Articles tagged with work

Porcupine, Beware
My new line #manager was keen to show her teeth this week. On Wednesday I had a 1-to-1 with her. The language of #domination she used to me, almost a decade her senior, rattled my quills, and I have let her know this the last few days. The head of my form

Head, Meet Wall
As expected, I found out this afternoon which option Senior Consultant prefers. He'd rather have an extra piece of paper to be recycled than have a letter go out that he hasn't totally agreed with. *Sigh*. And, the answer to the question du jour is 'How

Halo Strangulation Ahoy?
My secretarial colleague came to see me earlier, and informed me that not only was our newest teamie off sick (as a hospital patient, no less) for the forseeable, but our other secretary had phoned in sick this morning. I immediately offered my services, k

The Magic Roundabout
The Magic Roundabout is, quite obviously to us Brits, a 70s children's TV show. It is also the slang term we use at my workplace to describe people working in different offices at different times of the week, month or year. Rotation is a fact of life wit

You Can Have My Crazy. I Don't Want It.
Sometimes, you just know a day isn't going to go well. I woke up at 5.30am as usual, then decided that I would stay in bed a bit longer after Mr C left for work. My hours are not as set as his, so I get to work the hours I want when I need to. When I fina

It MAY Be A Slow Writing Week
I had to change the title around a bit, because “MAY” is going to be the keyword here. I’m not going to try to hit my weekly quota because...well, I’m being realistic lol. It’s the week of Christmas so things are going to slow

Life is a rollercoaster
After last week’s shenanigans in the secretaries’ office I was rather grateful to have a long #weekend to recover. Well, it would have been great to recover. Highlights of the #retrogaming event at the weekend involved comforting one of our fr

Gratitude Challenge Day #608
Heyyy, everyone. I am still working on those assignments, but I wanted to stop in and do the Gratitude Challenge. I may have to push the rest of these assignments to tomorrow’s batch of work, but I’ll do what I can tonight. The assignments are

Gratitude Challenge Day #603
Heyyy there, everyone. :) I have been out almost all day, then I came home and took a long nap... and then worked on three assignments. I'm tired, hungry and I have a headache, so I'm just going to do the Gratitude Challenge tonight. Sooo, here are the thi

I Finished My Work Early
Aaah, I love having a productive week. :) I did well with taking a bunch of higher paying orders from one of my teams, as well as a bunch of direct orders I completed yesterday and today. I hit my weekly quota last night, and wound up hitting my daily quot

Homework is doing my head in!
Doing My Head In? Just in case "doing my head in" is a Northern Ireland only phrase, it means "it's driving me crazy" or "I am really frustrated with this"! No Not My Homework My granddaughter's homework. She does it at our house once a week. She seems

Busy little bee
Apart from helping out in the main secretaries’ office at #work (we are two admins down at the moment, as one quit and the other is on sick leave) I have been taking a mountain of minutes in #meetings, fixing people’s #printer woes at work and

I've Been a Busy Bee
Heyyy, everyone. I am going to have to set aside a day to get back to people, which I have done before, but I wanted to throw up a quick blog post to let my connections on here know how I have been doing.I have been busy, busy, busy these past few days. I

On Juggling, Working 5 to 9s and Portfolio Careers
I guess we're all familiar with the standard trope of the busy housewife-and-mother juggling keeping house with family caring duties. Running round madly, whirling from here to there like the hammer-thrower in the picture. Two further options on this choi

Thursday Morning in San Antonio
Good moanin', ya'll!! Did you REALLY expect anything less from me this morning? ;-) It is a quarter past seven, and I have been up for a half hour, and have already cleaned out my purse, and I have to meet my colleague at 8:30 in the lobby. &n

Addressing Scheduling Concerns
I would like to address the concerns that some of you have shared, regarding my upcoming schedule. First of all, I want to say how humbled I am that you show you care, as some of you have shared for me to "take care of (myself)" through it all. It sh

