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Originally Posted by Elspode
Mrs. Elspode commented that it was hardly worth the time spent to make so little money. I made just over $8.00/Hr. once expenses are removed, so I don't know...at least I was keeping a positive flow of money, little though it was. Even if this was all I made three days per week, I would still bring in close to $250.00 more per month than we have now. That's enough to pay a couple of bills, right?
I can't bring myself to consider what I'm doing to be in any way futile, no matter how little it earns. Working this part time job impacts my most treasured personal commodity (free time), and has caused my many projects to be put on hold indefinitely. Therfore, I really *need* to view it as a positive contribution, lest I go screaming into the night and developing untreatable depression.
I'm going to work all weekend this week. I hate the thought of it, but I've got to bite the bullet. Yule is just around the corner.
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Oh, Patrick, I am SO there! As usual you took the words right out of my mouth. I try not to think about how little money I'm really making. Instead, I think about the checks that should soon be coming in, netting me about $350.00 after gas, etc. It's not much, but I need it desperately, so I try to keep my spirits up by playing Loreena Mckennett on my boom box and singing along and telling myself that by this time next year I will be a paid writer and I'll never ever again have to deliver another phone book. Drive carefully out there. Colorado's last snow storm must be hitting you guys about now.