Oct Income:
1052 job
712 paid just for doing what I do
210 totally passive internet income
some cash
I fell totally short of my goals for the month, because I had NO PLAN and just wandered around visiting people and half-ass advertising. I was stuck in town (still am) cause the river's in that state where I can't boat and I can't walk on water yet either. I spent like $500? on being stuck in town and drinking mocha's and driving around visiting people. I saved 3k. I paid up my car insurance and phone/internet for several months, so my bills should be like zero ($40 if I count a business expense as a bill) for the next while.
A bunch of cheap cabins are popping up on craigslist ($4-8k) that I could totally just plop down on my land and rent out for $4-600/m if I'd had a little forethought and gotten a driveway and gravel pad ready... but I didn't. I think I'd rather take my time, spend way more money, and build something beautiful and sound that I can be proud of, even if it will rent for the same amount of money. Is that dumb?
My new ebook made about $80 in the first week, which was the end of last month. I don't get it from amazon for a couple months. It seems to have evened out now to about $4/day, but I'm not sure yet if that's the evened out state or if it's still tapering off to nothing? Wanna read all about my salacious life? http://www.amazon. com/gp/product/B009X2QQ0Y (Just take out the space to make it a good link.)
I have an awesome new business idea!!! Except I live in the woods and don't actually want to really really do this. I just want to do it a day or two a month, like all my other awesome business ideas. If only I had minions to carry out all my great ideas for me. Anyways, check it out: http://www.thesnuggery.org That's totally gonna be my back up back up retirement plan. Or maybe I'll test advertise it on craigslist and see if I can grab a couple clients for it.
And! My networking/living the life I'm living apart from all the money stuff is awesome. Also Obama won and I think I'm going to grad school (cause yay IBR) for something that'll end up in a certificate that I could use to get a job. (Back up retirement plan #99.) I started a blog instead of the grad school program I was talking about before. I think it'll be much more fulfilling.
Also I got offered an awesome job while I was off in the big city that I said no to but they might call me as a fill in person to cover people's vacations here and there, which could be awesome.
But.
In my religion new years happens at the end of October. I took full stock of my life and decided that I'm wasting a lot of opportunity for learning and evolving and having awesomeness by running around the world going after money.
If I make $10/day I'm doing fine, and I actually make $700/month by doing nothing. I need to chill the fuck out and enjoy life and focus less on money and more on myself this year. I have a feeling that ultimately that will lead to more and better opportunities anyways.
Riparian's Journal
PS - Any tips on applying to grad school? Particularly on contacting professors that probably don't remember me from 10 years ago and getting them to write letters of recommendation? Also, my book is ranked #38 right now on Amazon for the same category I wanna get a degree in... but I get the feeling the nature of my book would hurt my app more than helping, yes? Whyyy is the world so unfair?
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George the original one
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> I think I'd rather take my time, spend way
> more money, and build something beautiful
> and sound that I can be proud of, even if
> it will rent for the same amount of money.
> Is that dumb?
If the difference is that you gain a better quality of renter and the structure will last longer with less maintenance, then it is not dumb. It's like the difference between owning a home and renting a home... the longer term ownership is the better financial plan provided you have the patience to wait for it to blossom.
> Whyyy is the world so unfair?
Of all the people, you are the last one that I thought would be asking an unanswerable question!
> more money, and build something beautiful
> and sound that I can be proud of, even if
> it will rent for the same amount of money.
> Is that dumb?
If the difference is that you gain a better quality of renter and the structure will last longer with less maintenance, then it is not dumb. It's like the difference between owning a home and renting a home... the longer term ownership is the better financial plan provided you have the patience to wait for it to blossom.
> Whyyy is the world so unfair?
Of all the people, you are the last one that I thought would be asking an unanswerable question!
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George the original one
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> I think I'd rather take my time, spend way
> more money, and build something beautiful
> and sound that I can be proud of, even if
> it will rent for the same amount of money.
> Is that dumb?
If the difference is that you gain a better quality of renter and the structure will last longer with less maintenance, then it is not dumb. It's like the difference between owning a home and renting a home... the longer term ownership is the better financial plan provided you have the patience to wait for it to blossom.
> Whyyy is the world so unfair?
Of all the people, you are the last one that I thought would be asking an unanswerable question!
> more money, and build something beautiful
> and sound that I can be proud of, even if
> it will rent for the same amount of money.
> Is that dumb?
