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Well . . .Not much progress

February 18th, 2009 at 04:19 am

Um yeah. You know that list I made yesterday of all the things I was going to accomplish today?

Managed to do four items.

1. Applied to company scfr mentioned
2. caught up on blog posts
3. Perused Craigslist job postings
4. Started to look into ehealthinsurance plans

Didn't clean, didn't exercise, didn't finish applications (although did make some progress on one of them.)

On Craigslist I found a number of interesting postings. One was for AmeriPlan, which I don't think is right for me. Another one was for a different tutoring company than AtoZ, which I did apply for and took a number of qualifying tests.

A third one though made me annoyed. I responded to an ad for an admin asst with a starting hourly rate slightly higher than what I made. I received a reply back with a link to a website to fill out an application. I filled out the application, copied and pasted my resume, and submitted.

After submitting, the next page was a list of online colleges where you could 'further your career opportunities' and nothing else. So now I'm wondering if the ad wasn't just a scam to get you to give your contact info so they can bug you to death to apply to one of those online schools.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think I am. Frown

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One thing I've been trying to wrap my brain around today is the fact that all the money which I've been earning from my side jobs, and which I've completely allocated towards savings goals, is now not really 'extra monies' but is now 'NOW' monies.

I'm trying to figure out if the money I have stashed in my general Extra Monies account, but not allocated yet, should be put in my Next Month fund for general spending, or go to where I'd put it if life was normal.

You see, right now I am using the money I earned in January for expenses. In March, I'll use the money I earned in February (including the severance pay I guess.) So by April, I'll presumably need to use the monies earned in March.

Since there will be no full-time income coming during March (unless a miracle happens) the only income will be from side jobs or unemployment.

So . . . maybe for February I will go ahead and allocate my extra monies normally, since I'll have a 'normal' income. But then in March, whatever comes in from whatever source, will go to fund April's budget.

Am I making any sense?

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Tomorrow my mom wants me to go with her to some travel business seminar she thinks I could really do well with. I think I'm going to tell her I'm more than happy to meet her for lunch somewhere, but am not interested in MLM (which is what this is.)

What I hope to accomplish on Wednesday:

1. Attend seminar at workforce center - maybe see if I can take typing tests and/or other computer proficiency tests

2. Cash gym check and deposit it

3. Gather needed info to complete various applications (health insurance, workforce)

4. Check Craigslist for any new listings

5. Clean at least one hour

6. Get in at least 30 minutes of exercise.

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6 Responses to “Well . . .Not much progress”

  1. lizajane Says:
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    I get very annoyed by some of the CL job postings also. I sent a brief email to one awhile back that sounded great, although the pay seemed a little high for the brief job description. Whan they sent back a link to some other website that had an application and a "submit your resume" link, but the website didn't really look like a normal legitimate company website, I stopped. If I can't google the company or phone number and get a decent reliable hit before sending more than my junk email address, I don't bother anymore. It makes me so mad that they do that.

  2. frugaltexan75 Says:
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    I should've stopped before hitting submit on that one -- but I let myself think that the person had just sent me a direct link to the application page. So far I haven't gotten hit with any phone calls or junk email (that I know of) so we'll see.

    I'll be *much* more discerning of CL ads.

  3. mom-sense Says:
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    You're doing just fine! Keep going!

  4. frugaltexan75 Says:
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    Thanks Mom Sense

  5. my english castle Says:
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    We're indeed cheering you on. And although I hate to exercise, I'm with you--it keeps me focused.
    So good luck with tomorrow's goals.

  6. frugaltexan75 Says:
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    Thanks MEC! Smile

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