This past week my head has been full of big decisions. Late last week, I was given the opportunity to make a big chunk of cash for three hours of work if I was willing to accept a slight (although real) risk to my health by removing asbestos from an old basement boiler. I needed the money, but in the end I realized that trying to put a price on my health was just stupid.
Then yesterday, the first day of spring, I signed the paperwork to file for Chapter 7. The decision had already been made, but it was a big event in my life nonetheless.
And lastly, since a huge portion of my income currently goes to rent, I've been trying to decide what I can do to decrease that expense considerably. I have been crawling CraigsList looking at what's out there and then checking MBTA's website to determine commuting distance and cost.
Since I've accepted that I'll probably need to spend three hours a day commuting (total), I have even checked out a few places near the ocean (I love the ocean). However, the more time I spent looking for an apartment and planning my potential commute, the further from my original goal I unconsciously drifted. The original goal was to decrease expenses and to save as much money as possible. I'm still making my decision on where to move, but it's going to be an important one that will have the potential to save me a lot of money.
answer to paragraph one: WEAR A MASK!
note on paragraph two: its just paper work bro, both lincoln, disney & rockerfeller did it.
suggestion for paragraph 3 & 4: move back here. it might be more to commute, but its free to stay and theres plenty of room & food.
Reply to your answer to paragraph one: Read everything on the Wikipedia page I linked in the post, then go and do some further research on Google. When you’re done, tell me if you still think wearing a mask is the solution. If it were really that simple, I’d have an extra $4,500 in my pocket for 3 hours of work.
Reply to your note on paragraph two: I’m not stressing it — just noting the event happened.
Reply to your suggestion on three and four: Part of the aside I posted after this post is related to that. Even moving to an apartment in Pelham, NH would be difficult for me and would require that I throw out a big chunk of something that we all have but rarely give up: pride.
You and your pride. Pride is a pack of lions my friend. It’ll rip you to shreds and feed you to the hyenas.
(Hey thats the first time I’ve spelt that word “hyena” … weird spelling)
anyhow. if the job’s still available, I’d be more than happy to do it for $3000 even it took me 40 hours.
Did you read the aside I posted after this post? I didn’t say pride was the problem, I said it was in the way and that I like getting rid of stuff that’s in my way (or just going around it).
Sorry, the job is no longer available. If you read up about asbestos, you would need to not care about your health to take that job. Greed has dire consequences.
If Mai ever wins the lottery (scratch offs do not count)… I’ll send you a tip for all the help you’ve committed with hosting many the websites.
Haha, thanks DJT! 😀