tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-04-27:505737The Mandelbear's Musingsmdlbearmdlbear2012-04-23T05:39:42Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2010-04-27:505737:1449551Done recently (20120419 Th - 21 Sa)2012-04-23T05:39:42Z2012-04-23T05:39:42Ztiredpublic0<p> Feels like it's been a long week. Um... ok, it's been a long,
<em>tiring</em> week. Not enough self-care -- I need to walk more, and
practice. Like most things that I know I'll enjoy and I know will be good
for me, I don't do enough of them.
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<p> Spent quite a lot of time expanding my connections on LinkedIn and
Facebook. I can see how that kind of thing can easily become an
addiction. Neither, unfortunately, will import connections from LJ; I
find myself duplicating a lot of effort. On the other hand, I'm finding
people from my past. Can't complain, except about the number of hours in
a day. At least this isn't Jupiter.
</p>
<p> Also in the job search direction, took a lot of online courses on the LHH
web, and one onsite.
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<p> Friday and Saturday we talked with people at our bank about our rollover
IRAs. We can certainly get better yield on one of them; they're looking
into the other. The side conversation proved that it's not just me --
salaries in general have not kept up with inflation since around 1970, and
of course taxes have gone up at least twice as fast as inflation. So my
buying power is probably only 75-80% of what it was when I entered the job
market. :P
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<p> See all the pretty links.
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includes a lot of time looking for people on <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ssavitzky">linkedin</a> and creating an
account on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ssavitzky">facebook</a>, it
also included a webinar on effective networking. No, those are
<em>not</em> unrelated. Several job sites tap your facebook network to
find contacts.
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<p> Yes, I'm <em>way</em> out of my comfort zone. I'm still waiting for my
Wile E. Coyote moment.
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<p> Also went to a presentation on 401K plans; only mildly useful, but I can
still probably make some helpful changes. And set up three medical
appointments for early June.
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<p> Hmm. I see no links in the notes today. Must have been busy.
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