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‎04-30-2022 10:29 PM
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‎04-30-2022 10:33 PM - edited ‎04-30-2022 10:53 PM
@Brisky wrote:
Ok, school is my go to I guess. I will study English and buy a real computer....
Are you up to reading poems that go on for 50 pages?
School has become awfully pricey. When I first went to college, my tuition was $69 a quarter. (We were on the quarter system while other universities were on a semester system.)
I could usually get all my books and supplies for under a hundred bucks. Now you can't get one book for a hundred bucks. My last degree? Each class was $1500. And that was considered a bargain.
Do you have a community college nearby? Taking classes is fun -- especially when you don't have to worry about a degree. Sometimes I get the urge to take a class in some subject that interests me.
I do have to take classes for work and, since COVID, there aren't the same opportunities. I signed up for in-person seminars all the time. Now everything's online.
Not the same.
How 'bout fly fishing? Mountain climbing? Long distance running?
See, that's why I drink wine and watch old movies.
‎04-30-2022 10:50 PM
@Brisky wrote:
I want to work....I have noticed a difference once my children left. I would like to work for somebody PT and have a little bit of fun! No boring banks. No hospitals they smell bad and not the happiest place.
Maybe, I'll write a book about boring times and what you should do to escape from your own imprisonment 🤣
Yes, I walked the dog down the street to meet the horses
but that wasn't enough. What to do....I am going to think on it!
There are fun part-time jobs out there. Any little tea shops in your area? Okay, not fun for you, but there has to be something that would be up your alley.
I lost my high tech job after September 11 -- a lot of us did. I knew moving here was risky because there were no jobs in NM. In the back of my mind, I always thought: What would I do for work if I lost this job?
I applied for 82 jobs before I finally found one that paid less than half what I'd been making. Way less. But I'd finally decided that if I was going to work for peanuts, it had better be in a fun environment. I applied for museum jobs, non-profits, colleges, arts organizations... I was even considering going back to retail and working in a place like Petsmart just so I could be around dogs.
What sounds fun to you?
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