That's SO great to hear, Amator.....Good job!!!!!! Congratulations on how you're working your way through these problems. Sounds like you're on track to see lots of improvement and will be in a good place financially, soon.
That's SO great to hear, Amator.....Good job!!!!!! Congratulations on how you're working your way through these problems. Sounds like you're on track to see lots of improvement and will be in a good place financially, soon.
Congratulations!! You give those who are struggling real hope -based on tough, practical decisions!! Wishing you the best!!
Amator, I went back and read the posts from the beginning. I am so sorry that you were under this stressful situation. I am glad that things are turning around for you!!! The folks on this board are pretty good at helping people work through problems.
Good deal.
Did I miss it or have you got your new baby yet?
Thanks everyone! The support means a lot.
Sissy, we're due on Thanksgiving Day.
Wow! Congratulations!
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Sissy, we're due on Thanksgiving Day.
My first grandchild had her first birthday last Thanksgiving! Now we have one due in a few weeks (her little sis) and my other DD is due in December. All girls and I can't wait to see them all in action!
congratulations on finding extra money! The blogging job sound ideal!
Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.
I've not been on this forum for quite some time, but I did get the notification email in Gmail just now.
I got started by finding out what I wanted to blog about (at the time that was personal finance, gaming, and technology), I created a free WordPress blog for those topics (GeekyFrugal.com - it has long since disappeared, but here's a link the Archive) and published what I considered high-quality posts with images and good copy. Once I had that, I started looking at job listings at Problogger.net and elsewhere and stumbled into an interview with Lifehacker.com. I wrote for them for two years, and for the past few years I've been a corporate technical writer. I make decent money, but it's the most boring type of writing imaginable (documenting incident reports for a telecom company) and I also freelance on the side by writing blog posts for SaaS companies.
In order to get work, you must have good content with your byline that you can send people to see. In the beginning, write your own stuff, and then get people to pay you for it--it doesn't matter how little this is at this point, it just gives you experience working with clients and fodder for your portfolio. Fivrr, Elance, etc. are good for this. Problogger is still a great resource.
Good luck!
I'm not going to address the math part if your situation; there are people better at that than I. On an emotional level, I hear a lot of overwhelm and perhaps shame in your description? (Think about not telling your old friend about your financial problems). What I can say is: given what you've been through, you actually seem to be taking action and achieving the results you need--not as quickly as you like, maybe, It sucks to have so many setbacks that were out of you control, and all at the same time. Be nice to yourself as you wade through this . You'll get there.
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