It has recently come to my attention (or rather, I've been ignoring until recently) that I am very much in debt and need to do something to help myself out of it. To that end, I'm going to be doing a lot more blogging, making some changes to the blog, and joining a few "pay for content" sites like schvoong.com and helium.com. This does NOT mean that I am giving up on the genealogical research goal, just that I am putting it on the back burner and extending my time frame a bit. After all, the simple fact is, I have a great job that I love and no reason to want out of it any time soon. The professional researcher dream is destined to be a second, mid-life, career change - not an immediate future thing. The immediate future must involve doing everything in my power to make extra money that I can put directly toward my debts. The ultimate goal here is to get my credit score up (honestly, I've been afraid to check it, but I'm sure it's lower than it was two years ago when I last checked it) so that I can someday afford a bigger and better house and a life that doesn't involve living from paycheck to paycheck. Sometimes I wish I'd chosen a more lucrative career path, but then I remember two things. First, I love what I do. Second, I know that if I put my mind to, someday I'll make money doing what I love to do. That keeps me going.