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PianoManGidley · 08-05-2010, 03:45 AM

I know I'm late to the party, but I'm looking for advice, and I know Steve's site here has been very helpful for me in the past.

Here's my situation (and why I'm digging up this old thread in which to post it): I have no job right now--lost it about a month ago. My roommates are also unemployed. Our income in our household right now is essentially nothing. I donate plasma twice a week to get $55/week, but that's all I have to lean on. We have rent, utilities, and food to think about. Water and electric are about to be shut off due to nonpayment, and I have no idea how we're going to cover rent next month. Our families live in different states, so if we lose this place, we each have to come up with individual money just to move back in with respective family members--and they aren't able to help because our families all are feeling the hurt of this recession as well.

We need income NOW. The problem I personally have is that I feel so limited by jobs. Every time I get a new job, I see it with a bit of stars in my eyes that it's going to be a fun experience, and every time, I end up hating it after a few months. The only exception was working at a music store back down in Texas, which I only left because my roommates and I were moving up here to Colorado. I know that having a regular job is NOT what I should be doing with my life, or how to accomplish developing myself and giving myself as best as I can. It does not lead to ultimate happiness, and I don't see how it ever will.

Now, I'm posting this here because, as I said, I was looking to Steve's site for some sort of insight as to what I could do to make things work. I love the idea of streams of income that Steve has mentioned, but let's face it--that's going to take time and probably some money, whereas I have more immediate concerns to prevent from being homeless. So I wanted to know what Steve's short-term solution was for this sort of issue, which I'm sure so many of his readers must have.

I found this article--You Vs. the Cubicle--and was a bit appalled. I mean, I understand what you're trying to say, Steve, but "you vs. food and shelter"? Really? What about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? What about what modern medicine as well as basic common sense tells us about what our bodies need to survive? We need fuel. Fuel, like everything else (just about), costs money. Am I "giving my power away to food" just because I recognize that without it, I die? What do I do to support myself in the short term so I can have the resources to generate streams of income in the long run?

08-05-2010, 03:45 AM	#104 (permalink)
PianoManGidley Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 235	I know I'm late to the party, but I'm looking for advice, and I know Steve's site here has been very helpful for me in the past. Here's my situation (and why I'm digging up this old thread in which to post it): I have no job right now--lost it about a month ago. My roommates are also unemployed. Our income in our household right now is essentially nothing. I donate plasma twice a week to get $55/week, but that's all I have to lean on. We have rent, utilities, and food to think about. Water and electric are about to be shut off due to nonpayment, and I have no idea how we're going to cover rent next month. Our families live in different states, so if we lose this place, we each have to come up with individual money just to move back in with respective family members--and they aren't able to help because our families all are feeling the hurt of this recession as well. We need income NOW. The problem I personally have is that I feel so limited by jobs. Every time I get a new job, I see it with a bit of stars in my eyes that it's going to be a fun experience, and every time, I end up hating it after a few months. The only exception was working at a music store back down in Texas, which I only left because my roommates and I were moving up here to Colorado. I know that having a regular job is NOT what I should be doing with my life, or how to accomplish developing myself and giving myself as best as I can. It does not lead to ultimate happiness, and I don't see how it ever will. Now, I'm posting this here because, as I said, I was looking to Steve's site for some sort of insight as to what I could do to make things work. I love the idea of streams of income that Steve has mentioned, but let's face it--that's going to take time and probably some money, whereas I have more immediate concerns to prevent from being homeless. So I wanted to know what Steve's short-term solution was for this sort of issue, which I'm sure so many of his readers must have. I found this article--You Vs. the Cubicle--and was a bit appalled. I mean, I understand what you're trying to say, Steve, but "you vs. food and shelter"? Really? What about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? What about what modern medicine as well as basic common sense tells us about what our bodies need to survive? We need fuel. Fuel, like everything else (just about), costs money. Am I "giving my power away to food" just because I recognize that without it, I die? What do I do to support myself in the short term so I can have the resources to generate streams of income in the long run?