More Tuesdays to Think About

 Well.

I feel as though this whole year has just drained the life out of me.

First I was working a great job, living on my own. Next, I'm back home and living with my parents, two of my sisters, and their eight children combined and unemployed.

Fast forward to August.

I'm back in school.

September - 2/4 classes are taking in a wonderful way. (3/4 online, which I've never been good with.)

Yup.

2020 is going great so far!

July Started...

Well.

This is a bit late, but it's quarantine time.

July ushers in yet another month spent home. It's had its pros and cons.

Yet I'm ready to get back to work - right now anywhere would be fine. Just something to get away from the same old routine as before.

Keeping safe and following the rules will be key to this new change of workplace.

I look forward to wearing a mask all through my shift to help keep as many people safe as possible.

It will be nice to have that change of pace.

While I won't be working at Walt Disney World anymore, I will be among something else I love.

Books.

A bookstore might be the best thing right now: usually, it's quiet and not a whole lot of people come in.

Also: I'll be surrounded by something I love most of all every day.


What are you doing as we slowly open things back up? Leave a comment below and let's make it though July together.

March is Here

It's been some time since I gave an actual post.

Today has marked the beginning of something rather amazing.

I finished editing my massive National Novel Writing Novel Month file.

First time ever that I've done it. And it feels....strange. Also - I thought there'd be more.

It's a great time to be editing things and getting things done. Never knew it could feel that awesome. I'm actually looking forward to going through all of the others years I've done.


Living down in Florida has been a drastic change.

Being here since August was fun, but January brought the challenges. It's taken until now to resolve a few of them - and I hope they remain that way.

There just 86 more days down here before I have to decide what the next path in my life is going to be. Right now I've got three options to what could occur, and each one brings its own challenges and trials, but always brings rewards and other fund things involved.

I hope your 2020 has been awesome so far, and I hope your March is going to be awesome too.


What are you looking forward to this month? Leave a comment below.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the 2019

We have now entered the final month of 2019.

This year has been a whirlwind of learning, growing, progressing.

And severe lacking int his blog writing.

My re-cap of the year is a little crazy. I honestly never in my life thought I'd be in a completely different state by the end of it, yet here I am.

Here are the basic highlights of my year so far.

First:
     Last year I went back to school, I continued with a semester from January to May

Second:
     In February I was accepted into the Disney College Program

Third:
     Summer brought more changes in my personal life

Fourth:
     I moved to Orlando Florida

And now until May of next year I'll be working in Disney's Hollywood Studios.


Living and working down in Florida is a big change. I've now lived in the two extreme opposites of the United States. Well, extreme North West and extreme South East.

Alaska to Florida.

Hopefully in the coming years I can visit the extremes of the South West and the North East.


While every job and situation has its ups and downs, I've enjoyed this new experience in my life. I've been able to meet people from around the world. I've been able to walk in parks I'd never been to. I've been able to try so many new things it's been a rather breathtaking experience.

I would love to send a small gift (likely a pin) to anyone who actually reads up on this little Fickle N'Freelance Forever Blog. You pick out your favorite pin and I'll ship it to you (or a box office). A little something for those who follow or even stumble across and read this. The deadline to let me know will be the 15th of December.

Hope you have a fantastic week and let me know what you're you to!

Summer's Here Again

It's hot.

I'm trying to run a business (that's mostly online and by word of mouth and not doing so hot).

I'm trying to write this darn novel.

I'm trying to exercise every day (hasn't happened since last month when I got sick, though I do walk).

I'm trying to survive.


How about you?

School Size

First off - so terribly sorry for the delay in this week's post. Life got super crazy, hectic, and I was out of it until today. Thursday.

Hopefully this will be a decent post to make up for it.

School.

This is the topic of the month. Last week I covered a few of the basics of getting to know your University/College.

This week I'm going to cover a few things about how to make life a bit easier.


1. Take at least 10-15 minutes a day for YOU.

    You need a breather during the day. Classes go for all hours, you're rushing around the campus figuring out where things are, how to make it there faster. Take. A. Break. Find a spot, close your eyes and breathe. It will help keep you relaxed for those long days.


2. Friends can be found Everywhere.

    You might be lucky enough to sit next to them in class, or at meal time. They could be your roommate. Or they could be the one person that you routinely pass on your way to classes or other places. A friendly smile, a passing wave, can make a great new friend.


3. Know when you Don't need it.

    Nine times out of ten (or ten out of ten) - you don't need the thing you really want to buy at the store. You can always get it later on when you actually have money - or not. Money is a luxury, try not to spend it on things you'll have to lug around later.


4. Walking.

     Use your two feet - they can get you places. Bikes or mini scooters are helpful too, but walking is highly recommended. You can get exercise while hiking across campus to various classes and other activities.



Disclaimer: I am not paid for anything I write here.

