Often times I dumpster dive and one thing I look for are text books that are sitting on top and not touching muck. If they meet my standards I sterilize them for good measure and sell them on Amazon. My Amazon profile is called A Starving Philosopher and while that is an exaggeration because I do eat well we are broke as a not funny joke. My gimmick on Amazon though, I think, is a really fun one. With every purchase I write a short philosophy on a note card. I was blessed enough to get three orders of my 15 or so listings yesterday and these are the philosophies I whipped right up for my customers.
So my Labor Day of love has been progressing beautifully. I wanted to share with the world what it is I do. At least one small aspect of it.
Often times I dumpster dive and one thing I look for are text books that are sitting on top and not touching muck. If they meet my standards I sterilize them for good measure and sell them on Amazon. My Amazon profile is called A Starving Philosopher and while that is an exaggeration because I do eat well we are broke as a not funny joke. My gimmick on Amazon though, I think, is a really fun one. With every purchase I write a short philosophy on a note card. I was blessed enough to get three orders of my 15 or so listings yesterday and these are the philosophies I whipped right up for my customers.
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I woke up to find this private Youtube video linked in my email... And while I can't explain the feelings that it gave me I can say that the secret is something to the effect that my nephew really loves me. This is somewhat incredible in that I have actually seen him less than the number fingers on my hands. Part of that is because we live so far apart and because I'm poorer than dirt (literally, dirt by the truck load has more value than the amount in my bank account right now) but could I never pick up the phone to call? I do think about him enough, gosh, but many things are changing in my life for the radically better and I can see to it that these changes include my little guy. Today I am devoting, as much as I humanly can, to this little guy and already I know some of the things I'm going to be doing.
I already know a couple of things I'm going to do. The biggest of them is that I'm going to start recording my video series of quitting smoking. The very first things I can do for this guy are to do the things for myself that I already know I should be doing, like stay alive and live right. So there's that. Second of all I'm going to make a goofy ass reply video to entertain him because after all in his words I'm a clown. (I hope he's more entertained than annoyed by clowns at his age ;) ). Third, I have some more thinking to do, but after I watch the video again. I know I'll be able to do some pretty great things with today, just not entirely sure all what yet. Today has been a pretty eventful day. Still didn't make much (any) money but did collect about $10 worth of metal which I will show you now. Yes that is our guest bathroom... I know, right? But hey, I have a great deal of pride in the effort which I have been making here and I can see and feel a huge difference as my life changes from being plugged in to generating it's own energy. Although being myself has quite a few liabilities they are far worth the feeling I get from living this way and communing with people in special, normal ways.
The deal with the guy towhere I would have driven him to Wichita Falls, TX for $400 closed because he believes he has found a better prospect in Las Vegas, NV. After hearing what he had to say I do agree with him and though since we have set him up with an updated resume and email address such other help he is still offering us $200 to help him purchase the cheapest airfare possible and then drive him to the airport. That will still be quite a blessing unto us. So today is done and I am thankful. Tomorrow comes and I am hopeful. Am finishing a quick egg and biscuit muffin I made for Randi and I; I've been up for several hours now working on a couple things. Primarily, it looks like that what we're going to be doing for rent money this month is give a guy a ride to Wichita Falls, TX from Springfield, MO where we live.
This guy is just some derpster I met while walking too and from Dillon's up the street but he's a really nice and honest seeming guy. He's looking to get a leg up in life by moving to north Texas where he's heard there might be more jobs and I've been trying to help him in any way we can. Because while he said he'd pay me just to drive him down there I can't conscieably drive him there without at least a place to stay and some idea of what he's getting himself into. Therefore, I've spent a good couple hours finding out about the town, looking into places to stay, internet access, library, poor people services, and I've even contacted a good Christian soldier online through Craigslist to see if I might be able to get a better idea of what it's like down there from a local's perspective. So anyway, that's the present update. Not quite kicked out yet and it looks like we're going to be able to make a late rent sometime mid month but then there's electric, car, insurance, and two credit cards. Not to mention medical (for knife through hand incident, oops) and student loans (whom are calling every day now, i'll contact them next week to see what we can do). I need to take a shower and get ready, church in an hour with the dude, Richard, and then back here to get him set up with a resume and some apps online. |
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