Bliss, Freedom, and parachutes

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Today I quit my job...

had a feeling it was coming, but it does feel nice now. I have some business deals to close early this week, then it is off to eastern washington for a week of bliss.

My boss took me out for cocktails at 3pm, I was blitzed by 4pm.

I highly recommend employement contracts, see this is the beauty of it, I quit today, and they still have to pay me for the next two months. Of course, I have another job offer in the works, after my required month off between jobs of course.

I refuse to work more than 9 months a year, it is too great a waste of life.

I am not sure exactly what I am going to do with the time yet, maybe take up pottery again or something similarly zen like.

I have decided to put off chasing women for a while as well. I realized that I am a very different person from the last time I was single and should probably explore it and figure out what works for me.

I went wine shopping yesterday, bought over 13 cases of wine, spent far too much money but it was worth it. I am thinking of opening the bottle of '63 Rothchild sitting back on my porch with a two hundred dollar cuban cigar and getting sloshed.

There is a delightful point of excess in life, where you are no longer enjoying something particulary fine, but enjoying the simple freedom to burn cash.

I have exquisite tastes, but to be completely honest I cant tell the difference better a hundred dollar cigar and a two hundred dollar cigar. so why do I smoke the two hundred dollar cigar? Granted I am not bill gates so I dont do it often, but there are two reasons, the first because I can, and the second because I enjoy the fact that I can.

I think I almost enjoy spending money for its sake alone, more so that for what it buys me.

Being able to drop a few grand on wine because I got excited and felt like it, is quite refreshing, almost theraputic even.

I highly recommend it.

Comments

Re: and 200 dollar I'll take a cigar as well

[firelegend.livejournal.com]

I apprechaite every little bit you said and will take those reccomendations! I make 37 now, im not actauly broke. But i tend to spend it all as soon as a iget it, mainly on college loans. That sucks up alot.. and the cell phone and cable.. so i figure once i get this rais i can pay of the damn loans. THEN i will have money to save and that will be so nice, i have my savings set to take 50$ out of my checking every month, that is a good start for someone who has never had a savings before. Im trying to learn to managae my money. I can do it i know i can! My first goal is to resist the urge to buy and expensive car, instead to get a nice civic with a cd player, more then enough for a 21 year old. *sigh* self control... lol I am trying!