Anticipation Is Making Me Wait
There is a thin line between anticipation and waiting. Sometimes the two get rather muddied. Anticipation suggests excitement and expectancy. Waiting seems to bog one down. That is where I stand right now--somewhere between anticipation and waiting-

Time To Get To Work
It is already past noon here and while I've enjoyed interacting here on PP it is about time I got down to what I planned to do today when K and I decided to stay home instead of go camping, which is work on my next book project. &lexiconlover

Some Days It Feels Like A Step Backwards....
There are somedays where I feel like I have taken a step backwards with my freelance writing. For three years, I had a private client sending me work, and I did well with each payday for the most part. I took work from other clients occasionally, but made

Things Will Change
So, I'm going crazy in my current living situation. I love my family but it's not easy being here and seeing so clearly that I am the third wheel. So soon things will change. I don't know exactly how right now, but there are a few different options. 1) I

Labor Day
For all my PP friends here in the US, may I wish you a Happy Labor Day. As I remember, Labor Day was a day set aside to honor the laborers of America for their labor by granting them a day off from laboring at those labors. So the appropriate way

Your X-Wing is ready, Master Jedi
My oldest son sent me a picture of himself dressed up for work the other day. At least that was how he described the picture in the message. When I opened the file I was greeted by the helmeted figure you see here. Of course I had to reply to him with the

Had a Rough Few Days With Writing
Hey there, everyone. I never got around to posting this week, but I think that's obvious. My head was in several different places. I mentioned before that work had been slow since last night. I thought it was the end of the month slump, but man was I wron

Well I'm Swamped With Work
Holyyyy smokes, am I swamped with work! I did a bunch of assignments yesterday and wound up saving five of them for today. I set them up last night, so it didn't take as long to complete them. I received three more writing assignments and thought "Oh good,

My Jewelry-making Hobby Could Be Business
I began making jewelry in 2005. I started to learn so I could create a few things for myself. The business woman in me saw it as a possible opportunity. Earrings are relatively easy to make and, often times, choosing the beads takes longe

How To Use a Token Economy to Promote Good Behaviour
Token economies are often used in elementary classrooms and in therapeutic settings with special needs populations, particularly ABA interventions for children on the autism spectrum. They can also be used at home, to improve discipline and compliance with

Legitimate Work From Home Opportunities
Received a lot of positive feedback on the post about My Job. Constantly on the lookout for various income opportunities and am on several mailing lists. This info arrived in my Inbox today. Was going to bookmark these links for later review and/or share

I Would Not Want To Be a Psychic
For years, there seemed to be something weird going on with my dreams. They seemed to be able to predict death. I tried to reason my way through it - perhaps it was because I knew someone was sick and I was worried. That logic worked for

We're Having a Heat Wave ...
Don't you love the Internet. It's like having a library in your home. Even though my trips to a real brick and mortar local library are sorely missed, the worldwide web is a great substitute! Recommending an online magazine which is likely something I'd b

Do You Like Ghosts?
I don't like ghosts. Not talking your #Halloween celebration kind of #ghosts . Specifically referring to the “ghosts” who create #socialnetwork or #socialmedia #profiles or accounts at #onlinewritingcommunities , and then come and haunt you.

Active Tweeter Since April 2012
Responding to a #FOPP post by &bestwriter . Twitter asks me to follow Barack Obama!! My response was too long to just leave a comment. ◊ ◊ ◊ Some people can't have life on the #Internet without their #socialmedia accounts. Others could

Tree of Friendship Necklace
I began doing bead work a number of years ago. I especially love making things that require a bit of wire work, as I shared with the rosary articles. I made this necklace for a friend, Susan, for Christmas 2012. I called this piece, "The Tree of

I Have Ideas But Need Collaboration
I have ideas. Many of them. The ideas run through my head like the music from a middle-school jazz band. They want to sound cohesive, but they just do not know quite how to pull it together to start. I know how to market myself...old school style. B

Journal 06-27-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Saturday, June 27, 2015. The temperature is 63.8°F and the humidity is 84% at 5:43 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 mph with gusts of 1.6 mph. It was c

