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I am officially self-employed now which is pretty cool - job seeking proved to be utterly useless so David is also joining in with me. Unfortunately I do not make very much money, but I guess everyone has to start somewhere. It would just be nice if I had even a little money to start with, even just like £200 would be so helpful right now. I spent £50 getting cards printed and have sold one. To my mum. :C
The only thing that is selling is pony stickers, which I have to cut out by hand. I said I would stop making them after Christmas but as it's kind of my only income I can't really just stop. I guess it's January though, and business sucks for everyone in January right? I hope it picks up soon.
I was thinking we might try and make some skyrim (Nightingales!) t-shirts, but I can't afford to buy the plain shirts and photo emulsion. I tried to sell things on eBay to raise some cash but things either went unsold or sold to idiots who can't read and just waste your time. I could take some money out of my savings I guess (because it's not like it's earning any interest anyway these days :/) but that's like my emergency "if the house burns down and you're left with nothing" type money so I'm reluctant to touch it, especially if there's no guarantee that I'll make it back.
Most of my worries are about money now and it's weird, but I kind of like that. It feels like an unimportant, trivial worry compared to the sort of thing that used to be on my mind. Obviously, my mum's cancer isn't just going to disappear but now that i've worked out what I'm going to be doing and where money is going to come from, I'm much better equipped to deal with things like that. I really love being self-employed and being able to wake up when I want or work in the evening instead and I feel happy about what I do, even now that I'm not doing very well I still feel ten times better than when I just finished stupid timewasting college of hate. Just being able to say, "I'm self employed" feels really good. I'm my own boss! I'm a businesswoman, like Rarity! YEAH.
Now if I could just earn more than what I'd get if i was working a minimum wage job everything would be perfect... :p
I am officially self-employed now which is pretty cool - job seeking proved to be utterly useless so David is also joining in with me. Unfortunately I do not make very much money, but I guess everyone has to start somewhere. It would just be nice if I had even a little money to start with, even just like £200 would be so helpful right now. I spent £50 getting cards printed and have sold one. To my mum. :C
The only thing that is selling is pony stickers, which I have to cut out by hand. I said I would stop making them after Christmas but as it's kind of my only income I can't really just stop. I guess it's January though, and business sucks for everyone in January right? I hope it picks up soon.
I was thinking we might try and make some skyrim (Nightingales!) t-shirts, but I can't afford to buy the plain shirts and photo emulsion. I tried to sell things on eBay to raise some cash but things either went unsold or sold to idiots who can't read and just waste your time. I could take some money out of my savings I guess (because it's not like it's earning any interest anyway these days :/) but that's like my emergency "if the house burns down and you're left with nothing" type money so I'm reluctant to touch it, especially if there's no guarantee that I'll make it back.
Most of my worries are about money now and it's weird, but I kind of like that. It feels like an unimportant, trivial worry compared to the sort of thing that used to be on my mind. Obviously, my mum's cancer isn't just going to disappear but now that i've worked out what I'm going to be doing and where money is going to come from, I'm much better equipped to deal with things like that. I really love being self-employed and being able to wake up when I want or work in the evening instead and I feel happy about what I do, even now that I'm not doing very well I still feel ten times better than when I just finished stupid timewasting college of hate. Just being able to say, "I'm self employed" feels really good. I'm my own boss! I'm a businesswoman, like Rarity! YEAH.
Now if I could just earn more than what I'd get if i was working a minimum wage job everything would be perfect... :p
