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december_solsticeI'm currently in TS with one of my guilds. Waiting to run a dungeon with them. So far, I'm really liking these people a lot. Honestly, the communities I'm in are really legit. Good people, for the most part - easy going - mature, ect.
Overall, this week and weekend (so far), has been productive. Money wise, we're doing O-K, though I have my phone bill due pretty much...so, I'll need to figure that out or I won't be able to receive calls or contact anyone. All other bills, we're still good for another 2 weeks or so that gives me some relief in the meantime.
I managed a successful grocery haul and we're stocked up for probably 2-weeks. We finally made a laundry order after I don't know how many months. I sorted through nearly 3 gallon-size trash bags of dirty clothes (and bedding) that needed washing. I'd say, I got 2/3 of it all at the washers! Including bedding, towels, rugs, ect. I'm estimating a $40 order. Prepaid $30, and am prepared for spending another $20. We probably only do laundry once every 2-3 months at this point. Each time we spend on average $35. To be honest, that's a really decent investment for the service we're getting.
Definitely a lot of things going on. We got our petition for court. Late, of course. In a frenzy of panic, we went to court where they told us we could basically come back Monday (after we talk to our lawyer - which we're doing Monday morning) no problem. But, it was not a wasted trip because we were able to speak with some volunteer lawyers to get a little more information on the process. In short, we basically have no other choice but to go back to the public assistance office we went to last time with hopes that this time around we have better luck.
In other news, I followed up on the phone interview and unfortunately I didn't get past the phone screening. Man, I really wanted that job. So, I'm slightly bummed about that.
One of the requirements for public assistance is entering the back-to-work program, which from what I've learned, is basically a government temp agency. They basically give you jobs in the city/state. Like in parks and rec., for example. I'm hoping if anything, they'll place me in a job that is fitting for my background because frankly, I am educated, you know? And, I am very capable.
Speaking of temp agencies, I've send out inquires to 2 agencies in hopes that they can find me some work. In the mean time, I've decided to start looking into freelance work as well. I wish I could find something similar to Ultius, but for non-academic writing and research. I've been reading the comments of an article on thewritelife.com and it's been informative to say the least. My goal for tomorrow is definitely to get my feet wet.
As for my lifestyle blog (Wordpress), I've been trying to be a little more active. Generating, what I feel is "good" content, is difficult. I realize that for me to EVER make any money from blogging, I need to treat my blog like a business - bottom line - discover more ways to increase traffic, so I can actually put up ads and profit from it, for example. I probably need to start mingling with the blogging community. Get to know other bloggers, share their content on my blog, comment on their posts, ect. It's definately a lot of work, you know?
I'm really interested in creating media and content. If I had the system for it, I'd love to like...steam ESO on Twitch...and honestly just bullshit with those I already play with, as well as the viewers. I think it's definitely possible for me to build a community of interesting personalities (I honestly feel like I already have that component, the content, the material, I just need the resources.
So much of what I'd like to do - the projects I'd like invest in - require such a huge, unrealistic, monetary investment that I just don't have access to, you know? That honestly really sucks.
Overall, this week and weekend (so far), has been productive. Money wise, we're doing O-K, though I have my phone bill due pretty much...so, I'll need to figure that out or I won't be able to receive calls or contact anyone. All other bills, we're still good for another 2 weeks or so that gives me some relief in the meantime.
I managed a successful grocery haul and we're stocked up for probably 2-weeks. We finally made a laundry order after I don't know how many months. I sorted through nearly 3 gallon-size trash bags of dirty clothes (and bedding) that needed washing. I'd say, I got 2/3 of it all at the washers! Including bedding, towels, rugs, ect. I'm estimating a $40 order. Prepaid $30, and am prepared for spending another $20. We probably only do laundry once every 2-3 months at this point. Each time we spend on average $35. To be honest, that's a really decent investment for the service we're getting.
Definitely a lot of things going on. We got our petition for court. Late, of course. In a frenzy of panic, we went to court where they told us we could basically come back Monday (after we talk to our lawyer - which we're doing Monday morning) no problem. But, it was not a wasted trip because we were able to speak with some volunteer lawyers to get a little more information on the process. In short, we basically have no other choice but to go back to the public assistance office we went to last time with hopes that this time around we have better luck.
In other news, I followed up on the phone interview and unfortunately I didn't get past the phone screening. Man, I really wanted that job. So, I'm slightly bummed about that.
One of the requirements for public assistance is entering the back-to-work program, which from what I've learned, is basically a government temp agency. They basically give you jobs in the city/state. Like in parks and rec., for example. I'm hoping if anything, they'll place me in a job that is fitting for my background because frankly, I am educated, you know? And, I am very capable.
Speaking of temp agencies, I've send out inquires to 2 agencies in hopes that they can find me some work. In the mean time, I've decided to start looking into freelance work as well. I wish I could find something similar to Ultius, but for non-academic writing and research. I've been reading the comments of an article on thewritelife.com and it's been informative to say the least. My goal for tomorrow is definitely to get my feet wet.
As for my lifestyle blog (Wordpress), I've been trying to be a little more active. Generating, what I feel is "good" content, is difficult. I realize that for me to EVER make any money from blogging, I need to treat my blog like a business - bottom line - discover more ways to increase traffic, so I can actually put up ads and profit from it, for example. I probably need to start mingling with the blogging community. Get to know other bloggers, share their content on my blog, comment on their posts, ect. It's definately a lot of work, you know?
I'm really interested in creating media and content. If I had the system for it, I'd love to like...steam ESO on Twitch...and honestly just bullshit with those I already play with, as well as the viewers. I think it's definitely possible for me to build a community of interesting personalities (I honestly feel like I already have that component, the content, the material, I just need the resources.
So much of what I'd like to do - the projects I'd like invest in - require such a huge, unrealistic, monetary investment that I just don't have access to, you know? That honestly really sucks.
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Date: 2016-09-25 05:54 pm (UTC)If you write usable stuff then I can translate it to Esperanto and we can do a magazine together, I'll be forcing my wife to illustrate and do the layout so that part's covered... Writing fiction is great, short stories are good but long stories could be published in parts, nonfiction is okay too but what people really care about in that case is what life, school etc is like where you live (so, memoirs) and not random articles about random topics. Recipes are also good. People WOULD read it and buy it, and the more issues we have the more famous we'd get.
You can also write song lyrics and my wife can compose music to it and we can release songs...
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Date: 2016-09-25 06:24 pm (UTC)It's incredibly common to use a laundry service here because laundromats are not as readily available and your apartment won't have any washers.
It's often more affordable to use a service than go to a laundromat to use coin washers. When you do it yourself, it costs about $7 to use x2-3 (depending on how ever many loads you have)...then you have to pay for the dryer, so that's another $7 x2-3, THEN you gotta buy the detergent and softener! So, you've probably paid $30+ for 2 weeks-month's worth of laundry and have to stand there watching it for 2 hours just in case someone steals your clothes.
When you have a commercial washing service come, it's 50c - $1/lb, and it's cheaper the more you wash. They use those massive commercial washers, like hotels. The cleaners we use also wash for hotels. I just got my bill and I ended up with a refund because I overpaid which is crazy because I assumed I would need to pay more. I washed a lot of bedding and towels. They fold it all nice for you and get it back within 24hrs. EZ PZ! Of course it does help that I wash some stuff in the tub too. Stuff I wear at home - little shorts, tank tops, undies, ect. I'm just gonna wash it at home because they dry overnight.
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Date: 2016-09-25 07:54 pm (UTC)I don't use softener and since I moved to Europe I hang-dry everything indoors (no one has a dryer here).
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