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[kuangning]

Goals:

$3000 savings by Feb. 28th.
open a separate savings account by Nov 15th.
set up direct deposit to my savings account, not my checking.

Why so long?

b) I need more clothes for work; that's approximately $400 over time to get me to the point of not worrying about it. That's mostly coming out of next week's cheque, which I am not counting in. I'll get paid for next week and the week after, three weeks from now.
c) My expenses here (without any other things like potential car payments added in) seem to be controllable to $150/week, even given that my mother will demand more now that I'm making more, and the fuel expenditure is going to rise.
d) I currently own very little furniture. That will have to change, either before or just after I move.
e) I have to learn to drive, since Raleigh has no public transportation worth the name.
f) I will quite probably have to purchase a car. I'd also rather do that before I move than after. It will be used, it will cost no more than $5000 and be paid for in no more than two years. It will have room in the back seat for three carseats and room in the trunk for groceries. It will run well. Beyond that, I do not care.

Hm. I'm putting so many conditions on this. I will move out when I have --, when I acquire --, after -- . What I'm really meaning, I think, is I'm afraid. I'm afraid of not getting what I need, of doing without again, of falling. I've been without the safety net. Here, it's easy to forget that I don't really have one even now. These broken wings are mostly mended again, but I'm afraid to trust myself to the wind. There's time to fix that. I have to fix that. In time.

Comments

[gurath.livejournal.com]

I moved away from my ex on 2 days contract work per week... and it felt like stepping off a cliff.

...but it CAN be done, and I have a feeling you're just the person to do it!

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[kuangning]

Thanks. *smile.*