KEW - Again!

Rachel blew me away again tonight, with her incredible insights into marketing. You really need to join this group ($10mo) and get access to the videos. Only women, though. Rachel won't let any men join. When you see the videos, you will understand.

Anyway, Another great meeting!

Other marketing and advertising guys will give me silver or bronze, but Rachel will give me gold!

Oh! And we get to play "Cash Flow - The Game" starting next month! If you're in town, come play with us....

Woo Hoo! New Brakes!

I got to get new brakes on the front of the car last night. It feels much better!

I don't see the parking brake flopping on and off with every curve in the road on the way to work...

Yep! I stopped in yesterday to make the appointment for next week, and he said he could do it in an hour - and I asked if he could do it right then. He could. He's a good guy. The price was just what he quoted, and the car is running right.

Don's Tire on Western...

Thanks, Randy - (that's the owner)...

Bills getting paid...

I got paid for some work that I did and was able to pay two bills, and schedule much-needed work on the car.

I need brakes! If I can't stop, better not go...

SO...

Brakes on the car. I have 2 more big bills this month, and all the little ones. All I can do is keep at it.

I'm continuing to apply at jobs full-time, and hope to land one that pays enough to take it.

I'm grateful for the little job I have, for sure. I resent it a lot, too, because it takes over the most-productive time of my day, and I feel so tied down.

A friend says I'm scattered. Maybe so. I'm looking at that. I have the cats, the SEO, the job, the body work... Then there's the stuff at the house...

Maybe I am scattered, and don't have enough attention or intention on any single part of my life.

The universe will only get behind me and push if all my energy (or the majority of it, anyway) is concentrated into one section of my life. Is that going to be the cats? The SEO? My health?

Or is that going to be: seeking a job that keeps food on the table but curtails all my creativity?

What a choice! Security or creativity. My creativity is so important to me. Without it, I become depressed and morose. Morbid, even!

Am I content to be a second- or third-class webmaster on a cat site? I can't give it up.... Can I???

Triggers...

I've been helping a friend get certified in a new body working technique called myokinesthetics. It is intense trigger-point work as taught by a chiropractor. She's a licensed massage therapist, and this is her continuing education work.

I jumped at the chance because I always want a massage! However, making $36/day, I can't afford them. So, I'm happy to help - it's a win-win situation.

The by-products are some other stuff coming up. I'm really paying attention to my food and what goes in. I'm really in touch with my diet right now. I'm also getting right with myself about my emotions. Things are getting triggered by these trigger points, for sure!

My mom has been in my head lately. I'm hearing her voice, and hearing her words. I'm hearing her singing. I miss her music, and her intelligence. I'm angry because there were no notices anywhere when she passed - not in Los Angeles, Carson City, or Sacramento. She had friends, colleagues, co-workers and fans. And nobody knows she is gone.

And I signed up to do Story Corps. http://www.storycorps.org

I want to tell her story, but there's no one who knew her in my circle - except my sister who is in California.

So, this is my life today. Money is extremely tight. I'm getting later and later on my bills. I hate the feeling, but at least I'm not giving up yet.

Interview Hell!!!

I hate people who mine data sites like Monster and send shotgun interview requests to every person who ever used the site. It wastes everyone's time and energy.

They don't read the resume...

They just send a request for interview, please pick a time and show up. They don't care if you have the education, experience or desire to work in their line of work or the job that they are offering. And the kicker is that the prospective employee will jump at it, thinking his resume landed him and interview. The letter or e-mail never lists exactly what the job is, either... Another SCAM!!!!

In half the offers, there is an expectation that the employee will actually put up money to take the job!

This practice, like similar data mining, should be outlawed!

For instance, I received a call for someone I used to know, and haven't spoken to for over 20 years. How the company even made the connection, I have no idea. It was my ex-husband's first wife! Come On!!!! Get over yourself! Get Real!!!

Taking a first-person survey is one thing, but mining data on the internet or old and out-of-date records is another.

I used to get phone calls from collection agencies for people who lived in other apartments or even apartment buildings, because I had the only land-line phone in the area. Like I know everybody on the block! Get real....

The poor caller is not the problem, it's his company's practice and data mining techniques that need to be fixed.