Intuos 3, My Love...
Just went shopping with a friend for tablets, and I swear, I'd sell my old relatives for an Intuos 3 9x12... Such sleek beauty, perfect curves, pen tilt, large active area, high pressure sensitivity... It's the perfect tablet. It's the Ferrari of tablets! Anyone want to buy my grandmother?
Sadly, I don't think that's going to be a viable way to get that tablet. My friend was doing her tech shopping today and spent about $900. I wish I had $900 to just spend on tech toys. I suppose she saved her money, where I blew mine. I'm in debt and she's happily comfortable till her next pay cheque. It really really sucks being in my position, now that I think about it.
A friend once told me that your lifestyle shouldn't match your income, but your income should cater to your lifestyle. So if you have a high lifestyle, earn more money. And for some reason I don't think he was talking about getting a second job, but rather making your money grow. Which is what I'm trying to do. I've taken up some insurance plans, an investment plan, and hope to take up an endowment plan next month. With all this money going out to grow, paying my bills and debts to my loving father at home, my cash doesn't seem to be supporting the sort of lifestyle I want. I don't even have anything left to just save for stuff like buying tablets. Or at least, I don't think it will untill some of these investments of mine start paying off in the far future.
Still, maybe I will hit that $3 million mark by retirement, who knows. All I know now is that it just sucks to be in debt, especially to your own family. The vicious cycle is you pay off your debt, run out of money, get more debt, pay off your debt. Rinse and repeat. I think I need to pay my stupid debts off in small amounts over a few months, avoid taking the cab as often as I do and stop my payday splurge-fests. That way I can manage to get by and hopefully, be able to set aside about $100 each month for the purchase of the sexiest tablet in all of history.
Sadly, I don't think that's going to be a viable way to get that tablet. My friend was doing her tech shopping today and spent about $900. I wish I had $900 to just spend on tech toys. I suppose she saved her money, where I blew mine. I'm in debt and she's happily comfortable till her next pay cheque. It really really sucks being in my position, now that I think about it.
A friend once told me that your lifestyle shouldn't match your income, but your income should cater to your lifestyle. So if you have a high lifestyle, earn more money. And for some reason I don't think he was talking about getting a second job, but rather making your money grow. Which is what I'm trying to do. I've taken up some insurance plans, an investment plan, and hope to take up an endowment plan next month. With all this money going out to grow, paying my bills and debts to my loving father at home, my cash doesn't seem to be supporting the sort of lifestyle I want. I don't even have anything left to just save for stuff like buying tablets. Or at least, I don't think it will untill some of these investments of mine start paying off in the far future.
Still, maybe I will hit that $3 million mark by retirement, who knows. All I know now is that it just sucks to be in debt, especially to your own family. The vicious cycle is you pay off your debt, run out of money, get more debt, pay off your debt. Rinse and repeat. I think I need to pay my stupid debts off in small amounts over a few months, avoid taking the cab as often as I do and stop my payday splurge-fests. That way I can manage to get by and hopefully, be able to set aside about $100 each month for the purchase of the sexiest tablet in all of history.
posted by Virelai at 4:32 AM
1 Comments:
Hi there,
I know how it feels. I absolutly love the Intuos 3. After 10 years in the industry I finally broke down an bought an 9x12 A4 one.
Honestly I find I'm not using it as much as i like, mainly because perhaps i bought a size too big.
I also have access to a tablet PC so that is getting more use actually. If you are interested I am writing a comparison of the two and to a sketch book at my design blog.
Please have a look if you are interested:
http://www.designsojourn.com/index.php/category/design-sojourn-series/design-shoot-out/
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