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26 June 2002 (Wednesday): practical babble

The catch-22: Shouldn't quit job #1 until I've secured a steady stream of work with job #2. Securing a steady stream of work with job #2 requires having a lot of time to meet with all sorts of people all over the place during business hours, which is only made possible by quitting job #1. Hence the bind I'm in.

Meanwhile, I'm contemplating putting myself through intensive lifestyle-change training, so's to have the right habits in place when I become a pauper. Example: this business of eating all my meals in restaurants. Not sustainable on my future salary. I will learn to eat home-cooked leftovers. Of course, this involves having halfway edible home cooking to begin with. Hmm. Will have to work on that.

I'm also thinking that (gulp) downgrading to dialup may kill two birds with one stone. No hefty DSL bill, and with crawlingly slow downloads I may just give up this websurfing addiction.

posted by enjelani @ 03:10 PM PST

Replies: 5 comments

I too hoped that downgrading from DSL to dialup would slow down my websurfing. Alas, it had a negligible effect. Web addiction is a pesky, mischievous thing. The way I reduce the temptation is to have the power supply for my laptop in a different location from the phone cable.

btw, e... my advice, fwiw: Jump. The crevasse is not as wide in reality as it may seem in your mind.

posted by soren @ 26 06 2002 03:53 PM PST

no, it never is. :) and hell, i've got plenty of calcium in these young bones, they can stand a nasty jolt or two.

posted by enjelani @ 26 06 2002 04:12 PM PST

Get WifiMetro - you get better than T1 rates in public 801.11.b hotspots for quality time access/download/upload in dozens of cafes around town on your laptop... then rid yourself of your home ISP completely. You'll save hours. ...I've got both, it costs hours! :-)

Doesn't your #1 job allow you to take a personal leave for a few months?

posted by bill @ 26 06 2002 05:17 PM PST

only if you're "valuable." :) it's certainly what i'll ask for, instead of quitting straight off the bat. it remains to be seen whether i'm considered valuable.

posted by enjelani @ 26 06 2002 06:02 PM PST

Going through the same lifestyle change attempt right now. My problems are eating out and book addiction...I have to learn to like the library again, and not worry so much about actually owning every book I read.

posted by Moonpuddle @ 26 06 2002 09:16 PM PST