Would You Quit Your Job for $5K?
Would You Quit for $5K? This is what Amazon asked its warehouse employees last year. Even new employees could receive $2K to leave the company. The "Pay to Quit" program was offered to 40K of Amazon's warehouse employees across the nation from

Journal 06-26-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Friday, June 26, 2015. The temperature is 64.9°F and the humidity is 61% at 4:56 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 mph with gusts of 0.7 mph. There were

Journal 06-25-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Thursday, June 25, 2015. The temperature is 64.3°F and the humidity is 88% at 4:48 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0.7 mph with gusts of 2.2 mph. There

Journal 06-24-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The temperature is 62°F and the humidity is 84% at 4:44 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 mph with gusts of 0 mph. It was clea

Journal 06-23-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The temperature is 61.5°F and the humidity is 82% at 4:38 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 mph with gusts of 2.2 mph. It was pa

Journal 06-22-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Monday, June 22, 2015. The temperature is 64°F and the humidity is 92% at 4:55 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 mph with gusts of 2.2 mph. It was overc

Journal 06-21-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Sunday, June 21, 2015. The temperature is 63.5°F and the humidity is 89% at 6:07 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 mph with gusts of 1.6 mph. It’s

Journal 06-20-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Saturday, June 20, 2015. The temperature is 70.1°F and the humidity is 73% at 9:07 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 2.2 mph with gusts of 3.8 mph. It&rsq

Journal 06-19-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Friday, June 19, 2015. The temperature is 60.8°F and the humidity is 88% at 4:28 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 mph with gusts of 0 mph. It was clear

Journal 06-18-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Thursday, June 18, 2015. The temperature is 64.1°F and the humidity is 87% at 5:10 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 mph with gusts of 2.2 mph. It was o

Journal 06-17-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Wednesday, June 17, 2015. The temperature is 64.3°F and the humidity is 84% at 5:05 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 mph with gusts of 4.5 mph. It was

Journal 06-16-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Tuesday, June 16, 2015. The temperature is 64°F and the humidity is 88% at 5:05 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 mph with gusts of 0 mph. It was overca

From One Blogger to Another
Since many members of this community also have their own blogs, it's good to share our experiences. Started my #Tumblr #blog in 2012. It is a lot of fun, even though it's a #homebusiness project and my purpose is to generate income. It's a combined #microb

journal 06-13-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Saturday, June 13, 2015. The temperature is 63.2°F and the humidity is 85% at 4:32 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0.7 mph with gusts of 3.1 mph. It was

Journal 06-12-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Friday, June 12, 2015. The temperature is 64.6°F and the humidity is 86% at 4:54 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 mph with gusts of 2.2 mph. It was ove

Journal 06-06-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Saturday June 6, 2015. The temperature is 61.9°F and the humidity is 73% at 5:46 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0.7 mph with gusts of 3.8 mph. It was o

Online Income
Many of you know that I am attempting to earn more online these days due to the fact that I have a new grandbaby and I hope to stay home more. I am sure that it is going to be difficult and I am sure that my time online is going to have to increase a great

Almost Lost Motivation To Work…
...But I’m still going to work my butt off and complete my assignments. My batch for today consisted of three assignments from the job board, and three direct assignments. The assignments are at different payments, which means I will hit my daily quo

Journal 06-02-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Tuesday June 2, 2015. The temperature is 57.9°F and the humidity is 87% at 5:02 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 mph with gusts of 0 mph. It was clear

And Breathe
It's been a bit all out this week so far. With Mr C and the guys arriving home late on Sunday night, I was late to bed and later in to #work on Monday too. #Dayjob is busy as ever and the #study day I'm administrating is taking on its own life now. Just

Journal 05-20-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Wednesday May 20, 2015. The temperature is 57.3°F and the humidity is 87% at 5:39 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 with gusts of 2.2 mph. It was overca

