I want to move into technical writing. As I am having trouble finding a full time job, I am taking simple freelance jobs through elance and odesk in my spare time. Before even getting these jobs, I took entry-level jobs that would help my portfolio and get hours and evaluation ratings. $20.00/hr? Hah! The competition can include people from the Phillippines and Bangladesh. They will go as low as 26 cents an hour. I don’t expect to pull $20/hour for some time. Heck, I don’t make that at my day job and I have a nice apartment, running car, and get out to cultural/entertainment things once a week or so. To me, that’s not a bad life.
I am constantly working and though my education is complete, I am still struggling. There have always been things I do without and I am certain there will always be things I do without.
New cars, vacations, the latest kind of TV, the newest and best of everything is out of the question. It’s just like that for me so I have to be frugal.
Running up debt for all this stuff is stupid, but the people complaining right now on Wall Street, own expensive i phones (I don’t) and they accrue debt they probably will NEVER pay off.
I especially resent our stupid and conceited President suggesting that WE need to make sacrifices.....!!!!!! WTF, my whole working life is sacrifice while these losers demonstrating on Wall Street have never disciplined themselves, make no demands on themselves and deny themselves NOTHING!!!