Another year is drawing to an end & I have often wondered how other folks were able to general income during this very challenging year for us all.

I am hoping that we can help each other with ideas, advice and suggestions - whatever term you want to label this...

I am one that likes to LEARN how other folks are doing what I want to do, and this time, it is about "financial independence"...

Not so much about becoming rich, but getting to point that at age 53 I am not constantly wondering from "week to week" what bills will be paid(lol).

i just wanted to drop by and wish every one here a healthy and happy Thanksgiving. keep your heads up and your eyes on the prize, you guys are all talented and experienced, and i hope things turn around for you all.

p.s. = typing one handed due to a broken arm and collarbone, thats why no caps and little punctuation, lol.

take care, happy thanksgiving!!

Yesterday I received yet another rejection from a job I have been chasing. It's going on two years since I've had steady employment. After licking my wounds and getting on with my day I decided I needed new running shoes. I mention to the sales person that I could not afford the high priced "designer" running shoes. It turns out the sales person told me his sad story. Position eliminated after 30 years at a bank earning six figures. In summary, lost his home and is working minimum wage selling shoes (part time). This poor guy was in his 60's. I stopped feeling sorry for myself.

If you are in between jobs or are currently looking for something that meets your skills and provides a decent challenge, there is a good chance you have been an employee of the service industry at some point. These types of jobs often belittle and suffocate any shred of ego or personality a worker might have possessed and turns said victim into a customer entitlement specialist instead of a valued person and member of a team.

Well, I am still unemployed - going to 3 years now! I started a website back in late September - Announcment Services (Announce a special occasion, events, new business, etc). Hoping that the site will generate some type of revenue (even a few dollars a month), I have little hope that the site will make me any money! Boy, what a depressing state of mind I am in right now. I promote it, market it on social media - BUT, still no traffic to the site! No traffic equals to no revenue!
I believe this is my 3 venture on the internet while I have been unemployed.