I really had no idea what badassity was until a few days ago. Well I guess if you had asked for a definition I would have come up with something, but it would have been the commonly accepted bad-ass stuff, not true Badassity. So, when I was lurking around the forum and saw this section, I wondered if I had ever done any Badassity myself. The answer is "kinda". It's not too cool but I'll share a few things that I did unawares I was implementing Badassity. I really just like typing and saying Badassity.
BA #1: I sold a precious vehicle and cashed in vacation time to pay off debt that had my stomach in knots for years. That really was awesome. It hurt to sell the vehicle, because I loved it so. And it wasn't pleasant getting rid of all that potential vacation I couldn't really take because I didn't have any money, but CC debt is gone, and barring any total craziness, will never return! I chronicled it a in a bit more detail on my blog if you care to get more detail (
http://www.singingbombadil.com/my-badassity-1/).
BA #2: I ditched DirecTV a while back and have gone totally internet based for our viewing pleasure. Not really a great feat of doing, but cool and saves a wad of cash each year (
http://www.singingbombadil.com/my-badassity-2/).
BA #3: I had a membership to a gym that I actually used. Well for a while. I used it to get way healthier and lose around 70 pounds. Work got dumb and I couldn't make it out at lunch anymore. Going to the gym after work was way to insane considering I still had a 40 minute drive back to my house. So I dropped the membership, and used a little less than a years worth of membership fees to build a gym at my house. Stocked with free weights and even a treadmill, which are the only things I used at the gym anyway.
BA #4: Probably not very Badassity-ish, but I'm attempting to find new avenues of making my money make money. I opened a Scottrade account in 2006 with a few hundred dollars. Near as I can remember I lost most of it, then gained a fair share of it back. Got tired of it, and forgot all about it. Well I've gone back to the money I didn't remember I had there and am being fairly reckless with it, just for fun. The real thing I'm doing to actually see if I can make a go of things outside of the traditional 401k is with Lending Tree. I have a little money in at the moment, and am happy to see a decent rate of return. This Badassity is definitely in the very fledgeling state right now. Pre-Badassity.
