What does the future hold?

I spent the weekend down in Portland attending a friend’s wedding. It was wonderful. I really love weddings. Some single people get all depressed at weddings. Not me, I think they are great.

Business Future

My business had it’s most profitable month ever in May. I haven’t done the books yet for the month, but it should be around a 3-4K net profit. It’s possible to repeat this in June, but it’s going to be more difficult. If I could just repeat a 4K profit every month, I’d soon have a pretty sweet little cash stash to start trying to settle some of my larger business debts.

Blog Future

I’m contemplating adding a content writer for my little blog here. I have lots of post ideas and content I wish to add here, but it’s not an efficient use of my time. My really good post ideas usually go to Lending Club anyway.

This site pulled in over 1K again in May, and so it’s crazy for me not to spend a little time focusing on providing more content here. So, if you see posts by another author start to show up later this week….have no fear, it’s part of a short test. : )

Personal Future

I’m really trying to stay focused on the present right now. It’s so easy for me to get caught up in making future plans that I often don’t just enjoy and really live in the present.

That being said. My lease on my current place is up at the end of August. It may be time for me to consider a move to a cheaper location, or perhaps something crazier (living in both cities?). We’ll see. When I mentioned perhaps moving back to Portland this weekend, my mother immediately offered a free room to me. I of course, completely declined. But to her, having someone else around would be huge (see has health issues, and is often quite lonely). So, we’ll see.

Other Future Ventures

Doing a follow up interview with Bob Brooks last week confirmed a feeling I’ve been having for a while. I really love talking about financial topics. Even if it means using my own stupid mistakes as examples. What could this mean from a business standpoint?

I’m not sure yet, but I may consider starting a second blog/online media company focused on smart financial info for the younger population. I realize I have a real passion for this kind of stuff. So we will see. I have actually quite a bit of free time work wise at the moment, so I need to start thinking of how best to utilize my talents/skills going forward.

Debt Future

All of my future plans are dependent on paying off my debt. I should be receiving a payment plan offer from the IRS this week. On the business side the IRS debt, plus around 80K in unsecured loans is what I owe there. All the unsecured debt is in, and has been in collections for some time now. I hope to be able to settle those debts at some point.

On the personal side, my largest creditor is my mother. I’m currently sending her $450 a month, but my eventual goal is to repay her at a 1K/month level.

photo by: aussiegall