Unhatched Chickens, Enumerated

Matt Arnold
August 29, 2007
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1. First, repay certain people. You know who you are. Your recompense is nigh.

2. Reinstate phone service, license plate tags and auto insurance. (I am not driving the vehicle until then; hence the bicycle.) Two to three weeks out.

3. Pay off the credit card settlement deal, my last interest-bearing debt. Four to five weeks out.

4. Obtain a bank account and ATM card. Three to six weeks out.

5. Pay back-rent owed to current landlady. Four to six weeks out.

6. Pay back-taxes owed on 2006. Ten to twelve weeks out.

7. Purchase a reliable used car, with cash in hand. Five to seven months out.

8. Accumulate an emergency fund of $1,000. Six to eight months out.

9. Save up to purchase a reasonably nice refurbished laptop computer.

10. Eventually achieve long-term career goal:

career goal

Comments

renniekins on Aug. 31, 2007 12:54 AM

Oooh, that was my idea for you! (:

matt-arnold on Aug. 31, 2007 2:09 AM

Yes, and I was so overwhelmed with the idea that I kept putting off blogging about it for fear of not doing it justice!

Yesterday the temp who I'm replacing at this new job told me that, while I was telling her over lunch that I like to think of myself as a bridge between engineers and end-users, it reminded her of the father of a friend of hers. He runs Menlo Innovations. She applied to be a High-Tech Anthropologist despite the fact that she is less technical than me, which suggests that they may not have as strict a requirement as I would demand if I were them.

The only reason she didn't take that job was that it consists of three or six month contract work without benefits. Personally I wouldn't mind that. What matters to me, after the intangible compensations, is take-home pay.

After she described her experiences in their orientation process, I told her the very idea was like the Big Rock Candy Mountain.

renniekins on Aug. 31, 2007 8:47 PM

I'm glad you like the idea! I hope you can make it a reality, and it turns out as good or better than the rock candy mountain. *smile*

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