My Summer Sabbatical... Join Me. - Dilara's Diary

I am on a sabbatical.

Not from work, not from my roles as wife or mother.
I am officially on a News Sabbatical.

For too long my head has been spinning with arguments in the news over the global economy, stock markets, oil, war, fighting, death and taxes.

I'm done. I am checking out.

I no longer listen to the radio in my car - like I'm gonna find a station that plays "All Oriental, All The Time," (quick!! where's my To-Do List?) Of course my iPod, filled with almost 3,000 songs, takes priority. And the added benefit of knowing the music, as any dancer will tell you, is so valuable.

My TV is not on during the day, and even at night I am too busy to watch it. Actually, I make myself busy. I cannot bring myself to watch watch FOX, CNN, or other news outlets any more... if I want to hear nonsense and yelling, I've got my kids for that.

But what I have resolved myself to be is an AVID INVESTOR!

Stocks, Bonds, CDs???? ---- ummm, no. (although there are some good "sales" right now)

I am really analyzing how I invest my time -- because I know that there is a "sure-thing" payoff. I don't need Larry Summers or Brenda Buttner to remind me that the best thing I can be investing right now is my Time.

Bellydance Practice --- My Ab Rolls really SUCK!
More Cardio at the Gym --- I have a pair of Blegs* and I'm not happy
Language Studies --- carrying on conversations with myself in different languages is NOT the best way to keep my skills up, it is however, an excellent way to get people out of the way at a crowed supermarket.

We have all heard some form of the following:
Your abilities to achieve goals is in direct proportion to the time you spend working on them.

So what's your goal? What do you want to achieve? If it's important to you, then how much time are you investing, really?

Our financial portfolios may really look lousy right now, but our Investing Future is something to be excited about --

Sabbatical anyone?

*Bleg is that not-so-attractive area I have from the bottom of the buttock to the top of the back of my leg. Ergo, my team did a story on leg fitness - check it out!