[ Well kick me down the steps for being too nice ]
Hello :)
So after months of being unemployed, miserable and feeling pretty low about myself... I decided to start treating myself better! I know what i do and do not deserve and I'm finally going to take the time out and make myself happy.
I ended up crawling back to sephora, but they only have part time cashier open... minimum 24 hours a week, but i get some health care benefits and vacation time, so at least ill have some dollars coming in by the time of the wedding. The only downfall is that it costs me like 7 bucks a day just to get there, with gas and tolls... So its kind of working against me because they put me on for 5 shifts a week but i dont get more than 5 or 6 hours so its really sucky to drive all that way and pay so much in gas, when im barely making it back! So I picked up a second job at a fitness club thats on the way there. I work two mornings a week. Tuesdays and Fridays, for 5 hours each shift. so it ends up being about an extra 100 bucks a week. All of that i plan on putting into savings. Then i have my third job. Hair. Its certainly helped me out in tough times. I do one hair appointment a week, and make between 50 and 150 bucks. Thats my grocery money and whatever is left is my play money.
With all three of these jobs in place, i still make less take home than i did working one 30 hour a week job at sephora when i was the ops manager. Pathetic huh? 3 jobs where you work like 50 hours a week and barely get paid what you did working 30? What was i thinking when i left? I know i hated it, and i was miserable but if i had just one glimpse into what my future would hold, i wouldnt have quit.
I do like my life now, i feel more accomplished, and when i do make time to do stuff for myself its usually between a hectic day of sometimes all 3 jobs interferring.
The wedding is already being booked as we speak, just waiting to hear some quotes from the Travel agency, hopefully by monday we'll have some ideas on prices. I wanted to do expedia but they force you to pay for everyone all at once, and travel agents just want a deposit. So much less stressful.
I started writing a book, and I also decided im going to try out the firefighters exam next year. Working at the fitness club i get a free membership, so i'll be working on getting big and buff!
I bought a mini laptop that i can't afford and barely use, so that it would force me to write more often. I think im going to get off this big guy computer and use it for once :) <3
Hope everyone is well, and yes, i do still read everyday!
So after months of being unemployed, miserable and feeling pretty low about myself... I decided to start treating myself better! I know what i do and do not deserve and I'm finally going to take the time out and make myself happy.
I ended up crawling back to sephora, but they only have part time cashier open... minimum 24 hours a week, but i get some health care benefits and vacation time, so at least ill have some dollars coming in by the time of the wedding. The only downfall is that it costs me like 7 bucks a day just to get there, with gas and tolls... So its kind of working against me because they put me on for 5 shifts a week but i dont get more than 5 or 6 hours so its really sucky to drive all that way and pay so much in gas, when im barely making it back! So I picked up a second job at a fitness club thats on the way there. I work two mornings a week. Tuesdays and Fridays, for 5 hours each shift. so it ends up being about an extra 100 bucks a week. All of that i plan on putting into savings. Then i have my third job. Hair. Its certainly helped me out in tough times. I do one hair appointment a week, and make between 50 and 150 bucks. Thats my grocery money and whatever is left is my play money.
With all three of these jobs in place, i still make less take home than i did working one 30 hour a week job at sephora when i was the ops manager. Pathetic huh? 3 jobs where you work like 50 hours a week and barely get paid what you did working 30? What was i thinking when i left? I know i hated it, and i was miserable but if i had just one glimpse into what my future would hold, i wouldnt have quit.
I do like my life now, i feel more accomplished, and when i do make time to do stuff for myself its usually between a hectic day of sometimes all 3 jobs interferring.
The wedding is already being booked as we speak, just waiting to hear some quotes from the Travel agency, hopefully by monday we'll have some ideas on prices. I wanted to do expedia but they force you to pay for everyone all at once, and travel agents just want a deposit. So much less stressful.
I started writing a book, and I also decided im going to try out the firefighters exam next year. Working at the fitness club i get a free membership, so i'll be working on getting big and buff!
I bought a mini laptop that i can't afford and barely use, so that it would force me to write more often. I think im going to get off this big guy computer and use it for once :) <3
Hope everyone is well, and yes, i do still read everyday!