Tuckered Out and Eating my Head for Supper
It's been quite a week here. Firstly, my 18month old #laptop died. To start with, it ate its Intel Technology Driver, then purple baby-san decided to munch the hard drive as well. Result was the return to full time employment of #Machiney, my hard working

Journal 05-16-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is for you. Today is Saturday May 16, 2015. The temperature is 53.6°F and the humidity is 84% at 5:21 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 with gusts of 0 mph. It was mostly cl

Making Money on Tsu - Part 2
Sharing Links on Tsū – Three For One. Last month I shared this information with the #FOPP community: Making Money on Tsū Nation * * * Below is a link to a short article published via dailytwocents.com . Tsū A Social Network that Pays

Journal 05-15-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day is Friday May 15, 2015. The temperature is 54.8°F and the humidity is 93% at 3:48 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 with gusts of 0 mph. It was overcast when I stuck my head

Another Slow Day......
So the job boards were starting to look normal, but then today things got slow. I know it will pick up, but it's still annoying. *Sigh* I went to the Safeway, Starbucks and Subway in the meantime, and spent some time blogging elsewhere. I hope tomorrow wil

Hello Sunday! Cheating unaware
Our library is open seven days a week. Yesterday was my dayoff but I still obliged myself to report for work about less than two hours to attend some matters. My assistant librarian already reported for work around 8:10am. I did not comfronted her cheat

Domain Names – Best Time to Buy
Follow-up to one of my posts published when I first became a FOPP: Bloggy Moms Network My activity with this #network is limited to signing in about once a month. It has excellent #tools and #resources and even though it has the word “Moms”

journal 05-05-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day it is for you. Today is Tuesday May 5, 2015. The temperature is 59.4°F and the humidity is 7% at 4:58 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 with gusts of 3.1 mph. It was overcas

Journal 05-04-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day it is for you. Today is Monday May 4, 2015. The temperature is 60.5°F and the humidity is 74% at 6:04 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 with gusts of 3.1 mph. Still dawning.

Journal 05-03-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day it is for you. Today is Sunday May 3, 2015. The temperature is 60.3°F and the humidity is 53% at 6:04 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 with gusts of 2.2 mph. Still dawning.

It Is Done - the Audit is IN
I am sorely tempted to put this under Breaking News, seriously. The #audit is in, we have submitted it. An hour and a half or so ago, my project lead pressed the big green #SUBMIT button. At 21:47 BST, no less. After working for ridiculous hours for the l

My Awesome Temp Jobs
Ever worked as a temp? Temping is an excellent way to maintain cash flow while you're looking for permanent employment. The goal is usually to start as a temp and then end up becoming permanent. But there are some who actually prefer working temp jobs, ins

My Fox Collection
Do you have a Tumblr blog? Currently publishing two blogs: one that's freestyle and one dedicated to online #shopping . It's for #business but it's fun! What makes Tumblr different from the other #bloggingplatforms ? Can't speak for the other platfor

Day-Off Random Thoughts
Dropping some thoughts once again. Spitting knowledge or spitting venom... up to you. ========== It is my day off tomorrow so mentally, I've already checked out here at the office. LOL! Talk about being in two places at the same time. I'm here in the offic

Eh, Another Slow Day
The day has gone okay, as the kiddies were all gone by 4:30pm. I had the evening free so I worked on the few assignments I had. I got distracted for a bit, but I did eventually turn my focus back to my work.I still have two more assignments to do on Zerys,

My Agenda For The Evening
I was originally going to title this "My Agenda For The Day," but I never got around to posting it earlier lol. Anyways, sometimes I like to share my agenda for the day. It's probably pointless to everyone else, but it helps me to get my plans out there an

A Little More Work Today....
Well, today was a little bit better than yesterday in terms on work. I grabbed several assignments from the job board, and I have two direct orders that were sent just to me. I'm glad to have gotten some work in today. I doubt there will be more work added

