It almost feels like coming back to your hometown after being away for at least 10 years.  So much has changed in the blogging world, and it hasn’t even been a year! In someways, it feels awkward, but at the same time, exciting. I’ve got so much to catch up on.

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Foreclosures are climbing.  Homes sales are slumping.  Consumer confidence crumbles. Media is printing nothing but bleak news…then again, how often is news happy news?

Lo and behold: Dow hits record high!
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Almost a full four months since my last net worth analysis, a lot has happened:

• I left my job;
• I attempted to start blogging, stopped, and am trying to start again;
• I entered a funk…and haven’t got out; and,
• I lost a finger.

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This post won’t contain much financials, but it’s more a “sign of life,” like identifying water molecules in the atmosphere of a foreign planet.

The past few months since leaving my job has been rather uneventful. What’s even worse, life being such a bore seems to be pulling me down a dark, deep abyss. Unmotivated to do much else than get through the day.

I’m not use to this, and I’m not sure what to do.

Usually, I feel like changing my life…pursuing new adventures…seeking out new things to do. It ain’t happening this time. Am I deperessed? Am I just going through a phase? Beats the heck out of me.

I do know that since leaving my last job, I feel like every penny is that much more valuable. Do I feel like I regret leaving my job to pursue new things? Yes. What’s done is done though. Life goes on.

What has leaving my old job taught me? Maybe you put up with certain things you may not enjoy to make a living. Maybe the “job I love” is really just a myth and doesn’t exist–work is work. Bah.

At the moment, I’m helping out where I can with the family business.

Stayed tuned…I hope to find the motivation to blog someday in the future…hopefully the near future. Most likely with a different perspective on finances.

At least the PF Universe is thriving…many of my old pf friends are still blogging away. Blog on…blog on.

I need to take my own advice.