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by indigoshift 6138 days ago
The only problem in this guy's life is his mentality.

He gets almost $200K handed to him and decides he wants to be an author? Great! But he's going about it all wrong.

Move out of the city, man! Find a nice country home. Ditch the Blackberry and all the other tech toys. Sell the suits. Stop spending money needlessly on train rides, eating out, and all that other nonsense. He's still trying to live his old lifestyle. It makes no sense at all.

Buy yourself a cheap laptop, get a basic package from your local ISP, install OpenOffice so you have a word processor for your writing, save your pennies, grow and cook your own food, and write!

Geez, I probably shouldn't armchair-quarterback other people's lives this early in the morning, but....