer to $75,000 over the last 10 years.
Shameful, I shudder when I think about all that wasted money. I think about how some poverty stricken family could survive on that amount of money for a long, long time, and here I was throwing it all away on frivolous nonsense.
But the good news is I can now begin to save money and put it to good use for myself, my family and even donate some to worthy causes
Have a great, safe sober weekend everyone!
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Well, today saved $35 by not buying tobacco and foregoing coffee and drinking tea already in the tea caddy. Add the booze to that, say a six pack or 2, and I'm looking at a further $35 which adds to $70 in one day. Alcohol and tobacco are more expensive in Australia. Tobacco lasts me say 3 days, so won't be like that every day, but a very good start. I love chip butties, but never thought of the hummus either, and I love hummus. Cheap, too.
Have started myself a written log to track my savings. Thanks again, Sao.
Have started myself a written log to track my savings. Thanks again, Sao.
saoutchik
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Morning!
Welcome to Weekenders Steely, i'm glad you're back on the wagon. At least once you have quit tobacco for long enough that's it, you don't have to work at it to stay stopped. I hope you get enough time before the move to put some money aside.
Good to see you Time2Rise, adding up all the years is scary isn't it.
It looks like someone was having fun last night.
Welcome to Weekenders Steely, i'm glad you're back on the wagon. At least once you have quit tobacco for long enough that's it, you don't have to work at it to stay stopped. I hope you get enough time before the move to put some money aside.
Good to see you Time2Rise, adding up all the years is scary isn't it.
It looks like someone was having fun last night.
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Morning/night weekenders.
I am up since 6 a.m. , got lots of medications to fight bronchitis, and looking forward to another cup of coffee.
Have a great sober Saturday.
I am up since 6 a.m. , got lots of medications to fight bronchitis, and looking forward to another cup of coffee.
Have a great sober Saturday.
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Ken always a privilege to be in your company brother have fun at the gym I've just finished all the housework while Mrs Sw catches up with her friend while out i managed to do weights too
When she comes back i think we're going running as Mrs Sw doesn't think she is fasting today i am but I'm sure she will try to persuade me but it won't work one night of chocolate & breadcrumbed delights is more than enough for me
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OK... back from that place and off to pick up a friend to head north to that new age store I mentioned. Should be a fun ride. Maybe a little carpool karaoke. And pick up some smelly candles and a new bundle of sage.
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