So yeah. I need to do more in life. Like nice things. Here's the deal. I'm about to be 30. I have a spouse and 2 kids. We're probably pretty average. Well I'm kind of weird, but besides that, our little family is pretty average. I like to think of myself as a "nice" person - but most people who know me probably wouldn't use that adjective to describe me. And quite honestly, I don't want to be known as some "nice" person. I like being a little hard.
Well anyways, I want to do nice things for people. Like above the average. I guess I woke up one day and though "Gee, if God is really good to me, I'll live another 50-60 years. When I die, it's not going to matter what kind of furniture I have, if I lived in the greatest neighborhood, or if I wore fancy clothes." I don't want to be old someday and think that I should have done more with my life - or should have helped out and been nicer in my days. So thus begins my mission.
I wish I were rich. But I'm not. Our income last year (as reported on our taxes) was a measly $55K. That's not a lot - especially where we live. But I think we got by just fine. We've learned to live within our means. But we don't do much charity work or give money to a church or whatnot. We should - but honestly, sometimes we do have to scrimp and save because again, our income doesn't stretch too far at times.
So I've decided that I'm going to try to do good things. I can't tell my friends, family or acquaintences, because again, it would ruin my hard image. That would just be wrong. I'm hoping to document little ways to help out.
14 years ago
