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Archive for October, 2008

Waiting Unpatiently.

Money Earned: $380.05
Money Spent: $157.68
Balance: $222.37
 
I’m pretty good at patience. I’ll sit on hold for 20 minutes and not be bothered. Sometimes I’m too patient. I’ll be in a waiting room or something and people will forget about me and I won’t say anything. I just sort of go with the flow.
But I’m at the [...]

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It’s not often you get to witness someone crushed by a giant cola refrigerator. Indeed, you see those little stickers on the sides of vending machines that say “Tipping can result in injury or death” and you kinda shrug it off.
There’s this place near my house, Philly Soft Pretzel Factory, which gives out three free [...]

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I finally got my $70.05 from that horrible experience passing out fliers. Look, I don’t mean to knock any job, especially one that pays .15 per flier, but my foot still hurts. I passed up a corn maze because of it.
I also got my sales tax license in the mail. Remember I registered for it [...]

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I’ve had a really good last couple of days. If you read my last post you might have noticed I got my sales tax license and my trade name. Today I went to my bank and opened my first business checking account. Those big business checks are cool and I have a bank card with [...]

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Total earned: $60.
My blog has been going poorly. I need to update it and promote it more. Maybe you can help promote it. You can send them an email like this:
“I, [insert name], urge you to read my friend’s blog. It’s really good and amazing, I’m sure you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be blessed with [...]

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Hit by a truck.

Day 3: Money Earned = $0
On Monday I decided to take a drive. I needed to find a way to begin making money, and while I had an idea I had no way to manifest it. My business plan was to sell items and services to local businesses, such as pest control, lighting, janitorial supplies, [...]

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My first gig.

Originally, I had planned to begin my little adventure on Monday but fate turned my way. One cannot ever turn away an opportunity and when I saw one Wednesday I took it and ran.
Mothers are always a blessing to be had. Several year’s ago my step-father’s business, The Crystal Path, a new age store, went [...]

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I want to the test waters of life. I want to jump in, head first, and see what it is like to make money in this country. I have no job but I have a considerable savings. My plan had one goal: To earn 6 figures in one years. To hit the $100,000 mark.
I’d blog my [...]

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Getting laid at work.

So on July 28th my boss comes to me and says he wants to see me in the conference room. “Great” I think “A raise”. A conversations ensues something about qoutas and corporate margins and stuff. I can’t follow this stuff. Then the words I always wanted to hear “We’ve decided to let you go.”
Cast [...]

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