Not that this is much to anyone reading, but for me, it's a pretty big thing...had fifteen bucks laying around, and, on a whim, put it in me bank (Vancity, they're good, and local)and then told myself that I would keep it in there, and not spend it for a month. At the end of the month, I'll add more. I'm gonna wait a couple months before spending anything, and when I do, the rule is to keep tabs, and double the amount put back in. But first, train myself with small amounts.

I've always had spending problems, so I decided to break a very bad habit, and, weirdly enough, I've only once before saved any kind of money-from a paper job, for a bike. And that was when I was 17 or so. I note,almost everyday, that it's still in there, despite a couple of 'near withdrawals', and I told myself, when I started this, that if I could do this, I could do pretty much anything-within reason. Flying to Jupiter under my own power, buying small countries, no, I don't think so.

I'm mainly saving up money, for printing-so far, while I haven't made massive amounts off the book, I have done pretty good-in fact, better than breaking even. I also want to start looking at practical aspects of self-publishing-so far, it's been too cool! When I have enough, I have a whole buncha stuff I want to print up, some of them novel length. And I want to be able to afford colour covers, and such the like. Also want to have some money on hand for promotion. I'm still thinking of promotion ideas, outside of vanity pubblishing, putting copies in local stores and such. And sending books off to potential publishers is not at all being disregarded. Having a library of material is also a great plus. Soon, I'll be putting money in the bank from any sales. Mostly because, so far, this saving money trip was nowhere near as hard to do as I thought. I made it into a game-if I was going to spend that fifteen, it had to be something very important. and useful, and really really needed.

I like the feeling. sure there are some days, where I have no money on me, and feel poor, wow, fifteen bucks-but hey, do you know how many people out in the world are earning in the hundred thousand range, and near the end of the month, are borrowing money from credit and overdraft, to pay up mored credit and overdraft, and insurance and whatnot? There are days where I feel like the richest guy around.

Gonna be some backsliding, but once the habit gets set in, it'll be cool. Be sweet to go to a bike swap meet, and look at an old cruiser, knowing that if I really wanted to, I could get it. Woot!

Speaking of which, I have a sweet summer project, that I may wait until a proposed boneyard (wherein one weidls the mighty torch of welding, and resurrects a bike into life, of a sort) that's gonna be a kind of cycle truck, chopper, and push scooter, all rolled into one-and yes, it'll have a bike chain, too.