Writing Prompt: My Day
Ugh, I have a headache. :( Anyways, I found this writing prompt, and it asks "What kind of day are you having, and why?"I'm having an okay, but a slow day, that's what I'm having. There was work on the board, so I grabbed an assignment. And when I went bac

Persona Paper Tweaks - Comments
Nothing wrong with how I write here in Persona Paper. I just want to mix things up. Starting this month I thought I would: * Reply to comments except during on Thursday and Friday (my local time). Those are my days off and those days are my optimal days t

I Forgot I Have To Get Up Earlier Tomorrow...
I have to watch two of the munchkins earlier than usual tomorrow, but only about a half-hour earlier. It kind of sucks but oh well, if I go to bed right after WWE Raw goes off, or almost immediately, it should be okay. My Mom and older sister have to run s

Network Marketing Done Right: access to sales professionals for the average home business
Multi-Level Marketing, or MLM, is a very popular way for people to make a little bit of extra money on the side. It’s also a good way for those who want to try out #entrepreneurship to dip their toes into the lifestyle without major outlay, and often

Ebay sales and emails
Back to #work today after a busy day off yesterday. 50-odd emails, 12 #ebay sales, some formatting and some serious nigglement at people Just Being People marked my day. I trundled myself and my trusty crate up the road with the eBay parcels, milk a

Tracing My Footsteps
Born and raised in Miami, Florida. What was the most memorable thing about this city? The weather! Very seldom – exclude the hurricanes – was there ever really bad weather. As a little child, actually thought that Sunday was called Sunday becau

Vacation From Work
Hi everyone. Here's hoping that everyone is fine and doing good this Monday morning. Normally, by this time, I would be sitting in my desk and giving out orders and monitoring the performance of my team at 'work'. However, right now, I'm still in my Chuck

My Introduction to Cuban Art
One of my first jobs after graduating from the University of Miami was a teller at a savings and loan institution. Had a degree but couldn't find a job right away and accepted this job because some income is better than no income. Each teller had a number.

Customer Service is NOT Easy.
To anyone who says working in Customer Service must be so easy, because I sit at a desk and take calls and work on the computer, I would like to tell you otherwise. If I had to choose between working at a call center and working retail or at a resta

Diary – Friday 13th March 2015
My first of potentially three interview processes towards a warehousing role connected to Manchester Airport, which used to be called Ringway Airport, dominated the morning. The first interview was nowhere near the airport, but in a welfare office

Advice for Amateur Bloggers
My early attempts at affiliate marketing, D.I.Y. website building, blogging and other home business projects were so … ??? … amateur. Was going to say “futile” but since there were many benefits derived from the efforts even thoug

Free Resources for Non-Geeks
Are you the non-geek type like me? Do you find that you are more than willing to learn if someone would just make it easy to learn? Ever go searching for the something because you need to fix a computer problem or a techie glitche and you put in general, g

Common Thinking Mistakes We All Make
Each day is a brand new day and I am always thinking of ways to enhance or improve my creative thought process. Ever heard of Buffer? This business provides a service that helps you automate your social media sharing. The organization curre

drunk at work
discussion subject says it all. this is connection to my earlier post, http://personapaper.com/article/26253-drinking-bourbon-on-a-sunday-morning . i remember last time i was drunk at work like it was yesterday! was reading a lot of non-sense onl

Journal 02-27-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day it is for you. Today is Friday February 27, 2015. The temperature is 56.2°F and the humidity is 52% at 3:47 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0 with gusts of 2.2 mph. It was m

My granddaughter is heavily burdened with winter vacation homework
There are only three days to go before the school takes up ,so my granddaughter, a third grade primary school pupil , is now rushing her winter vacation homework .The winter vacation started from February 7 and school will begin on March 1.Within about 20

A Good Tuesday Morning to You!
Just a few minutes and then I must get myself in the shower to start my day. I am probably pushing it a bit on the time, as I need to be on podium to teach in 45 minutes. Thankfully, I live five minutes from my work site this week. Howeve

