tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post8197813831814418459..comments2024-03-21T03:56:28.972-06:00Comments on Jill Outside: Hell weekJill Homerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-28177113946729230062009-04-02T01:40:00.000-06:002009-04-02T01:40:00.000-06:00Mike ... I make more than two bucks an hour. I thr...Mike ... I make more than two bucks an hour. I threw out a ridiculously low number just to make the point that I am not making nearly enough money to justify how much time and energy I am spending to earn it. Doing the real math, however, I am literally putting in more than 75 hours at the office this week. That's not a higher calling ... that's indentured servitude. When you think about it, working that much is completely mad ... one might say as crazy and pointless as riding a bike on the Iditarod Trail.Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-18622767851000198412009-04-01T15:02:00.000-06:002009-04-01T15:02:00.000-06:00Don't worry, we all have to work long hours for no...Don't worry, we all have to work long hours for no great financial reward from time to time. That's just work. Rewards appear later when we are not looking for them. But, do know you are part of a dying breed -- a print journalist! -- and America needs you and your work -- no, the world does -- now, more than ever! Without journalists, our democracy becomes an autocracy or worse. Take heart. It is a higher calling...thank you for doing it! Beats slinging burgers by a mile!Julie in AKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-58334300084992742252009-03-31T18:38:00.000-06:002009-03-31T18:38:00.000-06:00At this point, collecting unemployment benefits an...At this point, collecting unemployment benefits and being a drain on society for awhile sounds more lucrative than $2.46 net an hour over a twelve hour period.<BR/><BR/> The quick math computes to a whopping $29.52 for an average eight hour day or $147.60 per week and about $590.40 take home pay per month...slinging burgers pays "much" better.<BR/><BR/> I hope the Blog and sponsorship pays off for you.<BR/><BR/> Mike In WIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-5807700704791761002009-03-31T11:40:00.000-06:002009-03-31T11:40:00.000-06:00This past weekend my family and I went for a weeke...This past weekend my family and I went for a weekend away at a hotel. At one of the shops we visited after a walk on a frozen beach, they were selling framed stitchwork signs that said stuff like 'Simplify'.<BR/><BR/>I really don't mean this to sound like a terribly grumpy old cuss but wouldn't it truly be more simple if the person just went home and made their own 'Simplify' sign out of their assorted stuff they've got laying around?<BR/><BR/>I say relish whatever 'simplicity' you have. There are many that can't see how to get there.<BR/><BR/>Cheers. Good luck with 'Hell Week'.Kid Riemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537691052881191365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-22766746127976664522009-03-31T09:43:00.000-06:002009-03-31T09:43:00.000-06:00The jar-of-money ending only happens in the movies...The jar-of-money ending only happens in the movies. That's okay, though. If you forget you're actually free and untethered, you risk becoming like many people I know - the ball at the end of the tether-ball rope, getting punched back and forth, going every-which-way that's not necessarily your choice. Sounds like you have the right perspective, don't work too hard if you can help it, and keep up the adventures. That's an investment in your state of mind. Peace.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429366735333745647noreply@blogger.com