If the difference is that you gain a better quality of renter and the structure will last longer with less maintenance, then it is not dumb. It's like the difference between owning a home and renting a home... the longer term ownership is the better financial plan provided you have the patience to wait for it to blossom.
> Whyyy is the world so unfair?
Of all the people, you are the last one that I thought would be asking an unanswerable question!
George, it's totally answerable. I blame the patriarchy. Or agriculture. No wait, monotheism. 
C40, here's a detail - for much of my totally consensual self directed career I've met the legal definition of being sex trafficked. In many states, if I were to be arrested as a supposed victim of sex trafficking I would be required to register as a sex offender.
C40, here's a detail - for much of my totally consensual self directed career I've met the legal definition of being sex trafficked. In many states, if I were to be arrested as a supposed victim of sex trafficking I would be required to register as a sex offender.
Riparian - Maybe I'm naive about these things, but I don't know what to make of that detail at all. I suppose maybe I'll find out when I read the book.
Tylerrr - Take a look at her other thread (the one she links to in the first post of this thread) - it has some discussion on the subject. Sounds like she's had various sex related jobs (Stripping, sex, making videos for a niche market - something to do with hypnosis, etc.). It's definitely interesting getting a view into a career so different than what's typical here.
Tylerrr - Take a look at her other thread (the one she links to in the first post of this thread) - it has some discussion on the subject. Sounds like she's had various sex related jobs (Stripping, sex, making videos for a niche market - something to do with hypnosis, etc.). It's definitely interesting getting a view into a career so different than what's typical here.
C40 - Woops. What I meant for you to get is that the political climate sucks for sharing work anecdotes and you should get to work decriminalizing my life before asking for details. Or just read the book.
Tylerr, actually no. Prostitutes sell sex acts. I sell my time and sex acts should not be presumed to be included. I was a prostitute once in Canada tho. It was fun but I didn't like the business model.
Tylerr, actually no. Prostitutes sell sex acts. I sell my time and sex acts should not be presumed to be included. I was a prostitute once in Canada tho. It was fun but I didn't like the business model.
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@tylerrr
"Wow.....Just wow....."
I never understood why this one type of physical labor--sex--is seen as such a taboo. Must be because it threatens the structure of agrarian cultures. We don't criticize people for selling their bodies to clean toilets, but when they sell their bodies for sexual pleasure, suddenly we naysay it? Makes no sense at all...
Sorry if I'm derailing your journal, riparian. I won't comment further.
"Wow.....Just wow....."
I never understood why this one type of physical labor--sex--is seen as such a taboo. Must be because it threatens the structure of agrarian cultures. We don't criticize people for selling their bodies to clean toilets, but when they sell their bodies for sexual pleasure, suddenly we naysay it? Makes no sense at all...
Sorry if I'm derailing your journal, riparian. I won't comment further.
@secretwealth, oh no, it's my favorite conversation! Have you read this new book by Catherine Hakim called Erotic Capital? (It's along the lines of Pierre Beuordeaux's ideas of social capital, if you're into that kind if thing). Anyways, it turns out there's a global male sex deficit and the patriarchy doesn't want us knowing we have something valuable. So they try to brainwash us into being ashamed of actually valuing sexuality by saying it's too valuable for money or something? True story. Or, to summarize and quote what a wise stripper said to me when I was young, "these lawyers an shit had to go to school for ten years to make half the money we do in twice the time, of course they're mad."
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"Anyways, it turns out there's a global male sex deficit and the patriarchy doesn't want us knowing we have something valuable. So they try to brainwash us into being ashamed of actually valuing sexuality by saying it's too valuable for money or something?"
Yeah, I'd agree 100% with this statement. The fact of the matter is, when it comes to sex, women's bodies are more in demand than men's bodies, and that premium can be translated into cash by entrepreneurial, independent women who aren't easily brainwashed by social pressures put in place by agrarian societies trying to maintain a patriarchal order. I think that's pretty damn obvious, and anyone who is willing to look at the matter dispassionately without the moral baggage of Christianity/Confucianism/Islam/Judaism/Buddhism/Hinduism (all of which deride prostitution and prostitutes), it's pretty clear that these women are just doing what we all do: trading in their time and skills for money.
Yeah, I'd agree 100% with this statement. The fact of the matter is, when it comes to sex, women's bodies are more in demand than men's bodies, and that premium can be translated into cash by entrepreneurial, independent women who aren't easily brainwashed by social pressures put in place by agrarian societies trying to maintain a patriarchal order. I think that's pretty damn obvious, and anyone who is willing to look at the matter dispassionately without the moral baggage of Christianity/Confucianism/Islam/Judaism/Buddhism/Hinduism (all of which deride prostitution and prostitutes), it's pretty clear that these women are just doing what we all do: trading in their time and skills for money.
