Sunday, March 29, 2009

To be an Author.

I'm constantly stunned by the quantity of books in the typical bookstore. Are there legitimately that many people with careers executable from a coffee shop? I think that is my ultimate goal - to be able to work from the local Caribou - and look carefree doing it.

On a typical day I will have at least 2 or 3 ideas that I feel would be perfect for a book. It's a pretty rare idea that actually perpetuates itself enough to actually become a mainstay of my day to day fantasies. Sometimes I think I should just start writing one of these hypothetical books in my spare time. But then I realize that, hey, I've written 4 posts in over half a year. Doesn't seem likely a book will come to fruition without a serious concentrated effort.

Anyone who knows me knows that I pinch not only pennies but any other physical thing that could be a new source of gain if only given a small pinch. I try to act lavishly, but the fact is I make $32k/year and somehow manage to save $15k/year after taxes.

Eh... I'll finish this post at a later date. My throat hurts.