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March 2009 Re-cap and New Years Resolution checkup.

Posted on March 31, 2009 at 06:16 AM.

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	1) Change my job/Start a career for myself. - I'm 27 years old and treading water. I am at a job, not working on a career. Furthermore I hate my job 99% of the time. I can't make enough money to move my life forward in my current situation which leads into my next resolution ... 2) Save more money. - I can be a frivolous spender at times. I buy entirely too much "stuff" just so I can say that I have it. I am more of a collector at this point when it comes to buying stuff than I am anything else. This also ties into my next goal ... 3) Spend less money of gaming. - I buy too many video games at full price and don't end up getting nearly my monies worth. Hell, I still have several games in my backlog that are still unplayed or even unopened. 4. Spend more time with those that are most important to me - family and friends. - Just what it says, spend more time and appreciate that time, with my family and my good friends. I've started this one already, but I need to commit to following through from here on out.

So that is the list I made as the New Year began of things I'd like to see happen or change in my life for 2009. This is my monthly check in on my progress.

I just want to add a note here. The blogging I'm doing here is more for me, so I can go back at the end of this year and see what happened. See what went right and what went wrong. Hopefully see what months I did well in and what months were bad for me. If you guys read it that's great. If no one reads it, that's OK too.

Ok so moving on, I may also start to add in monthly highlights and lowlights in my life for each month. While I'm wary of putting too much information on the internet, I like the idea of going back in December and re-living certain events through this blog. We'll see how I feel about it each month.

1) Change my job/Start a career for myself. - Nothing has changed for the better here in March. If anything I am much further away from this goal. Part of that is out of my control due to workplace politics and the bad economy, but part of it is my own lack of future ambition that I must overcome.

2) Save more money. - I haven't done a great job saving this month. I haven't spent more than I've made, but I am in no better shape in March than I was in February. I bought both the WWF Summerslam DVD set from 88-92 and the 93-97 DVDs and that ran me about $75 total. I also spent quite a bit this month on entertaining friends.

3) Spend less money of gaming. - I've stuck to my guns about not buying non-sports games because I know I won't play them. I wanted RE 5 and 50 Cent : Blood in the Sand but passed on both. I did however purchase MLB 2K9 on March 4th and also pre-ordered and paid for OOTP 10 this month. These are two purchases I can live with, because they are sports games and both have the potential to give me many hours of enjoyment.

4) Spend more time with those that are most important to me - family and friends. - I'm still not satisfied with this part of my life. I wish I lived closer to a couple of my best friends.

I just found out in the first week of this month that my buddy is going to be a father in September. He and his girlfriend (also one of my close friends) will be new parents. They are both full-time college students right now and none of this was planned, but I'm proud of the way that they are handling it.

This has really been a crossroads month in spending time with the people that I call my friends. I've been more active but still not where I wish to be.

In closing the book on March 2009, I guess that other than the shocking revelation that my buddy and his g/f are having a baby, not much has changed one way or the other since last month and that has me feeling very bored with life right now. I'm battling a lot of insomnia this month too. Not sure why, but I think a lot of it is me thinking about my life and how little it has changed. I'm sure this is a good thing in general, but I would welcome a few key changes.

The end of March has also been a "re-organization" month for me as well. I've been making a few personal changes and changing up my personal space a bit too. I'm hoping it will give me a spark to get back into a groove in life. I'm outta sorts right now.