Blessings, affirmations, grace, and reflection

So, the reason I am feeling stuck right now is because my career path is my plan B. I was always taught to have a plan B prepared and this is it. It has served me well to basically keep my head above water (barely.) My aunt seems to think I should be grateful to not be in the same position as these folks.   While she has a point, she also needs to keep in mind that I invested EVERYTHING - money, time, relationships - into my education. I should be reaping what I sowed. Then I see other people out there who are true blue hustlers and I understand why I am where I am. My hustle factor is lacking. So 2012 is going to be the year of hustling. Hustle, hustle real hard!

Um, didn't I just blog about this the other day (See Sept. 19)? Why was I thinking of getting a box of Mac and Cheese to cut some hot dog up in?  Sodium hell!  Other cut backs include going from drinking top shelf liquors to having cheap wine ($2 buck Chuck) and beer buzzes. I guess the days of Carrie Bradshaw and the girls hey day has come to a end. Pass the baked beans and franks, please. 

I'm still here trying to make things happen.  Trying not to freak out about the state of the economy and the community.  I've lived in two different states this year and both have been immersed in a violent crime wave. That was the first indication that things were only getting to get worse.  On the one hand, I know that there is a huge problem with the economy.  However, this is an issue that has been going on for a while now.  Why else was Bush approving the economic stimulus checks that we've been cashing since he has been in office?  Hello, red flag! I've lived through several recessions in the past.  I'm a kid of the 70s.  That was a bad recession. Then there was the recession in the 80s when Reagan was in office.  Things improved a bit when Clinton came into office, and when the Repubs came back into power they tried to make it seem like we were still in that same economic state.  But the tension has been in the air for a long time.  It was only a matter of ti...