Posts under ‘help’

I am nearly ready for my second tattoo (sort of my first, if you think like I do).
At any rate, I'd really like this one to be in a less hidden place. Yet, at the same time, I worry greatly about employability. I do have a daughter to care for after all. And money [...]

I'm playing that game again where I load a revolver haphazardly with all the different things that might make me feel better and then pull the trigger as fast as I can until I do. Food, drugs, sex, music, sleep, exercise, anything! I just load it up with different combinations and go.
Sometimes it works. Not [...]

Late Saturday morning, Celeste and I are going to IKEA. Come with us! I'm getting a few things for Celeste, maybe a bed for me, and a few things for the house. IKEA is just fun. Especially when it's crowded on a weekend. Well do some shopping, have lunch, and come home in time for [...]

The more I think about it the more I believe that being a landlord is going to be an absolute nightmare for me.
There is a big difference between buying and renting property for fun and profit, and renting a piece of property simply because you have no other way to get rid of it. The [...]

(All of the input you guys are providing is really helping me to weigh this out and really see all the PROs and CONs. Thank you all, again and again. You are awesome.)
It seems that the two biggest CONs to moving are:
1. Living in an apartment
2. Being a landlord
Since I've worked out most of what [...]

The problem with moving is that if I'm not careful I'll end up in something just as bad as where I am now, just bad in a different way.
Apartments
An Apartment (vs a Rental House) seems to make the most sense on first thought. But there are some issues.
First of all even the biggest apartments are, [...]

While I'm up and not sleeping, I figure I may as well mention this too.
I need a safety buddy.
I don't really have any fears about being alone. I do quite well alone, actually. And if something should happen to me while I'm alone well, I'll either make it out of it or I won't. But [...]

I've been laying awake for over an hour, unable to get back asleep. I live alone, so "accidentally" waking my significant other and/or roommate up in order to have a conversation isn't an option. And I don't have any friends that wouldn't by upset if i called them at 4 in the morning to discuss [...]

Many of you seem to be indicating that the best solution to my housing problem is to live with my parents.
I'm beginning to see the light and am slowly starting to accept the possibility and consider it fully. The other option I'm considering is just staying where I am and letting them try to get [...]

It looks like I'm getting stuck with the house (and the SUV and the credit card debt). So I'm trying to decide how best to work that out and I'm hoping that writing it out and your advice together will help me find the best solution.
(This is really not about why I'm stuck with these [...]