I’ll try to keep this one a little more succinct.
It’s been a month since my sailing desires have begun, and I have made no progress on that front. I can’t say I’m terribly bothered right now because simply working is going to be a time consuming process. It’s looking like ten hour days at a minimum and likely seven days a week. The weekends are supposed to be rotated, but they’d prefer you come in as often and for as long as possible.
What’s happened this past month? Not much. Found out my bank offers “premium” overdraft protection, which basically amounts to a line of credit at the cost of $35 a transaction after you have no money left. So naturally I had no money left and signed up for this program. In one month I’ve spent almost $1,000 in overdraft fees alone. That’s pretty awful. I’ll be canceling that as soon as I pay my rent.
In other news I got some furniture from Rent-A-Center. Have to pay that one off in 90 days to pay normal retail price and own the furniture, otherwise I just keep paying to rent until I max out at something like $2500, which is absurd. Some of that overtime should make paying it off easy. I rented a TV too, but that’s going back in a couple of weeks. It’s far overpriced compared to retail, whereas the furniture is actually a good price for a full living room set with coffee and end tables ($1200).
That’s pretty much it for now. Nothing terribly important to talk about. No life reflections, no self loathing this time. Just life as usual. Oh, I’ve been cooking a lot in the past week. Trying to stop going out to eat. Need to lose weight and stop wasting money. Those are the two most relevant goals to my present needs.