How do you make a Living?

LOL POD that is awesome.

"Be your own hero" Best quote ever. We can all do at least one thing every day to do something that helps the world. If were clever, we can usually do at least 10 things in one day, and some of those things will compound and the good things will spread if were really clever.

You can plant seeds for peace everyday...People might not get it right away but you never know when you will be influencing history with your positive contribution. Theres sooo much opprotunity to help people these days cuz so many people need it.. the call for action today is massive and sometimes overwhelming to me.


Feeding your bank acct is important, as is feeding your spirit as you say. Empty bank accounts can contribute to stress worry struggle etc... which leads to treating others and ourselves in ways that other than the best ever.

There are 9 million millionaires in the US alone. There is a lot of money out there to be made and having some of it is not a bad thing. Its a lot harder to help the poor if you are poor, and there is nothing noble about making your life hard on yourself. Suffering and struggle are only honorable when people are enduring conditions they didnt create.

When were financially free and our lives arent run by anothers clock, our stress levels dissipate and our good feeling for life increase, and a healthy spirit grows.

With that said, if anyone wants to send donations for me sharing my wisdom, PM me and I will give you my paypal acct., LOL.

Intertwining making a lot of money with helping this world is tricky but really possible if you are devoted to it. It's something that I think about a lot...Being in community college seeing everyone preparing for a destiny of working their lives away and living in debt, is scary.. because I know I could do so much more myself and I know so much more thats soo important.

I'd love to get on a lecture circuit and get a book or audiobook published..probly easier to get published before you get lecture gigs though...and its also probably easier to get gigs if you have a degree or crudentials..

It's confusing and hard to find your niche or your passion or bliss...let alone take that and get it to make you successful. But if you take everything one thing at a time and make it easy on yourself... you really can do anything.
Peace everyone =)
Avocado

 

i work as a business analyst for a major u.s. utility. budgeting and accounting. bean counter.

grew up in the 60's and 70's. new to this place.

stories later when i become more comfortable here.

peace

 

its is actually impossible for a 15 yr old to get a casula job here unless you want to work for fast food or you have a family friend or relative who can hire you or knows someone who will. its fucking shit house. i have no income whats so ever because i refuse to work for mcdonalds, hungry jacks or kfc. so i have to scab off my mum and get the your not looking for job lecture which isnt true. I REALLY DONT WANT TO WORK IN FAST FOOD >.< .. also when i apply in retail they look straight at my dreads and be like .. yeah .. well call you (LIES LIES LIES)

 

when i just moved down to this tiny town, i was trying to convince my fiance to let me get a small ebay business started, anything... as it turned out i ran out of money first. so!
i work front desk at a hotel. i actually kind of dig it. i have to stand up for 8 hours at a time, (am currently trying to groove on the idea of varicose veins) but the job is slow now that i've got the hang of it (the hotel is undergoing renovations and we usually have about 40% full on weekdays...)
so i can dig that anyway... getting paid $8 per hour to do FA?
also when the managers leave around 9 or so (i go home at 11) i will steal a stool from the lounge and sit and crochet or read or draw or just peace out...
someday the ebay business... someday... or from a blanket on the ground preferably if i can move someplace populated enough...

as far as college... i start for like the 5th (and hopefully final) time in the fall an will be double-majoring in creative writing and languages, my two loves, eventually majoring in french... unfortunately i'm terrible at scientific things which doesn't allow me to be of any help in the industries of healthcare... however... i can still commit random acts of kindness

 

this thread is going great, very informative and real. Avacado, thank you for your post, it meant a lot to me, and im sure, to many other people as well

 

One of the guys who work for the phone company. You know, the guy in the utility truck who might show up to fix your phone line.

 

what i do, well i like to say iam self employed, iam a street performer, i play music on the streets, do tarot card readings , sell hemp and TOUR when i can, since i got married 5 months ago, i dont tour as much, i will say it has gave me more time to make more hemp to sell, iam starting an online store, and 2 of the headshops here in town sell my hemp.

 

To give a new answer to this question...I am experimenting with online affiliate programs right now, only with companies I can support with a good conscious. I've found one so far that is certified organic that you may wanna check out

http://www.myaffiliateprogram.com/u/visione3/up.asp?id=2047

It's an organic live food nutritional supplement. You can sign up very easily..and then just plug the link into your myspace, blog, webpage, profile, whatever..and make 20% on all the sales you generate, which is actually pretty good compared to other affiliates I've looked at. Plus your helping people's health and supporting an organic food company. I've also used the product myself(I've got the AFA gift package before) and I like it, and the next time I order I think I might go through myself, to save 20%, lol. As for earning a living doing this, it is doubtful unless you became a very passionate affiliate program guy... but an extra stream of income is always helpful for anybody.

Peace love and wheatgrass =)
Avocado

 

I'm a complementary medicine practitioner. I work on a project that encourages people recovering from longterm illness and people with disabilities to manage their conditions and become more independent. I also have a private practice which I run on the Robin Hood principle - those who can pay pay and those who can't get free treatments. I love my job.

 

wow that is amazing. youre really a beacon of hope. i plan on becoming a massage therapist, which im going to school for in the fall, and then planning to become a reiki master and holistic health practicioner and i might get into acupuncture. thanks for all of the great responses.

 

i study at the university so my main source is parents
and a very small income from my work as a teacher...teach english...
gonna quit that job soon
no pleasure any more

 

I'm a sales support associate (stockboy) at JC Penney's. (corporate America claims another victim)

 

Very cool. I currently work at a little coffee house / art gallery / bistro. I do a little of cooking, waiting, delivering, and dishwashing. Awesome job for a student