A few ideas from a reader
I received this comment from a reader and it has several little gems in it so I am sharing it with you. Just a few comments ahead of time. I agree we all need to be thinking of new ways to save money or to make a little more. Only you know what your capabilities are and how hard you are willing to work. This message originally included a reference to a multi level business. I have eliminated that reference because I am always extremely skeptical of these businesses. I would not want to be seen as promoting something that I had not reviewed at length. Home businesses are hard, they take work and an investment of capital. I have been running a home business and it is hard. It is something you definitely should consider though, as some skills are easier to barter or sell than others.
I was thrilled to learn of your site and will visit it again.
I learned recently that with my often overtime hours at work and home issues I am juggling, I wasn’t taking good care of myself. I live paycheck to paycheck and in trying to better my situation have way too many irons in the fire. I realized that part of the problem was too little protein and some other nutrition in my diet.
Since I started stocking up on pop-top cans of chili with beans, and other protein sources, I have found that storing protein for quick snacks and meals keeps me sharper and less likely to use energy drinks. I am a security guard and worked in Austin, Texas. At some posts I have a microwave oven and refrigerator, but in other circumstances I put a pop-top can of food on the dashboard of the car in the early part of the day and let it heat in the sun. By late afternoon I have had to get oven mitts to pick it up and have a nice dinner. Since then I have been collecting items like a cooler/heater that plugs into a car or parka to store for when I drive an open golf cart in the cool wind of the mornings.
I was at a building where a corporation was aiding Red Cross with building and parking spaces at the time of Hurricane Katrina and Rita. At one point Austin was thought to be in the path of what would have been 100 mile an hour winds into the central part of Texas before Rita moved the other direction. The refugees in the area lined country roads for places to stay and at the area of the high school where I lived refugees were staying. Regular gas at the pumps was sold out, a car was not only broken into but also being taken apart for parts at one remote workplace.
The homeless who no longer had a home or a place of work still had to pay mortgages, so now I am a firm believer in getting a home based mobile business to establish with others outside of the immediate area. My family had a family reunion that month and one of our family members was a Rita refugee. I get so frustrated when I suggest that the family create a type of plan B for family members to have places of refuge for other extended family if a crisis occurs since you can’t just assume you can go buy a bunch of stuff in the heat of a situation. I suggested home based businesses of various types for tax purposes, and they just thumb their noses at it. In my job certification I have to have Red Cross classes, so what did the Red Cross start doing this past year…tell their students to get with family to create a Plan B of refuge with other family. Our US culture is just not ready for Plan B events when it comes to neighborhoods and family. But I can’t just give up either and not try to reach out to neighbors or others.
It wouldn’t hurt families to think of crafts, gardening and other practices to do networking with neighbors later. At least if home business tax laws are utilized it will help us to afford to be prepared. Thank again you for your site, as I will definitely pass it on to others.
Thanks Tracy. What insights have the rest of you gained? Please share them.
Good words.