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To be in a state of flux is to be in a process of continuous change. Everyone’s life changes from time to time, but I think I’ve experienced more changes in the past five months than I ever have. The weird thing about that is that I feel like nothing’s changing because so much of my time is locked into certain things. I’m working to change that too, so it’s likely good to go through how much things have changed for me this year and roll with it instead of fighting it like I used to. Music I’ve finally consolidated all of my musical projects into one, which is something I haven’t done since 2002 with Natthimmel. Back then it was going from two to one, not eight to one. I still get new ideas for projects, but then I think that I could make a new Philistine on the Sidewalk album with that idea (or at least an EP). I used to not worry too much about genre with Natthimmel either, but with the album I put out under it (The Great Beyond), the completely different genres were all on the same album and it made listening to it a little difficult for some non-metal oriented folks that have copies. Now, if I stick to relatively similar sound on each album, it should make things easier for any listeners. Some may not like a black metal/trip-hop EP, some might. We’ll see! Fitness I’ve lost 20 pounds and my body fat percentage is dropping with my two nights a week of weights and one night of cardio. I’ve been meaning to work my muay thai more here at home, but the weekends tend to get away from me, so that’s something else that’s changed. I’ve also stopped with the personal training, though my old trainer would like me to start up again because he’s bored on Monday nights now. Gaming I haven’t touched my Xbox 360 in over two months when I was used to playing it a few nights a week last year, but I have been playing the NES, SNES, and Genesis a fair amount – mostly for Nintendo-A-GoGo, which is something else that was started back up this year. I’ll probably get a little 360 in with the three-day weekend, but we’ll see. Finances I’ve started cutting back expenses and saving as much money as I can in order to build a stock portfolio with dividends that will provide me with a steady source of passive income. So far, things are coming along to my liking and while a couple of my picks are a little dicey, most of my portfolio is rather solid and will only continue to grow through further investment and dividend reinvestment (for the time being). I’ve also been working on building alternate streams of passive income and I’ve got a lot figured out, but I need to make the time to do all the work that comes with that. That’s one of the reasons I’m dropping the blog to once a week for the time being – yet another change. Cats The biggest change of them all was losing Mouse, since he was with me for so long and he was an amazing companion. It was two months ago yesterday that he had to be put to sleep and he was in my thoughts a lot yesterday, even while playing with Barclay. I had forgotten how wild a young cat is compared to an old one, and it made me miss sitting and relaxing with Mouse at my side. Barclay’s not much for the sitting or relaxing, though now he’s discovered the joys of the window, he’s mellowing out a bit. I also got Barclay recently and like I said, he’s been a trip. I’m waiting for the day that he doesn’t wake me up in the morning by going wild with his toys, scratching the crap out of his litterbox, or pouncing on my chest and/or nether regions, but that day will come. He’s really a great cat and I have a feeling he’ll settle more into the companion role as time goes by. Job My job has gone from two people to one and the workload has nearly doubled on top of that (almost quadrupled altogether), but it’s still the same job for the same pay. I guess that hasn’t changed, which is why I’m building alternate sources of income. The Rest of the Year It’s hard to say how much more change is going to come, but with me barreling forward with all of my projects, it’s bound to change some more – hopefully for the better. Discuss this post at [The Forum of Jason Vincion]! Posted on May 28th, 2010. |
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