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Draw of the day: fun and profit
Mar. 9th, 2018 07:43 pmI'm doing Wyntercraft's 30-Day Tarot Challenge. The task for Day 9 was to watch this video, the sequel to yesterday's. Yesterday I did not end up having the time to rewatch the video and take notes, but oh well. I've got the video on hand for whenever I do have time.
I did a draw today where I was generally thinking about money and plans and spending and if I should do on this trip to Vegas with Lyndsay in June, which I'm leaning toward doing, and am leaning toward financing by taking half a grand or so out of my savings if I have to, because I didn't even dip into my savings for the Ireland trip and I think that actually just put a lot of unnecessary stress on me. But I've got a bunch of other smaller fun things planned in the upcoming months, like Readercon in the summer and some stuff around Boston, and I really ought to get new tire sensors for Gomez. (I also, as of this morning, need a new windshield wiper. Oops!) So yeah, spending priorities.
I drew the Chariot, the seventh of the Major Arcana, which represents the need to balance competing forces. Since I was asking about two competing forces--my desire to do fun stuff and my desire to be financially responsible--this was initially a bit disappointing, since I feel like I already knew the answer was probably not "never do fun stuff" or "do whatever you want and don't sweat it." But reading the full Louis description makes this seem more like a vote of confidence--yes, I did already know I had to figure out how to balance things, but the card says I'm capable of doing that. It advises me to steer a middle course, and says that, while I may feel as if I can't speed up the process, things will generally turn out OK if I make a firm resolution. The Chariot can literally mean travel, so I'm leaning toward "go on the Vegas trip," but all the same I just texted my mother and asked her what I should do, lol. I was thinking earlier today that perhaps if I have a saving goal that I actually *like* maybe I'll stop hemorrhaging money, unlike the tire sensors I'm supposed to be saving for and actively do not want to get.
OK, Mom got back to me and says to definitely to go Vegas. I HAVE NOW MADE A FIRM RESOLUTION. Time to stay the course and not go out to eat every other fucking day and buy shit in the grocery store at random. STRICTLY MODERATE FINANCIAL DIET STARTS NOW. (Also a healthier regular diet, probably, considering how much money was getting spent on restaurant food and alcohol.) The Chariot says I will conquer my difficulties and emerge victorious, so the interest fees on my credit card balance better watch out. I'm coming for them.
I did a draw today where I was generally thinking about money and plans and spending and if I should do on this trip to Vegas with Lyndsay in June, which I'm leaning toward doing, and am leaning toward financing by taking half a grand or so out of my savings if I have to, because I didn't even dip into my savings for the Ireland trip and I think that actually just put a lot of unnecessary stress on me. But I've got a bunch of other smaller fun things planned in the upcoming months, like Readercon in the summer and some stuff around Boston, and I really ought to get new tire sensors for Gomez. (I also, as of this morning, need a new windshield wiper. Oops!) So yeah, spending priorities.
I drew the Chariot, the seventh of the Major Arcana, which represents the need to balance competing forces. Since I was asking about two competing forces--my desire to do fun stuff and my desire to be financially responsible--this was initially a bit disappointing, since I feel like I already knew the answer was probably not "never do fun stuff" or "do whatever you want and don't sweat it." But reading the full Louis description makes this seem more like a vote of confidence--yes, I did already know I had to figure out how to balance things, but the card says I'm capable of doing that. It advises me to steer a middle course, and says that, while I may feel as if I can't speed up the process, things will generally turn out OK if I make a firm resolution. The Chariot can literally mean travel, so I'm leaning toward "go on the Vegas trip," but all the same I just texted my mother and asked her what I should do, lol. I was thinking earlier today that perhaps if I have a saving goal that I actually *like* maybe I'll stop hemorrhaging money, unlike the tire sensors I'm supposed to be saving for and actively do not want to get.
OK, Mom got back to me and says to definitely to go Vegas. I HAVE NOW MADE A FIRM RESOLUTION. Time to stay the course and not go out to eat every other fucking day and buy shit in the grocery store at random. STRICTLY MODERATE FINANCIAL DIET STARTS NOW. (Also a healthier regular diet, probably, considering how much money was getting spent on restaurant food and alcohol.) The Chariot says I will conquer my difficulties and emerge victorious, so the interest fees on my credit card balance better watch out. I'm coming for them.