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France3318 Posts

December 03 2014 08:44 GMT

#21

On December 03 2014 09:08 batsnacks wrote:

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You just invited everyone on TL to email your dad this blog :/

dude everyone here isn't 15 years old that's crazy if you can't even link a website besides theres nothing wrong written in this blog

hp.Shell

United States2527 Posts

December 03 2014 21:53 GMT

#22

Definitely go hang out with your dad, 80 is getting up there in age. I'm already feeling the time pressure with my own dad as he just turned 60, but of course I am going to the city to do my own things for a while. How old is the family you are staying with? If your mom is of comparable age / life expectancy, then I would say still go, because you have already had some time with your mom.

I find it helps if I think about it by asking myself questions:
"Would I regret not doing this?" and the "5 Why?s" are really helpful. For an example - if you want to know why something is the way it is, especially psychologically or personally, you simply ask yourself why, and when you arrive at a truthful answer, ask why again - it sometimes takes 5 questions (5 whys) to arrive at the real bare bones truth. Then you have a lot of information you can use to either change the situation or make a good decision based on your behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, etc.

gl, hf

PassiveAce

United States18076 Posts

December 04 2014 00:46 GMT

#23

your dads stuff rules.

MarlieChurphy

United States2065 Posts

December 04 2014 06:48 GMT

#24

I just read your other blog and this one, and I'd say make sure you secure a job 100% before you move back. And stay away from all the drugs and booze. Go live with your/or near your dad, he's getting old and a person with a stroke needs some support. My friend's dad had one a couple years ago (hes like late 60s), and really the only thing that seems to make him happy is seeing faces he recognizes.

PS- I dig your dad's art, I see all the recent stuff and descriptions of the stuff he did on shows, but are there any pics of some of that stuff?

Also, the next job you get that has a lot of downtime during work that you can get away with. Use it to improve your quality of life rather than just filling it with games, reading forums, watching videos etc. I did this for a couple of years when I was living on my own and when I ultimately was hit with some setbacks, I had nothing to fall back onto.

You should be studying something/doing work on something. Doesn't necessarily have to be college, but maybe even trade school related, or some sort of class you can take/find locally that gives you a side job or something. For example, when I worked at a cellphone store with a lot of downtime I was looking into this online paid question answering stuff called KGB. It paid pretty shit, but working while I'm working is really just a bonus imho. So either something like that or buying/selling on ebay or whatever would be a much better use of your time in that case. Just take advantage of the fact you have some income to invest in yourself to make more opportunities for yourself and not stagnate at some shitty job.
(As a side note, my friend who got me that job used to sell weed out of the store. So just make the most of the time. Don't sell weed though.)

Also, outline a plan. Or a short list of attainable goals. Something like:

Save 2k buy a used car asap.
After car, save up money for renting a room or apt and 6 months rent then do that.
Always keep 1500$ in the bank for necessities in case something fucks up. In a real pinch you can live off that for a long while.
etc.

Always tell people you're broke.

TelecoM

United States10825 Posts

December 05 2014 04:01 GMT

#25

On December 04 2014 15:48 MarlieChurphy wrote:
I just read your other blog and this one, and I'd say make sure you secure a job 100% before you move back. And stay away from all the drugs and booze. Go live with your/or near your dad, he's getting old and a person with a stroke needs some support. My friend's dad had one a couple years ago (hes like late 60s), and really the only thing that seems to make him happy is seeing faces he recognizes.

PS- I dig your dad's art, I see all the recent stuff and descriptions of the stuff he did on shows, but are there any pics of some of that stuff?

Also, the next job you get that has a lot of downtime during work that you can get away with. Use it to improve your quality of life rather than just filling it with games, reading forums, watching videos etc. I did this for a couple of years when I was living on my own and when I ultimately was hit with some setbacks, I had nothing to fall back onto.

You should be studying something/doing work on something. Doesn't necessarily have to be college, but maybe even trade school related, or some sort of class you can take/find locally that gives you a side job or something. For example, when I worked at a cellphone store with a lot of downtime I was looking into this online paid question answering stuff called KGB. It paid pretty shit, but working while I'm working is really just a bonus imho. So either something like that or buying/selling on ebay or whatever would be a much better use of your time in that case. Just take advantage of the fact you have some income to invest in yourself to make more opportunities for yourself and not stagnate at some shitty job.
(As a side note, my friend who got me that job used to sell weed out of the store. So just make the most of the time. Don't sell weed though.)

Also, outline a plan. Or a short list of attainable goals. Something like:

Save 2k buy a used car asap.
After car, save up money for renting a room or apt and 6 months rent then do that.
Always keep 1500$ in the bank for necessities in case something fucks up. In a real pinch you can live off that for a long while.
etc.

Always tell people you're broke.

Thanks.