If Time is Money, I'm Broke!

Desire <> Ability
(translation: just because you want to do something doesn't mean you'll be able to) ... in my case, this means that no matter how much I want to be involved and engaged in things, my time limits my ability ... you can't do something well that you don't have time to do at all.

Between my kids' activities & school, my day job, my evening job (NetworthIQ), my interests in books (hey, shout out to TurboBookSnob), my love of comics, my involvement in the school board, my fascination with interaction design (Cooper rocks!), and the need to keep up on XHTML/CSS/JavaScript/C#/.NET/Photoshop ... well, it just seems like I'm always on the move these days ... heck, I'm even moving in real life ... new house to accomodate the growing family and save me from the endless home improvements that have also been on my to-do list (the new place is NOT a fixer-upper, like the past two have been).

So, the question then becomes, why the heck should I start blogging? And now of all times?!?

I guess there's no easy answer, other than that my passion has always been to make things as clear and simple as possible in the midst of chaos ... in my work as a web application developer, in my growing work as an interaction designer, and in every other job I've done (database analyst, HRIS specialist, desktop support tech, network engineer).

Writing is my outlet ... (okay, 'nuff deep introspection for today!)

Getting a financial IQ test

It sounds kinda corny, but it's amazing what a wake up call it is to actually figure out your net worth ... especially if you're in my age bracket (30-34) and just waking up to the fact that, yes, you WILL become like your parents some day and that, yes, you ARE getting older and that thing called "retirement" is not quite so far away as it once seemed, so the time is now to start planning for it.

NetworthIQ was my wake up call ... this project, built with a couple of developer friends, was designed to be a social financial tool for tracking your net worth and comparing it to the net worth of others in various demographic categories. In the process of building the site, I started investigating my own net worth and realized pretty quickly that I have a long way to go in order to be where I want to be when I retire (or retire early if I dream really big).

You can check out my public profile on NetworthIQ and see what you think ... I'm making a commitment to update my net worth info at the end of each month, and to start spending less (and making smarter purchases) while saving more.

Had to start somewhere ...

Okay, never mind the fact that I'm only years late to the whole blogging thing ... let's just say that, while I haven't been blogging, I've sure read a lot of blogs ...

Welcome to the start of something good (or so I hope).