Last year my goal was to make $20,000 as a part-time, freelance copywriter. I made less than five. Disappointed but not broken, this year I vowed to wow the industry and return triumphant after the childrearing hiatus I survived. Nearly four months in, and I’ve billed $145.00. One hundred, forty-five. That’s billed, not received.
Don’t give me the “look at the glass half full” speech. I’m so flippin’ sick of the pollyannas that blame this mess on the news anchors and doomsday newspapers (those still publishing…), internet rumors, and cynics like me. Get your head out of the sand. It sucks out there and it’s real and it’s bad and it’s personal.
A New York cop said the commute in is quick, because no one’s on the roads, and less pedestrian traffic on the streets once in. And he sadly adds the recession is job security, as theft and domestic violence calls are way, way up. Ugh.
It’s dark and gloomy and I’m looking for funny, really I am, but nobody’s laughing.
No kidding! I thought at Christmas when the stores were still crowded and February break, when people were still traveling that this was all media hype. But yesterday when stopping to pick up a few things at Target and Wal-mart, the stores were empty! I had no trouble finding a parking spot! The holiday isle was filled with Easter stuff. This is no joke folks! I also think we haven’t seen the worst yet. Let’s hang in there and keep our wits about us!
i’m not known to be a glass-half-full kind of girl, and i’d never have wished for even a bit of this, but i’m feeling more grateful than ever. although the way things were might have been easier for most, our country was a bunch of gluttonous spoiled brats. it’s too bad that so many who weren’t living that way are suffering, but it was time for a national soul correction. i hope we learn something…
What amazes me are the people who are unaware of the financial crisis that we’re in. The ones still buying “JUNK” willy nilly. Get a grip people, quit being so materialistic and just be happy if you’ve got your health and anyone to share your life with.