Well we're in to the second week in October, and tomorrow I'm going to check on the progress of a promotion request I made some months back.
Promotion request??? Yes, I had to request it! I've been a support analyst for 4 years and I felt like I kept getting overlooked to move up to senior level, this carries with it a decent pay rise, although I am disappointed that I've had to ask for it, rather then my efforts be recognized naturally, the last update I got was all the paperwork was in the pipeline, and as yet I've heard nothing since.
I've had a little re-think from my previous plans to buy a property in six-twelve months time, and with my calculator I've managed to suss out I'll be better off renting by a country mile, with the money saved from the bills I pay at home, combined with the money I hope to land from the promotion I can rent a one bed place, in a nice area quite cheaply, this will enable me to a degree to carry on living the sort of lifestyle I am living at home, it's important to me that I continue to save as much as I can for when the market is right to buy a place of my own, I'm also quite keen to get a discount on whatever property I end up renting, simply by offering the entire contract money up front in exchange for a monthly discount on the rent - I'm quite hopeful to see that cash is still king when it comes to business negotiations.
The more I think about my own space now the more eager I am to get on with it, obviously being single for a while it's getting more and more difficult to admit to prospective girlfriends that I'm still at home with my parents - which if I may quote Wayne Campbell again, "I admit is most bogus and sad!" so this is the only way to move forward now, bring on independence, a long time coming!