Comments on: What to do with my time http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/2010/03/11/what-to-do-with-my-time/ a quest for financial independence Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: build house volunteer | BUILD HOUSE http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/2010/03/11/what-to-do-with-my-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1438 build house volunteer | BUILD HOUSE Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:02:07 +0000 http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/?p=4566#comment-1438 [...] Give Me Back My Five Bucks » What to do with my time [...] [...] Give Me Back My Five Bucks » What to do with my time [...]

]]> By: MoneyEnergy http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/2010/03/11/what-to-do-with-my-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1428 MoneyEnergy Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:50:27 +0000 http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/?p=4566#comment-1428 Heard about your being let go - now reading your comments here, what an awful way for the company to proceed behind your back! Sounds like this is a great opportunity to work for a more equitable, transparent place. I know what you mean about not being able to relax or watch TV yet, etc. - but just think, soon you'll have a job again and it will be back to the grind - might as well soak up the "free" time as much as you can now, too. Fit in something you normally wouldn't be able to do during the day, maybe. My recent post <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/moneyenergy/~3/i5SinjD1g3k/" target="_blank">Best Canadian Stocks for Americans To Invest In</a> Heard about your being let go – now reading your comments here, what an awful way for the company to proceed behind your back! Sounds like this is a great opportunity to work for a more equitable, transparent place. I know what you mean about not being able to relax or watch TV yet, etc. – but just think, soon you'll have a job again and it will be back to the grind – might as well soak up the "free" time as much as you can now, too. Fit in something you normally wouldn't be able to do during the day, maybe.
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]]> By: Anonymous Persona http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/2010/03/11/what-to-do-with-my-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1423 Anonymous Persona Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:36:16 +0000 http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/?p=4566#comment-1423 The gift of nothing is precious - if you aren't pressed to "make money now" then take a little time for yourself. You'll soon be busy enough. Let your mind clear of what is bothering you. Perhaps just start the day with, "what do I want to do today". How many people really get to do that? What did you want to do that you couldn't when you were working? If you like guidelines, goals and structure, then set a few of those in place. Personal and professional. Once, when I was a biologist, my wife asked me, "If you could work on any animal, what would it be?". I answered quickly, from my heart, and we set about to making it happen. It was amazing and guided our life for the next few years. Whatever your passion is, if you could do it, what would it be? You can find a way to make it happen. Remember we live in a first-world country. Money comes easy. Opportunities abound. So far, time is on our side, so feel free to revel in it a bit, then you can get back to real life. Or perhaps find a new direction and follow that. The gift of nothing is precious – if you aren't pressed to "make money now" then take a little time for yourself. You'll soon be busy enough. Let your mind clear of what is bothering you. Perhaps just start the day with, "what do I want to do today". How many people really get to do that? What did you want to do that you couldn't when you were working?

If you like guidelines, goals and structure, then set a few of those in place. Personal and professional. Once, when I was a biologist, my wife asked me, "If you could work on any animal, what would it be?". I answered quickly, from my heart, and we set about to making it happen. It was amazing and guided our life for the next few years. Whatever your passion is, if you could do it, what would it be? You can find a way to make it happen.

Remember we live in a first-world country. Money comes easy. Opportunities abound. So far, time is on our side, so feel free to revel in it a bit, then you can get back to real life. Or perhaps find a new direction and follow that.

]]> By: Ellen http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/2010/03/11/what-to-do-with-my-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1405 Ellen Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:12:41 +0000 http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/?p=4566#comment-1405 I can so relate to this because I felt a lot of the same emotions after I was laid off last year. It can be really hard to make that structure for yourself after it's taken away from you. And that wound is still fresh, no wonder you can't just get over it -- what they did to you really sucked! I think you're doing a good job what with trying to make yourself tasks to do during the day, a lot of people would just flop on the couch for at least a solid week. Is there some big project you have been putting off, like (I'm making these up here) learning a new program or language or mastering some kind of skill? Maybe since you got your new stove you could try to cook something new and complicated. If making guidelines and goals is what gets you energized, then definitely do that. I can so relate to this because I felt a lot of the same emotions after I was laid off last year. It can be really hard to make that structure for yourself after it's taken away from you. And that wound is still fresh, no wonder you can't just get over it — what they did to you really sucked!

I think you're doing a good job what with trying to make yourself tasks to do during the day, a lot of people would just flop on the couch for at least a solid week. Is there some big project you have been putting off, like (I'm making these up here) learning a new program or language or mastering some kind of skill? Maybe since you got your new stove you could try to cook something new and complicated. If making guidelines and goals is what gets you energized, then definitely do that.

]]> By: Ellen http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/2010/03/11/what-to-do-with-my-time/comment-page-1/#comment-13966 Ellen Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:12:41 +0000 http://www.givemebackmyfivebucks.com/?p=4566#comment-13966 I can so relate to this because I felt a lot of the same emotions after I was laid off last year. It can be really hard to make that structure for yourself after it's taken away from you. And that wound is still fresh, no wonder you can't just get over it -- what they did to you really sucked! I think you're doing a good job what with trying to make yourself tasks to do during the day, a lot of people would just flop on the couch for at least a solid week. Is there some big project you have been putting off, like (I'm making these up here) learning a new program or language or mastering some kind of skill? Maybe since you got your new stove you could try to cook something new and complicated. If making guidelines and goals is what gets you energized, then definitely do that. I can so relate to this because I felt a lot of the same emotions after I was laid off last year. It can be really hard to make that structure for yourself after it's taken away from you. And that wound is still fresh, no wonder you can't just get over it — what they did to you really sucked!

I think you're doing a good job what with trying to make yourself tasks to do during the day, a lot of people would just flop on the couch for at least a solid week. Is there some big project you have been putting off, like (I'm making these up here) learning a new program or language or mastering some kind of skill? Maybe since you got your new stove you could try to cook something new and complicated. If making guidelines and goals is what gets you energized, then definitely do that.

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