![]() ![]() (The other is that we want to escape lousy weather.) Naturally I use frugal travel hacks whenever possible, to stretch those wanderlust bucks. That’s one of the reasons Alaskans travel a lot. I especially like it when people ask questions or offer suggestions. But once I get going, whether it’s at the Financial Blogger Conference or at the local NerdNite, it’s both fun and satisfying because I’m sharing info that helps people. Which I actually sort of dislike, i.e., I get really nervous just before a talk. I earned that money and I expect every dollar to work for me – and to work hard. But even if I didn’t have this job I’d still work to get the most bang for the buck. I like writing about it, because it helps other people get control of their own cash. While I am always glad to have exercised, I am cranky throughout this video. Some day I will work up to longer videos, with correspondingly longer cranky spells. Right now it’s a 15-minute routine with a super-perky woman leading the charge. At the suggestion of my daughter, I recently added a “fitness walking” YouTube video to my day. I’ve still been going around in circles for much of the year. Fortunately, DF is also a master of the lowest form of humor. I’m an inveterate** punster and I don’t want to be cured of this groan-inducing habit. As it says on my business card: I’ll help you find your voice. Helping someone figure out what’s preventing him from telling the story (fiction or nonfiction) he wants to tell is extremely satisfying. I’ve been a writing coach for several years now and I really, really enjoy it. When I started writing this blog going on eight (!) years ago, it was as my playground for words. Sure, it’s a good way to promote my books and drive readers to my freelance articles, but I could also have done just a promo page with links to my work. ![]() I list this separately from “writing” because technically I don’t have to maintain a personal blog. But I still can’t think of a better way to earn my bread and butter. Some days I’d rather mop the floor than do my job. I do this for a living, and to be honest it isn’t always fun. Fiction and nonfiction, biography and memoir, comedy and tragedy: Once again, bliss. In an armchair next to DF, at the kitchen table, while sitting on a plane – I can’t seem to get enough words. Many a winter evening is spent just reading in adjoining armchairs. Whatever we’re doing – housework, a symphony concert, grocery shopping, gardening, poking around the library – it’s all wonderful because we’re doing it together. Love doesn’t always equate a correspondingly rich physical life (shout-out to the ace folks among us), but I’m here to report that intimate connection doesn’t have to end after 35, or even after 55. Sorry, J.D., but that was the first thing that came to mind. In fact, one of the most important things I like to do is found at the end. Maybe that means my tastes are refined, or maybe it means that I’m a pretty boring person. Trouble is, I couldn’t make it to 20 things either. I decided to bounce off his post and give a list of 20 things I like to do. pokes fun at himself before the readers had a chance: “Kind of sad (and hilarious) to note that this list is in the order I thought of things.” Not only does he admit it (not sure I would have!), J.D. Even better: “Playing computer games” was the first one he thought of, whereas “sex” was the second thing to come up (as it were). admits he could list only 16 things he likes to do. With those items you’re supposed to create a chart with columns like “when did you last do this thing,” “is it free or is there a monetary cost,” “solitary or social,” “planned or spontaneous” and several other descriptors. Roth recently posted an article called “ How to find purpose in your life: 12 powerful exercises to help you discover purpose and passion.”Īmong those exercises was one called “20 things you like to do,” which is just what it sounds like: Make a list of 20 things – and it must be 20 – that you like to do. My blogging buddy and former* Get Rich Slowly boss J.D.
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