Out of Time

I seem to find myself on either one of two spectrums:

1. The Blog is already updated before work and I have time to breathe!

2. I forgot I had appointments and work and I have no idea what time I'll even be home tonight because being a glorified waiter means they never tell you what time you get off because it's a sadastic business and ho crap now I have to write a blog at 11:59 PM!

So - here's a head start on it. I've started writing at 12:06 in the afternoon, and will be leaving in five minutes. So - this will be finished -

- Extremely later. (8:59).

First off, I can't believe I'm actually home this early. Then again - the restaurant where I work was so dead I only served two tables, paid my own money to the company and then went home. (This is an entire rant, which I'm trying to be positive about, but can't really seem to keep up the facade. It's just plain depressing and sad that I'm actually losing money working at this place than I am actually making.)

Digress!!!


I suppose that today's blog should be something more proficient. There's nothing much else that I can think of to say.

Which means that I've burned myself out this week.

I work every single day - with just one job that pays me anything, and one that's taking everything I've already earned.

I'm trying to get back into writing, which is better when I'm at one job because there's nothings to do so I can write (was actually complemented on my neat writing the other day as well).

And I'm trying to manage my life, sort things out, and figure out if I can finally get a place on my own.

So - this week is simply me trying to figure things out. If there's anyone with a comment of their own to offer to this rather tedious discourse, please feel free to place it below.


Have a better week than the last one.

A Little Random

So I realized today that none of my posts to date have had much in common.

Well - they've been me ranting about various things in life and society, so I suppose that is the commonality of them all.

This past week I've been thinking a lot about people who work more than one job. People who spend, quite literally, their entire days working. Bouncing from one job to the next to the next, only getting home for a few hours to sleep before heading out and doing it all over again.

Then there are those who are not only working more than one job, but who are going to school on top of it - so now there's studying and assignments and commuting time.

How do they do it?

I mean, I've done the 6 classes thing. I didn't have a job though (unless you count SMing our college's production of "Hamlet").

I've also done the full time work thing - only in the summer.

However, when I tried mixing the two I bombed it.

Alright when I had Intro to Web Business and was switching between jobs and states (yeah, I moved for the summer) I managed it quite nicely. I even scored a B+ out of the class! So I thought I could do it again. I signed up for an online Intro to WebDesign.

It killed my school average.

Twice!

Not only did I bombed it once, I went back to try again, even taking Intro to Programming. Not only did I realize Web Design and Development were no longer as fun and easy as I'd thought - I got a crash course in how much math goes into programming!

(I spent most of the assignment inputting the data verbatum to the book, and it still came out wrong! How does that even happen! I was following it word-for-word! Why!!!)

Okay, so aside from all that - how do people work multiple jobs at a whack and not just fall over at the end of the day?

Today is my second day of double shifts.

From 10-2(or 3, depends on the day), I work at a music store. It pays $8.75, which isn't bad. It's quite amazing, really. I'm a part-timer, which means I'm working between 8-18 hours a week though, so it became boring quite quickly.

So I picked up another job. One that I swore up and down I would never be caught dead at because the pay sucks and you're relying on others to help cover costs. I thought I was going to become a bartender - which I was okay with. I served drinks last summer. Apparently I wasn't listening correctly. I guess I muted out the title of the actual job -

Server.

Yup. Glorified waitress.

When that finally sunk in I felt the bottom of my stomach drop from under me.

The extra job I'd gotten to help offset what I was barely making at one store was now basically me working for free.

What the crap had I gotten into?

There is no shame in being a server. It's a position designed to help people get 'experience' in the work field. It's not meant to be a career job.

I was starting to be okay with it. Sure, I complain when I'm not there, but when I am there: I don't stop. It's a job where I'm on my feet, but I'm constantly moving around. I'm not just sitting in the back room reading (to which I will never complain about - cause Books. 'Nuff said).

Then last night, I felt like I was finally grasping the whole, take order, place order wait for food, engage the guests without spending too much time at the table, take food out, check in on them and all that jazz. And that's when I got my first big hit.

No tip.

I sorta stared at it. I was honestly confused.

I thought I'd done a great job at the table, I mean we didn't have orange slices that night for a particular drink, but everything came out as they'd asked.

So - what did I do wrong?

I had another realization when working last Friday.

I over-analyze everything I do.

"Did I say enough?"

"Did I make too much eye-contact?"

"Did I accidentally respond to something I shouldn't?"

"Did I get their drinks right?"

"Was that a joke?"

I know that - with more time - this job will become easier.

I also know that - being an introvert - this is going to be one of the hardest things I've done. I feel like I'm intruding on their dinner/lunch.

I suppose it's all in how you present yourself. The best you can do is the already the Best.

If I take it one day at a time, then I can breathe.

So - to all those who work double-triple jobs, add school on the side, or are balancing both:

YOU ARE DOING YOUR UTMOST BEST. DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU OTHERWISE.

Otherwise, let them do what you do for a day. I guarantee they won't be able to handle it.