What I have read so far this year:
'Room' - Emma Donoghue
The Warlord Chronicles - Bernard Cornwell
first three 'Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy' - Douglas Adams
'Elephant Eats Hippo!' Alex Boese
'Nineteen Minutes' - Jodi Picoult
Re-read so far:
'A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian' - Marina Lewycka
'We Are All Made of Glue' - Marina Lewycka
'PS I Love You' - Cecelia Ahern
That's all I can remember off the top of my head. But that list averages out at a rate of one book every eight days. Not too bad!
Wednesday 6 April 2011
Sunday 3 April 2011
April and money
Just musing that this time last year I was working for a financial company who arrange ISAs for clients, and as the last day to apply is 5th April (end of tax year) of course it was busy, hence people like me taking some of the work on.
In contrast this year I am desperate for the tax year to end as it seems that yet again I have been taxed incorrectly and I need to get my P60 before I can claim anything back. So until then I am a bit poor.
Strange to me how there are those who rush to invest money in the hope that if they leave it for however long then they will have had growth without having to really do anything. And then there are those who have nothing to save as every penny counts and there is nothing spare. In my eyes having some savings is a blessing, and whenever an individual gets angry because their savings isn't growing much etc I resent their attitude because to me it is greedy.
I know that's a little black and white, but I think my experiences with that kind of world have left me a bit burned. I don't like the way people get so obsessed with money but we all do; my pay being over-taxed has stressed me out and angered me. But I think the difference is that it's one thing to be able to afford everything each month and have some left over to save, and another to be barely able to afford everything at all. Are we really all that entitled to have whatever we want?
I guess I am just having to face more of the real world, and so far my conclusion is this: everything is expensive, people will take from you whether or not they are meant to and it's up to YOU to claim it back, and effort rarely equates to reward.
/cynicism.
In contrast this year I am desperate for the tax year to end as it seems that yet again I have been taxed incorrectly and I need to get my P60 before I can claim anything back. So until then I am a bit poor.
Strange to me how there are those who rush to invest money in the hope that if they leave it for however long then they will have had growth without having to really do anything. And then there are those who have nothing to save as every penny counts and there is nothing spare. In my eyes having some savings is a blessing, and whenever an individual gets angry because their savings isn't growing much etc I resent their attitude because to me it is greedy.
I know that's a little black and white, but I think my experiences with that kind of world have left me a bit burned. I don't like the way people get so obsessed with money but we all do; my pay being over-taxed has stressed me out and angered me. But I think the difference is that it's one thing to be able to afford everything each month and have some left over to save, and another to be barely able to afford everything at all. Are we really all that entitled to have whatever we want?
I guess I am just having to face more of the real world, and so far my conclusion is this: everything is expensive, people will take from you whether or not they are meant to and it's up to YOU to claim it back, and effort rarely equates to reward.
/cynicism.
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