Manic Monday.

Day 2. 05/09/16

Today was my "first day", outside of training at my new job. Business 2 Business sales. Nothing fancy, but it's a paycheck and 3 months from now, I'll be debt free. Money has been on my mind a lot lately. In fact it's pretty much the only thing that's been on my mind.

I'd have rather avoided the "young debt" scenario entirely, but life is funny like that. The silver lining is having made the mistakes at such a young age, when I have such a great supporting cast surrounding me. A loan to assist with moving out, a credit card to assist with day to day life. A contract for this, something else on finance. But it's fine, it's all in little manageable repayments each month. Next minute, you've taken a gamble on a job abroad, which turns out to be complete BS & you're living back at home, jobless, desperately trying to keep your head above water.

December 1st is the day I'm looking forward to most. Well, aside from October 30th.. Bengals @ Wembley. Another dream comes true!

01.12.16 marks the start of a new chapter, (my god that sounds cliche). The only monthly outgoing I'll have, is a mobile phone bill. For the better part of 5 years now, I've had no less than 5 direct debits active at any given time. Shackled to all these greedy corporations because of their "services". I'm almost venting now.. Back to risk.

Risk is what keeps us young. It's what makes us feel alive. And if you don't take a risk every once in a while, you might just spend the rest of your life wondering what if. Thankfully, I'm all risked out and have a clear plan devised for the next few years of my life.

When the time inevitably comes and I read back on this - note to self - I hope you've learnt your lesson. And that you aren't in a pickle like I'm just now escaping. I've felt and thought things I never want to have the misfortune of feeling/thinking again. The dark days are almost gone..

Less of a blog today, more of a, brain emptying session if you will. Time for bed.