The Creative Juices Are Flowing Again!

This crazy wonderful, very frustrating relationship is having a positive effect on me.  It has opened up the creative channels that have been sluggish for a while.  I have been writing poetry again!  My Muse is back!  Maybe now I can get back to those three writing projects I started months ago, and haven't done much with.  Maybe one of these days, I'll get back to my music, too.  After all, there has to be more to Retirement than Facebook ADDiction. 

Maybe I Was Too Impulsive

One thing with ADHD that gets me in trouble quite often is impulsivity.  I have a bad habit of jumping into things without thinking things through, and then regretting it later.  I'm beginning to wonder if that is what happened when I was fired back in September 2009, and then retired a week later.  It seemed a good idea, at the time, but I really wasn't properly prepared financially,  and I didn't consider the ramifications of early retirement. Now I am reaping the consequences.

I really didn't have much in my 401-K to begin with, and I went through it too fast, especially when I started using my cell phone for calling and texting.  I need a better plan.  My Go Phone, Pay as you go plan, is really only good for emergencies, not for regular use.  Now, my tiny reserve is gone, and my Social Security check is only half of what I made working.  I may have to get at least a part time job soon, just to keep from drowning.  I have barely enough for rent and utilities.  One good thing, though, is that I qualified for a food card, so I won't be starving.