Things are progressing slowly right now. Over the past few days I have been filled with apathy and sloth, and I’ve had a hard time starting the motor, so to speak. Actually, it’s been going on for about a week. So I’m trying to force myself to write.

One thing now as we encroach on the 2 week mark that I’ve noticed is, damn, whoever said money can’t buy happiness is flat out wrong. Either that, or money helps stave off complete and utter boredom. I guess you could say I’m coming down off the high of the main idea, which of course, was to live as frugally as possible for 2.5 years to pay off the mortgage. Being as excited as I was at the prospect of being able to do it and to catalog my thoughts and such through this website, I didn’t really think about the mental toll this was going to take. However, I will endure.

I have noticed that a lot of websites that concentrate on writing about various social projects and such tend to give ideas and information based on experience of living to the extreme of their particular conditions. Zen Habits is one of those blogs that immediately comes to mind. Leo’s a good writer, with some pretty amazing articles who makes a living preaching what he practices, but I think what a lot of people who write realize is that while they’re taking their ideas to such levels, it’s not possible for everyone else to follow suit. I suppose then that a blog like this can act as a guide for those people who would like to cut back on spending and find alternatives to things they spend money on, and through my own extreme lifestyle change to pay off our mortgage as quickly as possible, that information becomes available.

It’s nice to think that possibly, I could help people is pretty awesome.

Oh, also, on Tuesday, I got served court papers for an auto accident I was involved in back in 2007. That was pretty sucktastic. Fortunately, I guess Geico is being awesome and handling everything. We’ll see how that all turns out.

So new ways of getting things for free – I’ve signed up for a local radio station called KTAR which is giving points for doing things like taking surveys, listening to the station, and referring friends, among other things. I’m hoping people will help me out, sign up (use a temporary email address if you want) and put me down as a referral. I’m using nailzebay at gmail dawt com. I’m going to see how many points I can wrack up. See what I mean about living the life to the extreme?

I think the doom and gloom that started to settle over this whole idea is going to be something I need to ride out, and that I will, and this project is going to force me to find new ways to entertain myself, and frankly, I don’t think that’s a bad goal for anyone.