Journal Entry 02-24-2015
Good morning or whatever part of the day it is for you. Today is Tuesday February 24, 2015. The temperature is 45.3°F and the humidity is 86% at 6:01 a.m. PST (-8 GMT). Weather Underground shows sustained winds at 0.7 with gusts of 0.7 mph. It lo

Watching WWE Fast Lane Tonight
Hey there, everyone! I am watching the WWE Fast Lane Pay-Per-View event on the WWE Network tonight, so this is going to be my only post for today. I have seen several WWE fans comment on my posts, so I thought I'd share my predictions, what I would like to

You Do Not Have to Be a Sociopath to Climb the Corporate Ladder, But it Helps
Getting ahead in life is a matter of politics. Who you kiss up to, what you stand up for, and where you bite your tongue. Some people have a lot of personal ethics, while others easily sway with the tide. I read a post r

Why Have I Not Been On Here?
Seriously, where have I been? I joined another similar website, in which the earnings were "faster" and heyyyy, I've seen too many "nonpayment" posts for my liking. I am also hearing that the admins are not even responding back. I may post over there sever

Hotpoint UK - Change For The Better In More Ways Than One!
Hotpoint UK promises a "Change for the Better" in their latest marketing campaign for their company. Oh if it only was true. It was only a few months ago that I took delivery of a Hotpoint Dual Clean vacuum cleaner that I noticed the lack of a promised "b

How to Market Your Freelance Business
Although freelance writing jobs are relatively numerous, new freelance writers still need the benefit of a marketing plan to boost their business. One of the misconceptions about freelance writing is that it can be done with no effort at marketing whatsoev

i am all alone tomorrow
Starting tomorrow, my library assistant will be on leave until Saturday. But this library assistant is not the one whom had a gap with me. Then, tomorrow is the scheduled dayoff of my assistant librarian. So, that means, me and the other library assistant

What a Busy Day!
After about an hour of my morning routines on the computer, I packed up my laptop and camera and left for the Templeton house to process those orders that had to go out today. I couldn't put everything in my computer case because of the weight limitation (

Not All Steam Cleaners Kill Dust Mites!
&wolfgirl569 writes in one of her posts "….don't let the bed bugs bite," that got me reminding of what I found out earlier in the week when I was reading a review by a member from the usual product review site that I write for from time to time

Why Do People Put Up With Being Treatd Like Crap
I have worked for many bully bosses. People ask me "Why do you put up with that?". Many other people have come and gone in the times that I stayed with mean bosses. Not that I always stay, I have quit jobs too when the mean boss just adds

Inuit Sculptures at ExplosionLuck.com
The Inuit people of Northern Canada (also known by the somewhat controversial term ‘Eskimo’) are well known for their #sculptures. Originally they worked small sculptures in walrus ivory, but now generally use stone including serpentine and ste

happy that slowly we talked
It is aleady 8:48pm, 13 hours plus from my last post. I am very glad that my library assistant that we have a gap the past few weeks, we already talk a while ago. Actually, we did not talk formally, yesterday, when i took my lunch, i said to her, i am goin

The Economics Of Trust
Trust is such a big issue in the work place. Trust affects how we work and how we deal with others. Needless to say, trust, specifically, how much others trust us, affect how we are perceived by others. Would you work with someone you don't completely tru

Were they talking about me?!?
As some of you know, my job was supposed to end today. At least this is what I was told by my supervisor last week anyway. (Yep, the same one that doesn't like me due to me "going over his head".) When I went into work last night, I felt kind of lost, see

What 'ya doin'?
I have been trying to squeeze in some work writing articles in between taking my kids to and from school, doing chores and more. But during the supposedly quiet time when I can write my son now has a habit of pulling my arm to show me something he is watch

My Article Got Taken Off The Homepage @ The Site That Rhymes With Trouble, EW!
The other #Social #Network pay to blog site that rhymes with the word " Trouble " actually put my post on the homepage and then took it off a minute later! It wasn't even a bad post, all it said was that I thought my bank might be broken because I earned $

