If I could figure out how to make money without having to work I'd have the perfect life for me. Truthfully, I don't mind the work part as long as I get to determine what hours and days I work or not work. I had a job like that once at Show Stoppers but they moved their operations to Myrtle Beach. I may try UPS this winter although it is hard and I'm older than when I did that job before.
In 2004 I was homeless, $37,000.00 in debt with monthly bills higher than my income but I paid off all my debts and saved $51,000.00 ($37,000 of that coming since Obama was elected). I have a paid for truck, money in the back, my ssi check, a disability check from my service in Vietnam, and a monthly draw from my retirement. I work in my yard, take care of the church, coach some baseball, spend some time with my mom, and just adopted two kittens. I have five flower gardens, three vegetable gardens, two water ponds, and some land in the mountains, and a wonderful wife.
Finances are tight, I do admit, and I try to spend as little as possible. So far I've had to withdrawn $4000 extra from my retirement account but have made all $4,000 back in interest. I also have ten grand in an account that I can't touch for a while and shared interest in a house (value unknown). In todays economy and by todays standards it isn't much but I have a modest home with easy payments and my car looks brand new and only has 12,000 miles on it and it is four years old. I buy one tank of gas a month for my truck so its not like I have expensive tastes or extravagant needs. I am a simple person with simple needs.
I not only believe in God and Jesus Christ but they are as real to me as I am. I enjoy teaching my Sunday School class, making the video of church services for our shutins and trying to make God's people feel special because they are.
I work as hard or even harder than I did when I had a job but I love every minute of it.
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