The Good Life- on a budget

It's come to my attention that someone *gasp!* possibly even more than one someone, reads this little rag and actually finds what I have to say entertaining. Yikes. I'm not letting the adoration of a few random fans get to my head, I know I'm no literary genius- but the truth is, I've let my quest to make money off Google Ads lapse waaay too long. I guess my excuse for being away from the blogosphere is that I was simply spending way too much time 1)trying to find jobs so I could get money, and 2) trying not to spend the little money I do have.

Anyhoo, I might be better at sharing humorous stories than I am at imparting money-saving wisdom, but I'll try to do both. It might work. It might not. I make no promises, people.

But since I've been away so long and am sooo boringly out of shape, I'll steal a nugget of wisdom from Susannah and tell you to READ THIS ARTICLE NOW.

Not only does it give some sound advice for "Enjoying the good life on a budget," but it completely explains my entire raison d'etre. After years of almost-daily existential dilemmas, I finally came to the conclusion, as I was sitting in a dirty plaza in Florence Italy, that I might not have a "purpose," per se, but that maybe I should pursue adventure, and embrace my wanderlust, and see the world! and that would suffice. I think seeing the world is a pretty decent purpose. Certainly more preferable to me than sitting in a dim office making lots of money. If I had to pick between being a broke-ass artist and writing this crappy blog, and putting on a suit and sensible pumps to trek to an office where the windows don't even open to make loads of money, FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, I am pretty sure I would go with the broke-ass bit. I can't handle another "subway ride of doom" on a regular basis, especially since I ran for the 1 train and immediately sat in a puddle of liquid- water! water, people! it just *had* to be water... - yesterday. No mas!

So one last bit of advice for today: look before you leap. Seriously.