I've been home just over a year and half now, and I'm getting the nomadic itch again. While home will always be home, it feels more like a base camp of sorts. Besides my mother, sister, and therapist I don’t have much keeping me here. I've moved quite a bit since graduating good ol’ SC, anywhere from 8-10 times, depending on how you are counting, so much in fact, that I have trouble, at times, attributing my troubles to environmental factors as it seems like something more internal, almost eerily personal and permanent.
That being said, my homeboy and brother from another who has been making it happen in Atlanta for years now, recently recommended that I consider moving down there. There would definitely be more to motivate me in ATL, as I wouldn't want to couch crash for an extended period of time. We make a good team and know how to play off one another's abilities, and if we put out heads together for long enough, I know we could come up with a hustle or two to, at the very least, knock out some bills. Find a decent-gig that suits me, and the rest, as they say, would be gravy. You can't beat the cost of living (down there full time, minimum wage work is definitely livable) nor can you throw a rock without hitting a gorgeous redbone. Yes while I was out there this summer, I definitely noticed a favorable ratio. The culture (yay for diversity), that I’ve absorbed in my two trips down there, also seems to agree with me. Though I consider myself a chameleon, the laid-back, take-it-easiness of the south is diametrically opposed with the hustle-and-bustle linked to Northeastern city life, and as I make my transition back into the realm of the functioning, it’s probably best that I don’t attempt to go from 0-60.
His offer comes at a perfect time because I remember awhile back thinking that I did NOT want to ring in 2012 and/or my 30th living at home as a dependent in a second childhood of sorts. This could be the development I needed to prevent this unconscionable reality from occurring. As my friend is always quick to point out, there is always a plan B to be implemented and executed if A, should fail (and similarly plans C-Z, if those first two should fail).
That being said, those that are familiar with my spending habits know that this month’s temping earnings are as good as gone. Like Kanye said, “I got a problem with spending before I get it,”, and more than likely the nice chunk o’ change is going towards either (in order of likelihood) 1) a one-way plane ticket to ATL that will allow me to test the employment waters 2) financing a reunion with the college gang 3) PS3 and the new Madden (no it never gets old) or 4)paying off/renewing my gym membership (unlikely)
Speaking of money, I’ve started selling books on Amazon the past couple of weeks, just in time to hit the back-school rush. Though it’s not much money at all (I’ve probably netted $40-45 off of 20 books), I’m trying to train myself to see the value and what I previously would have called, “nickel and dime hustles.” Last I checked a nickel + a dime = 15 cents, and any good hustler can flip that into his first dollar, and so on and so forth. Whatever the case may be it’ll be good to have money for the essentials: Beer (which I’ve been craving) and a steady supply of sweet, sweet nicotine. Other than that I really don’t have much in the way of immediate, short-term wants.
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