reality cheque

so, this week i received my final pay cheque for 2009. it was for invoices i submitted in august and september -- that's how long it's been since i've had paid work, and that's how long it took for me to be paid for that work.

today, i decided to tally my earnings for the year to see exactly how little i'd made.

and it was astonishingly low.

like, abysmal.

as in: well below the poverty-line line.

i knew i'd pulled in a woefully low amount, but i was shocked when i did the final math.

sometime last month, i half-jokingly posted here that i felt it might be time to consider a new career path for 2010, since freelance writing just wasn't cutting the mustard at ALL anymore.

well, it's no longer a joke.

and god bless savings.