*sigh*

[ksmith]

An interesting post by an agent tailor-made to burst my little soap bubble dreams.

I dream of the quit-the-day-job deal. I am also a tad security-conscious. I once took one of those on-the-job personality tests--the results were a tie between "entrepreneur" and "security", which is about as conflicted a result as you can get.

To be a full-time writer. The books need to keep selling, and you need to keep writing them. For 20, 30, 40 years or more.

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[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

(According to those graphs, we can be out in 9 years, with plenty to last us in our current lifestyle. I don't believe them - maybe because it seems to good to be true.)

I'm prepared for my standard of living to take a hit. I am figuring that the freedom will be worth it. I may kick myself later, but I won't know until I know.

I really don't like being a grownup sometimes.

Testify, sister! I may swipe this as a Thought for the Day.

[mindyklasky.livejournal.com]

I was going to type "swipe away" and then I saw that you had :-)

I'm prepared for *some* hit. (We eat out at restaurants a lot, for example, because we're both too beat to cook and clean up when we get home. I love cooking at home and wouldn't mind doing it, in a world where there's more time.)

That's the balancing act, though, isn't it? figuring out the things that we're willing to sacrifice, and the things that we aren't?

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I jumped the gun. Sorry. :-/ But you said exactly what I'd been thinking for the past few days. I still think this adult thing is waay overrated.

As the day draws closer, I think I'll finally be able to shake out once and for all what I'm willing to do without. I only hope that I don't jump before I'm really ready, and end up regretting it.

Then there are days when I think I'd be willing to live on peanut butter if I could just step away. It isn't even that my job is 60+ hours a week stressful. It's just that I'm going through the motions.