Tuesday, May 27, 2014

I Remember Nothing

Nora Ephron wrote a book called I Remember Nothing.  This is about where I am right now.  I remember reading it and relating to it, but ask me what happened between January 1, 2010 and today, May 27, 2014, I can tell you, so much and so little has happened as  I'll be very unreliable with details.
In broad strokes, I can tick off the big stuff; getting married in June 2010.   I read the book in 2010 as well as that's when it was published.  Q-tip found us in 2011 of course, too.  There was buying a house in February 2012 and working on the Obama campaign that same year.  I was in Hawaii on election day and the rest up to now is a blur because basically I consider 2013 as "AKS", After Knee Surgery. I tore the ACL in my left knee on that trip, had surgery in December and the recovery was so consuming that I felt like parts of my brain were shut off until I was entirely convinced that I was no longer walking with a limp.  That really wasn't until fall of last year.

I've been wanting to revive DoneDotCom for a while now.  Seeing that my last post was almost four years ago and frankly, another person might have well as written those earlier posts, I thought I'd pluck out some key information to stay on track with the original intention the blog.  This is an excerpt from 2008 when I started:

1- DONE.COM isn't just about not working BUT, working everyday especially in America with two weeks vacation until retirement at 65 is definitely not for everyone.
2- DONE.COM may require a plan that takes into consideration aging parents for some.
3- DONE.COM is about being realistic about quality of life in the future.
4- DONE.COM is about having an EXCELLENT grasp on personal finances and financial matters.
5- DONE.COM is about having smart or no debt (smart debt is debt that is paid off regularly at a low interest rate).
6- DONE.COM is about having goals and staying on top of the WHY.
7- DONE.COM is about realizing the need to belong.

Well, I definitely have some new perspective, since I didn't actually account for the extended case of the hiccups that the American economy has had.  I also happen to be getting crushed by the tech "bubble" in the Bay Area that seems to be pushing everyone's buttons, even my own but then again, we all know we don't get our buttons pushed, rather, we walk into people with their finger stuck out.