Monday afternoon, before leaving home to attend a New Year’s party, I checked my mailbox. There was nothing of importance. Nothing, that is, but a letter from my apartment managers.
The news that my rent was going up wasn’t a complete surprise — it’s gone up all but one year since I’ve lived here — but it was certainly an unwelcome one for the reason cited above: my expenses go up, my income stays the same.
My goal for 2019 is to change that calculus in some fashion. That may mean taking on freelance work of some kind. That may mean changing jobs (and careers) entirely. A flat income with rising expenses, however, isn’t tenable over the long-term.
Stay tuned!
Published by Allyn
A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.
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