Persona Paper - Let's Build Our New Home!
#Persona Paper - Let's Build Our New Home! Remember when you joined a new #Social #Network #Site that paid for your blogs and how excited you were to become a member? Well through a lot of hard work, you helped to build the website up from the gr

Apologies in Advance for Absence
It may not have entirely escaped your attention that tomorrow the world generally returns to work. I have been back at #work since 29 December, giving me 4 days to catch up with what the #boss wants done by tomorrow and send out some #emails asking for ot

Ghost Writing yeah or nay?
What are your feelings with regard to ghost writing? I have received a request to work with someone as ghost writer for their next project. I am torn between snapping his hand off to grab the offer or use my knowledge for my own benefit while

RTFM....!!
I think #reading is still taught in schools, yes? (Well, I hope it is, although I'm not totally sure.) What I would like to know is: WHY DO PEOPLE NOT READ THE TERMS BEFORE SIGNING UP TO THINGS? I am becoming rather fed up of th
Going to be a busy weekend
Tonight is reserved for talking to my parents, #eBay sortings out and a bit of work for my client. Tomorrow I have been asked to go into #work to help out with some #overdue inputting. Fine. It's overtime. They're paying me. What's not to like? In additi

Life At Work
I can say that I am a very #flexible #person because I can easily adjust #myself to any situation at #work, and today I prove to myself that I can face challenges like facing a difficult people like, our leader at work. Though she is not a superior or th

Juggling Projects
You haven't seen much of me online today because I've been busy with real life again. I'm simultaneously working on three related #projects. I already mentioned I'm trying to make the Paso Robles home office functional. That means taking everything off the

Annoying Blinking Ads
A while back, folks were upset by some rather graphic content that was coming up in ads from one of the advertising networks Persona Paper uses to generate income. I wasn't too keen on these particular ads, myself. Even though I prefer family-friendly co

Still Catching up on My Bookkeeping
I've shared on bubblews previously and several times about how far behind I am with my bookkeeping for our business. As many of you know already, we have a window cleaning business, but we do other cleaning also. For the past several years, I've replaced m

New Doctor
I saw a new doctor today. I'm going to keep her as my primary physician if she accepts the new plan my insurance is changing me to in January. She said she thought they would take it, so keep your fingers crossed for me. I actually had a good experience a

Good Smell Made Me Sick
I just came home from work and suddenly a man knocking at our door and said that he has to #work to stain the #floor. We have no plans to go out since I am tired and I felt lazy to go out after work and so we decided to just stay. At first it was a

I Am hired!
I have started applying for jobs as a freelance writer on Odesk.com. I received an offer to write two eight hundred word articles everyday starting November 17, 2014. The articles are for a B2b or Business to business website. It paid $1 per 100 words so I

Fireworks
Tonight in the UK is #Firework Night. We 'celebrate' the fact that some chap called Guy Fawkes failed to blow up #Parliament and was tortured then hung, drawn and quartered for his pains. Having learned about a sanitised version of this in primary school,

One cent Per Post Here
So far I now get one centavo per post here on persona paper. It is not as much as I get from the other sites I write for but I am keeping my account here warm as I wait and see if this site grows to be a big earner too. I am not here full time since I have

The Type of Work I Enjoy…
I mentioned several days ago that freelance writing is basically my work from home job. I have written several types of articles due to working for various clients, from local attractions to product descriptions. While I do enjoy those topics, I think I ha

My Job? I Work From Home
Yep, that is my job. I work from home and I love it. I mean, it has it's ups and downs -like any job- but I still get to do something I enjoy. :)The main thing I do is write. I consider myself to be a freelance writer, as I complete assignments for clients

Looking forward to my first dollar
As I have become active again here on persona paper I look forward to earning my first dollar. I do not have that much farther worse but I am still in the building up my following to some of the members who are active here. I am hoping that if I add more p

Struggle For A Dollar
I have been motivating myself to write something here on the site. But to be honest the snow development of the bank is really frustrating. I guess I need more connections or friends here on the site to actually be seen. It is a big struggle for the dollar

