Vaguely planning Ahead

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I don't do New Years resolutions, but as I look ahead to the last kid to graduate reaching that goal in June I realize it's time to shift gears more thoroughly to a Grown Up household instead of a Kid household - whatever that means.  Frankly, the "empty nest" sounds pretty good some days, though I love my kids, and I sincerely hope they can each find their feet well enough to get their own homes before too long.  Besides, my house is FULL of extra furniture and stuff they've stashed away for their "own apartment someday."  

For a baby step into this next season, I'm thinking I'll be winding down my Etsy shop and looking into getting a part time 'real' job this next fall - I love Etsy, but it isn't remotely enough to make a dent in our mortgage and I would very much like to work on getting that paid down.  We'll see what happens, I'm not particularly marketable but there may be something that comes to hand.

Comments

[elij_0650]

Best of luck and remember, if you have children and kept a household and grappled finances etc. you have many skills which make you valuable in the work place.

I watch the young people at work with their shiny qualifications and enthusiasm and worry that they make everything harder for themselves and their colleagues because they haven't the skills that help you find solutions regardless of what the textbooks say you can/should do.

Tally ho!