Money and Finance
One strange thing about my job compared to most is that I will randomly have time to do nothing related to work. That's been the case this last week as they started having problems with the well last Friday. It's now over a week later and we haven't done anything else. They keep running into other issues which is fine by me because even though they aren't making progress and we aren't drilling I still get paid. This past week I've been paid to write, read, nap, watch tv, workout and pretty much anything else I've wanted to do. That's perfect. Although it does come with the caveat that I'm away from home longer. If I'd have known that it'd be over a week I would have gone home but my luck usually works to where I'd be home for a couple hours and everything would have been fixed out here quickly.
I've been taking advantage of the location that I'm in just outside of Shreveport/Bossier City to get back into working out. It's not that I really wanted to stop but I'm at the mercy of where I'm at and whether there's a gym near me. Luckily there's several nearby and one of them is only 7 miles from the rig. Since it had been quite a while since I had worked out regularly I've been taking it easy with the workouts to get my body back into the groove of being pushed but I'm making gains each workout. Even better is that I can already notice a difference in the way I feel with just the 4 workouts I've done so far. I need to do a better job working out whenever I'm not near the gym but the big thing is starting a new habit, even if it's an old one you used to have. Maintaining good health is so crucial to achieving financial independence. I mean who wants to retire at 40 or 50 but be so out of shape that you can't enjoy all of the time that you've freed up.
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- Weekly Roundup - January 12, 2014
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- Weekly Roundup - July 14, 2013
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Money and Finance
Weekly Roundup - October 24, 2015
I've been taking advantage of the location that I'm in just outside of Shreveport/Bossier City to get back into working out. It's not that I really wanted to stop but I'm at the mercy of where I'm at and whether there's a gym near me. Luckily there's several nearby and one of them is only 7 miles from the rig. Since it had been quite a while since I had worked out regularly I've been taking it easy with the workouts to get my body back into the groove of being pushed but I'm making gains each workout. Even better is that I can already notice a difference in the way I feel with just the 4 workouts I've done so far. I need to do a better job working out whenever I'm not near the gym but the big thing is starting a new habit, even if it's an old one you used to have. Maintaining good health is so crucial to achieving financial independence. I mean who wants to retire at 40 or 50 but be so out of shape that you can't enjoy all of the time that you've freed up.
Read more »
- Weekly Roundup - January 23, 2016
This past week was definitely not a quiet one for the markets. Through the close on Wednesday the S&P 500 had declined another 1.1% bringing the YTD decline to 9.0%. Oil dipped down below $26 during the week as well. However, things turned...
- Weights
Quick update today that doesn't have to do with investing. Well not investing like I normally talk about, but rather investing in myself. For the time being I'm in a location that's close to my gym so I'm taking full advantage of...
- Weekly Roundup - October 3, 2015
This was another sunrise I was able to catch this past week. It was absolutely gorgeous and the picture doesn't do the majesty of it justice. I love how the rays are lighting up the clouds. This past week was crazy. We had all sorts of issues...
- Weekly Roundup - January 12, 2014
The first full week of 2014 has now flown by and it sure was a busy one for me. We finished drilling another well and I was able to head home early Thursday morning. I finally got home around 4 am and promptly crashed in bed with my wife for an hour...
- Weekly Roundup - July 14, 2013
Well my first attempt at the roundup for this week went horribly wrong. I had finished and scheduled it for yesterday morning and then wanted to add one more thing to it and changed my mind. Needless to say I didn't save it again and then it got...