#70 - Got My Life Back

Hello all of you beautiful people. I truly hope everyone is doing well! I’m kind of embarrassed it took me this long to write a post, but what a year it has been!

Where to start? I accomplished some goals of mine this last year or so. I paid of my college loans which had been lingering over my head for a while. Back in May or June of 2023, I got an email saying that payment of college loans will be starting back up at the beginning of October. I decided in that instance, you know what, I’m going to pay these suckers off. It was about a three month plan, but mixed with my savings account and my monthly income, I was able to pull it off. The loan amount I had left to pay off was about $21,000. I made some sacrifices, but overall, I am happy with my decision.

Next, and let’s back pedal a bit here. In August of 2022, I received a call from my lawyer with some great news regarding some legal trouble that my dumbass had gotten myself into a few years back. I won’t get into details here, if you were around me at all, I have probably told you. I honestly may have told too many people, but it is a part of my journey so fuck it. Long story short, I am free and clear of all charges, etc. and happy to move on with my life. This issue was the biggest stressor on my life from 2019-2022, so to have it figured out, I felt like I took back some control of my life.

Next, I was able to muster up enough money to buy myself a new car, which again, if you know me, my previous car was actually illegal to drive and some would consider to be a death trap. I am not one to get attached to material objects, and I am not attached to my new car, but I will say it is a nice improvement to my life. However, when I found out how much I will be paying in car insurance a month, I nearly jumped off the balcony at my work. Suicide is never the answer, but when it comes to car insurance, you may want to consider it.

Those are the three main goals I have accomplished in the past year or so. I am also proud of myself for moving up to a management position at my work, which has increased my income and allowed me the luxuries of my current life. I still have plenty of goals just like everyone else, but I’d be lying if I said the past few years did not have me reevaluating how I see myself. I learned a lot and have become stronger because of it. I also let myself go in the winter as far as fitness goals and what not, so I have brought that back under my control and consider myself to be in relatively good shape.

Fitness is definitely a huge part of my life, and I feel when I am fit, the rest of my life is better, and I am not talking crazy fitness level here, just basic every day type shit. I look forward to hopefully writing more on here. I need to start small with writing, it seems to work well in other areas of my life when I start with once a week, or once every other week etc. We shall see. This blog is not a huge priority of mine, just something to vent and write down things I’m thinking. Anyway, that is enough of my nonsense. I love you all and hope everyone is living a loving and fulfilling life!!

Peace!! <3