Before You Accept a Freelance Job You Should...
Freelance writing can be fairly straightforward, but it can also present some grey areas that call for closer attention to be paid to key aspects of writing for money. Some of these concerns are raised in this series and it is certainly a good idea to
Work Work Work
Work is getting crazy busy, and everyone's feeling the pressure. I like the challenge but I have to remind myself not to let myself feel overwhelmed because what usually happens is that I'll keep telling myself, "I'm fine, I'm fine..." then one day I'll 'c

Just When I Thought Things Would Get Back to Normal
Having gotten the kids all back to school, I was hoping life was going to go back to normal this week. But it seems the powers that be are determined to keep throwing curve balls at me. The re-entry process is rushed this year, and we're already having to

Good to be back
Its good to be back home . You never know what you miss till you live without it . That includes peace and quiet . I don't regret one minute of my life this past month but I do regret not going and doing more for fun this past summer , but that's

GETTING WORK DONE
Well, as I mentioned in an earlier post, we had the fire escape painted. Now, my father goes and hires this guy from a recommendation from a neighbor down the block. I wanted my cousins friend to do the job. Well, anyway, this guy came, said he will be her

The Road Ahead
It is not always easy to know where we are headed, the many turns and twists on the road often prevent us from seeing our destination, but as long as we continue to move towards our target, we will eventually reach it. We tend to be impatient and in

Why I Have Quit Affiliate Marketing, Altogether
In short, it's a sucker's bet. And, anyone who comes along here trying to say otherwise is either part of the organized #criminals and #con artists' #team or is deceived, themselves. I don't expect to make any #friends in saying this. I even think there wi

Lost an Article in Progress
I was in the process of composing an article that I was inspired to write after reading one from another member here. I had some things to check out before finishing it and I should have saved it to Evernote or Word, but I didn't because I leave my compute
Like Clockwork
Like clockwork ... that's how I like my day to go. Especially, during days off and I have nothing planned. I'd set aside the morning to get my daughter get ready for school. The rest of the morning up until lunch time, I'd use for my business endeavors, on

How to Archive Your Posts From Yahoo Voices / Associated Content Using Evernote
Word on the street is that Yahoo Voices is calling it quits. If you have content on the site, you have until the end of the month until the Yahoo Contributor Network is shut down for good on July 31st, 2014. At that time, the content will be deleted f

Yahoo! Voices Will Be Quieted Soon Though It Is Where I Found My Voice
It was in December 2008 that a retired Air Force acquaintance suggested to me that I should submit a patriotic piece I had written to a site called, "Associated Content" (AC). I did not think that anyone would want to read it, but I looked into it an

I Have Some Odd Shifts this Coming Week
As many of you may have read previously on a different website, I accepted full-time hours about a month ago at my job of sixteen years. I had hoped to retire in the near future, but then I realized that it would be a while before that would be possible as

Web Writing Tips: Simplify Sentences to Avoid Confusion
In #web #writing, it’s best to keep your sentences simple. Even though you may be speaking to an adult audience, web #readers like to skim and be done with it. Simple #wording makes your #work more attractive and easier to scan. Shorten longe

Increasing Followers - Dos and Don'ts
"Followed. #Follow back, please." I and other fellow #writers are probably just as sick of hearing those words as you are of typing them. Seriously. It's time for a new strategy because all that one does is make me NOT connect with you. Harsh? Possibly. Ne

Confessions of an Extreme Multitasker
OK, so those of you who know me real well probably figured this one out a long time ago. But for those who haven’t or just don’t know me, I’m an extreme #multitasker. When I say extreme, I really mean it. No exaggeration here. A
ZOE'S FIRST ARTWORK IN SCHOOL
Any drawing from my children is considered an #artwork. Thus, here's my daughter's first #art_assignment from #school. They were asked to make a drawing consisting of lines. #Zoe was first confused as to what to draw. So I told her to divide the paper in