The first payday of the year was yesterday. It sure is nice to start out the year with a paycheck. I got $18 more than last time. I am not sure if this is because my medical insurance is cheaper or not. I will have to compare it to the next paycheck and then check my paystub. I haven't set up automatic deductions for my new health savings account so if my paycheck really is $18 higher I should probably shuttle it over to the new account.
In my spare time I have been researching home based businesses, specifically, pet sitting (visiting the pet in their own home) and grooming (in their home). I have also been looking at used book reseller because of some articles that I read on those scanners that read the bar codes off of books and tell you how popular it is and what it is selling for. I don't know if I would have a passion for books though. I'm not really a collector or even a reader.
The pet sitting and grooming idea sounded great until I realised that with pet sitting I would have to be available all the time. I mean, if someone went out of town for 2 weeks I would have to be there everyday no matter what. No sick days, no excuses. And the busiest times would be around the holidays when I am usually visiting family. The grooming idea sounds better but I have no experience at that so it isn't something I could just start doing.
Today at work my boss was asking me about my mortgage payoff plan and what I will do after. I said that I wanted to build a fenced yard for the dogs and then save for a house. I didn't mention changing careers or anything like that. It is still all undecided. Maybe I will want to work at this job for years to come. Or maybe I will find a better job with flexible hours and better suited for my talents. I'll keep looking until I find that job, whatever it is.