Well, the first half of the year is over (or if you're financially minded, the first half of the year has only just begun, so well done on catching up to the rest of us). Summer has been and gone (and good riddance), winter has properly arrived (Hello Winter), tax returns are now submittable (yet despite the offer of free money, many won't bother to do them until the night before the deadline, proving once and for all that this is NOT just a student thing), and christmas is now only 180 days away. Not that we're counting. It's also six months since I took my first steps towards pursuing a future in writing, rather than just writing as much as I could around full time work ("as much as I could" = "not a lot"). So it's time for a review.
Allow me to elaborate.
Six months ago (not to scale) I begun looking for part time work, with the interest of pursuing side projects such as theatre, film, and video games (the making, not the attending, watching, and playing of, respectively). By the end of January I had moved into a new position away from my previous employer and begun my new part time work. At roughly the same time I began work on my writing projects. This was very much a test to see if a) I could get by on a part time income, and b) whether I could productive enough to continue to produce material on an expanded basis.
So here is a comparison and review for 2010 compared to 2009, to swell my ego with the helium of success and puncture it with the thumb tacks of failure.
2010 so far: A review and comparison. (Titles by Warren Zevon)
Lawyers, Guns and Money: The financial stuff.
Savings mid 2009: $5000.00
Expensive holidays to the UK: 1
Savings mid 2010: $0
Unfulfilling Full Time Jobs 2009: 1
Unfulfilling Part Time Jobs 2009: 0
Unfulfilling Full Time Jobs 2010: 0
Unfulfilling Part Time Jobs 2010: 1
Number of credit cards mid 2009: 2
Number of credit cards mid 2010: 0!
Expensive medical tests 2009: 0
Number of chronic back injuries: 1
Expensive medical tests 2010: 2
Number of congenitive heart diseases: 0!
Number of chronic back injuries: 1
Personal Loans 2009: 1
Personal Loans 2010: 1
Lottery wins: 0
Lottery entries: 0
Results: Inconclusive.
Non-essential purchases: Too many.
Comments: Great improvement in debt reduction, but poor saving results.
Goal for rest of 2010: Save some cash up for visiting Dad in Perth, laptop. Less debt = good.
Johnny Strikes Up The Band: The creative stuff.
Number of plays produced 2009: 0
Number of plays produced 2010: 1
Number of short films written 2009: 0
Number of short films written 2010: 1
Number of novels written 2009: 0
Number of novels written 2010: 0.1
Knowledge of computer prorgramming and level design 2009: None.
Knowledge of computer prorgramming and level design 2010: a bit.
Number of sword fights won with pens: 0
Number of sword fights lost with pens: 0
Results: Inconclusive.
Number of Fish in Black cartoons 2009: 0
Number of Fish in Black cartoons 2010: 0
Sighs: Many.
World Hunger ended through power of written word: Still none.
Comments: Undeniably a great improvement, but more could still have been done in the time available. Procrastination is a harsh mistress.
Goal for rest of 2010: Finish level design course, write additional films. Resume Fish In Black. Release website.
Excitable Boy: The Misc stuff.
New Years Eve spent 2009: Brunswick
New Years Eve spent 2010: York
Love of Beatles mid 2009: 0
Love of Beatles mid 2010: 9000
Xbox 360 Gamerscore end of 2009: 19850
Xbox 360 Gamescore mid 2010 30071.
Conclusions: Worrying.
Favourite Band: Barenaked Ladies
Favourite Game: Mass Effect 2
Favourite Film: Toy Story 3.
Favourite Pretzel: Don't really eat pretzels.
Outlook: Positive.
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