I decided about a month ago that I wanted to have it all.
I want success in every aspect of my life. I don't just want to be great at my job I want to balance it all. I want to be a great friend. The thoughtful daughter. A perfect sister. A reader. A writer. The lifelong student (of various subjects). Financially saavy. A fashionista. Artist. Critic. Sports fanatic.
With the desire to have it all comes the question...how? That question will continue to be that which I pursue through life and writing over the next...lifetime. It's a journey that has only just begun and that will never truly end.
This month I have begun to tackle finances. Eck, I know. For being 23 and fresh out of college, I am ahead of the game. However, the more I learn about finances the more I realize how little I know. Confusing? Yes. Frustrating? Incredibly. I read Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I learned I need to invest to get out of the "Rat Race" but then I didn't know anything about investing so I bought Suze Orman's "The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke" to learn the lingo and the starting point for people like me.
As I near the end of that I realize I have a libraries worth of finance books left to read if I'm ever going to master my finances. And so, next up:
Nice Girls Don't Get Rich.
I love her dedication which reads: "This book is dedicated to every woman who works too hard, earns too little, and never seems to get ahead financially. I hope that within these pages you find the courage and wisdom needed to take whatever action is required to lead a rich life - however you choose to define it"
In the spirit of having it all - I took today off work to do work. While I've been slaving away at my desk at work, the work I have at home has been piling up. So today I left my work in my Outlook and piled on my desk to face that which was piling up here at home. So with taxes filed, clean bedsheets, 4 less episodes of Keeping up with the Kardashians on my Tivo, a much needed manicure, and a few less phone calls to friends on the ever-growing list - I'm winding down yet another Monday.
Just another manic Monday.
B
