What's been happening lately?

I'm sorry for posting so little these days. The truth is I've been very distracted with training for my professional qualification and choices about my future, like should I change jobs even though I was just promoted?; should I study further, if so where and what?; should I move to UK and when? I'd like to do all three really, but it's all about the order and unfortunately money. Money is not really important to me, but you do need a certain amount to lead a comfortable life. Now I realise that for many people as soon as they get more money their expectations rise. It's a wonderful/terrible thing about human nature, always leaving us dissatisfied and striving for more. But for me, I'm trying to keep my material expectations stable. Basically I want to stay in the same block of flats, be able to afford my medical aid, rent and food. So even though I've just started earning a lot more in my job, I'm willing to leave it for a much lower-paying job that I think I will find more fulfilling, provided it meets my minimum financial requirements. But for me it also depends on my future plans, I'd really, really like to study further and live overseas, both of which require money (even if I am fortunate enough to get a scholarship) and so ideally I should earn a bit more than I need so that I can save towards these goals. So it all takes careful planning, and in the end one has to look at the budget - which I hate doing!

With all this soul searching, planning and budgeting I have not forgotten the ill treatment of animals bred for eating and those used for testing. I wish there was more to be done, but short of being an animal activist, many people just don't take animal rights seriously enough to even consider the idea. I find the violence of opinions against and complete disdain for animal rights quite alarming. Accompanied with it is such a callous arrogance. I'm not referring to you dear reader, but rather to some other blog dialogues that I have seen.