I should probably write something this year.
I have a new laptop, but I'm strangely not using it now.
I actually went the entire Bowl Season this year without watching a bowl. I didn't watch the National Championship. I watched nothing. I just didn't care.
Increasingly I stay away from ESPN as well. I love the channel. I flip to it a lot, but I get bored quickly and easily with redundant stories about things that don't really matter. I just want highlights, not obscure debates about the historical significance of every other news story.
My favorite station is CNBC. It's free of B.S. It gives business news, which is really the news that matters. I want to get better at finance and accounting. I want to understand how people buy and sell bonds. I love American Greed and The Profit. I just love CNBC. It's my favorite channel by far.
The older you get the more important money becomes. Money does not buy happiness. I believe that. But Money does give you power. Money gives you options.
My professor in my MBA class, (yes I am a student again) made the point that status is shown differently in different cultures. Sometimes it's not money, but the amount of people that work with you. The similar thing is that all status symbols help show power.
Back to money. Money allows you to travel and fly to see friends. It allows you to retire and enjoy life. Allows you to afford to have kids and to buy a home. Money is important. The things that affect it have become increasingly important to me.
Instead of watching a bowl game, I read a book on Hetty Green. She was a fascinating and strange women. She was once the richest women in the world, and was known as the Witch of Wall Street.
I'm trying to work on reading about Rockefeller right now. It's a great read, but it's hard to find time to read 700 pages while working and in class.
I love working in sports. It's rewarding to help students in the classroom and to start their careers. There is a part of me that wants to help myself though. I think that this year will be a good year in the sense that I think that I can finally afford to live. I won't need to feel guilty about getting away or going out.
I love track and field. I wish I could run again though. This plantar fasciitis sucks, although I think I'm starting to recover.
I was happy to go home for a little bit for the holidays. I felt really cold weather again. I even tried ice-skating for half an hour on our pond when it was negative one. I also did a fair amount of cross country skiing.
I'm alive and rooting for the Seahawks in a match-up that doesn't evoke much passion to me.