My problem with these sort of arguments is the clash between my fundamentally libertarian social values (drug regulation therapeutic and recreational,prostitution, gay marriage, polygamy etc) with the necessarily arbitrary distinction between adult and child. Should a 9 year old be able to purchase drugs? Obviously not. Is a parent who purchases drugs and fails to keep them away from their children abusing them, absolutely. When do we stop being children? 16? 18? 20? 21? Some kind of maturity trial? And we haven't even got started on poverty being a type of coercion...
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secretwealth
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"with the necessarily arbitrary distinction between adult and child."
It's not arbitrary, nor is it necessarily arbitrary. There is a pretty clear distinction between a 9 year old and an 18 year old.
There might be shades of gray between the extremes, but that doesn't negate the existence of a differential between the extremes. An analogy: the distinction between scalding water and cold water isn't arbitrary. Although we might disagree on whether 100 degree F water is hot or not, it's undeniable that 400 degree F water is dangerously hot.
It's not arbitrary, nor is it necessarily arbitrary. There is a pretty clear distinction between a 9 year old and an 18 year old.
There might be shades of gray between the extremes, but that doesn't negate the existence of a differential between the extremes. An analogy: the distinction between scalding water and cold water isn't arbitrary. Although we might disagree on whether 100 degree F water is hot or not, it's undeniable that 400 degree F water is dangerously hot.
@anomander, I don't really follow your logic. I mean, I don't think 9 year olds should be running the deep fryer at McDonald's, but I know that outlawing fast food would just make it harder for the labor department to keep up with these things and impossible for customers or employees to report violations.
@anomander, I don't really follow your logic. I mean, I don't think 9 year olds should be running the deep fryer at McDonald's, but I know that outlawing fast food would just make it harder for the labor department to keep up with these things and impossible for customers or employees to report violations.
In November I:
Made $2300 from my regular gigs that all y'all would approve of.
Made $150 totally passively from hypnosis stuff.
Made $150 total from 3 or 4 different things that I don't usually count cause they're so small (I made $50 from sexypassiveincome.com)
Averaged $5/day in book sales, tho amazon doesn't pay out for 60 days.
Spent $160 on gas. Ran out of free and holy crap! More free is supposedly on the way tho.
Spent $101 on food, new used boots, and a couple things I'll hopefully be re-imbursed for.
Spent $27 on a good deed.
Cut two cords of wood with a bow saw (and we burned most of it!).
Leveled up in small engine repair.
Cooked thanksgiving for 30 people. Omg.
Leatherwork: another back-up back-up retirement plan? Would people buy this kinda thing? http://www.ecowhore.com/blog/wp-content ... 111249.jpg
http://www.ecowhore.com/blog/wp-content ... 111259.jpg
Wrote an article for a popular website that will hopefully help my book sales.
Thought about grad school again. Sigh.
And! Remember my Internet conundrum? The state has decided that everyone should have Internet! If you can't get DSL or dial up or whatever they'll pay for the satellite equipment and subsidize the bill! Ah, sometimes it's good to be an American.
Made $2300 from my regular gigs that all y'all would approve of.
Made $150 totally passively from hypnosis stuff.
Made $150 total from 3 or 4 different things that I don't usually count cause they're so small (I made $50 from sexypassiveincome.com)
Averaged $5/day in book sales, tho amazon doesn't pay out for 60 days.
Spent $160 on gas. Ran out of free and holy crap! More free is supposedly on the way tho.
Spent $101 on food, new used boots, and a couple things I'll hopefully be re-imbursed for.
Spent $27 on a good deed.
Cut two cords of wood with a bow saw (and we burned most of it!).
Leveled up in small engine repair.
Cooked thanksgiving for 30 people. Omg.
Leatherwork: another back-up back-up retirement plan? Would people buy this kinda thing? http://www.ecowhore.com/blog/wp-content ... 111249.jpg
http://www.ecowhore.com/blog/wp-content ... 111259.jpg
Wrote an article for a popular website that will hopefully help my book sales.
Thought about grad school again. Sigh.
And! Remember my Internet conundrum? The state has decided that everyone should have Internet! If you can't get DSL or dial up or whatever they'll pay for the satellite equipment and subsidize the bill! Ah, sometimes it's good to be an American.
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