What do you do to support yourself?

lipstixgal · 06-24-2010, 04:11 PM

I went back to school for certified medical assistant but really want to be a nurse. Probably going to work for a while and then go back at night for BSN in nursing and get registered. But its not fun not having any money except for SS every month which goes like that.

Random · 07-01-2010, 09:38 AM

What haven't I done is probably a better question..

Lol..

I've always been a job gypsy

I generally work in food or as office support staff... Keep my mind or my body busy and I am a happy girl...

Now this means that I have pretty well always been poor.. So, I don't have a lot of expencive habits to cut..

But I'm getting older and I'm tired of starting over... A couple years ago, I thought I found my nitch..(Artisan Bread Maker... loved it, loved it loved it..) But medical problems and a nightmare break up derailed the HELL out of my plans..

So, after three yrs of soul stealing grocery store baking and a phone job, I took four months off... (I am beyond blessed with a partner who wants me happy..)What do I want to be when I grow up?

I took apart all my jobs, and my hobbies, and my life experience and figured out what is the constant in my life...

I'm a junker, a dumpster diver, a thrifter... It's in my blood.. My grandfather had a store, my uncle had a store, my parents have a store...

So I put what I wanted out into the universe...

I'm now an assistant manager at a thrift store..

Lol.. now it may not seem to be much.. Such a lil job... But for me.. It's winning the lottery...

First step to having my own store... Grin...

o222Good · 07-12-2010, 10:35 PM

I work a full time job and a part time job. I work from 8am to 10pm on Thursdays and Fridays. Believe me, I am so grateful, especially in this economy. Right now, I'm on a well needed summer break. I was pretty burned out, actually sizzlin, by the Fourth of July! I still have no money, as I'm paying off some heavy debts. If I'm lucky, I have a hundred dollars left over at the end of the month. But what I'm really worried about is when I retire in about 8-10 years. My income will be a third of what it is, and less if Social Security bottoms out. I'm pretty obsessed about it, but still very, very grateful.

- Kooch

07-01-2010, 09:38 AM	#2
Random Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: back in the land of trees and snow Posts: 2,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 8,017 Thanked 5,327 Times in 1,378 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	What haven't I done is probably a better question.. Lol.. I've always been a job gypsy I generally work in food or as office support staff... Keep my mind or my body busy and I am a happy girl... Now this means that I have pretty well always been poor.. So, I don't have a lot of expencive habits to cut.. But I'm getting older and I'm tired of starting over... A couple years ago, I thought I found my nitch..(Artisan Bread Maker... loved it, loved it loved it..) But medical problems and a nightmare break up derailed the HELL out of my plans.. So, after three yrs of soul stealing grocery store baking and a phone job, I took four months off... (I am beyond blessed with a partner who wants me happy..)What do I want to be when I grow up? I took apart all my jobs, and my hobbies, and my life experience and figured out what is the constant in my life... I'm a junker, a dumpster diver, a thrifter... It's in my blood.. My grandfather had a store, my uncle had a store, my parents have a store... So I put what I wanted out into the universe... I'm now an assistant manager at a thrift store.. Lol.. now it may not seem to be much.. Such a lil job... But for me.. It's winning the lottery... First step to having my own store... Grin... __________________ ~Volunteer~ "It gets in your blood"

06-24-2010, 04:11 PM	#1
lipstixgal Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: coupled Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,028 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 201 Thanked 1,690 Times in 1,064 Posts Rep Power: 1494761	I went back to school for certified medical assistant but really want to be a nurse. Probably going to work for a while and then go back at night for BSN in nursing and get registered. But its not fun not having any money except for SS every month which goes like that.

07-12-2010, 10:35 PM	#3
o222Good Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Lake Worth FL Posts: 89 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 641 Thanked 238 Times in 65 Posts Rep Power: 2561061	I work a full time job and a part time job. I work from 8am to 10pm on Thursdays and Fridays. Believe me, I am so grateful, especially in this economy. Right now, I'm on a well needed summer break. I was pretty burned out, actually sizzlin, by the Fourth of July! I still have no money, as I'm paying off some heavy debts. If I'm lucky, I have a hundred dollars left over at the end of the month. But what I'm really worried about is when I retire in about 8-10 years. My income will be a third of what it is, and less if Social Security bottoms out. I'm pretty obsessed about it, but still very, very grateful. - Kooch