Today is Day 1 of my austerity measures in my diet and personal finance. I have a long history of vacillating between overindulgence and austerity. In the two weeks I was supposed to be changing my eating habits to stave off diabetes, I've been drinking (a lot!) and eating pretty much whatever I wanted. All that alcohol is expensive, and I have completely lost control of my finances. But all I can do is try once more. So far, so good with the diet, although I usually get black-flagged on the last lap when I freak out on my "hungry" medicine. I've got a crick in my neck, and I was going to go get a chair massage at lunch. But I decided to save my money instead. Like I said, so far, so good. Talk to me in a week, however.
One By One
So far I've gotten rejections from three of the magazines I sent poems to and the one magazine I sent a short story to. It's hard not to get discouraged when nobody seems interested in what I'm serving up.
