When Money Is Not Enough

My typed words have been silent for a month now.

It would be wonderful to say I went to Hawaii after all with my friend,
Or that the new hunk-of-a-man in my life has taken priority,
Or that I am now famous and above blogging...

As you may have guessed none of these are very true.

What really happened is 3 jobs turning into twelve hour days.
I am now downsizing my life and work.


I have decided that there comes a point when money is not enough.

Yes, I know the economy is hurting and now may not be the best time to walk away from money and a job.
Bills still have to be paid in my crib.  And there has been no shortage of the "unexpecteds".

So I thought it might be best to compile a "sanity" budget along with my financial budget.
The bottom line is is that the psychotherapy I need from working so much (did I mention this is twelve hours with miniature insanity makers -children?) costs me way more than the income I am bringing in.
Couch sessions aren't cheap.  Even for cheapskates!


I am writing this lightly yet it is true that there are many things in life that not even American Express can make priceless.


I was losing my time and energy to do the things that contribute to my purpose here on
earth.
That in turn affects relationships namely the one I am nurturing within myself.


A budget helps us live within our means.
This has now come to include a budget within my mental and emotional means.

Just as I make cutbacks to save money on physical items I am making cutbacks to help me not fly over the cuckoo's nest.

It feels good. 
Oh, a little scary, but more-so comforting to know that someone is looking out for my overall best interest.  
It is wonderful that that someone is me.  I'm free-as in no charge!

 "The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."  ~Hans Hofmann, Introduction to the Bootstrap, 1993

Insanity: A How-To Guide To Get Guaranteed Results

My latest book.

"I don't suffer from insanity.  I enjoy every minute of it."~Author Unknown

Due to space limitations I can not include all of the possible ways to go insane.
Here are but a few to get you started on your road to Insanity:

*Get married and expect eternal bliss daily, 

*Talk to a foreign telemarketer - named Sam,


*Have a baby and think your world will remain the same,

*Drive behind someone talking on their cell phone,

*Get a cat for a pet and try to make it do what you want,

*Have another baby,



*Believe the time frame your contractor gives you,


*Get divorced and expect it will be amicable,

*Have a conversation with an inebriated person,


*Expect your two-year old to be compliant and reasonable,


*Plan around the repair man coming at the beginning of his four hour window,


*Try to reason with a teenager,


*Have yet another baby,


*Believe that the lose-weight-while-you-sleep products work,

*Get fish, thinking they are easy-to-care-for-pets,

*Try to understand your child's texting codes,


*Give birth to twins,


*Think there should be visible results after exercising one week,

*Try to change someone,

*Teach a sixteen year old how to drive,

*Love someone.


If you have done these things and you are still in your right state of mind,
YOU ARE NOT NORMAL! 

"No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions."~Henry Ward Beecher

Seek help immediately!