I'm surprised you can't get a GIS mapping job from home or some type of cartography type thing? Unless you don't want it? I used to do GIS mapping for the USGS and they has tons of files that needed rote work done on. Do private geology firms not have the same things???
I don't haven't had stable housing to explorer that option but it's a possibility!
I.had hoped to Farm full time but it looks like office work (puke) might be in my future. I have Medicaid and hopefully can get on meds for my disability and work full time again.
Office work isn't so bad, especially if it's work you like, such as mapping. I think we've all seen that it is nearly impossible to make a living farming. Some other type of work is necessary to pay the bills.
It sounds like a small homestead and an at home mapping job might fit the bill. Something to think about.
I did 100% office work for 5 years and 60/40 office work for 1.5. Honestly I absolutely loathe office work.
It doesn't help my commute during the 100% office years was between 2 to 3 hours a day. I literally sat for a minimum of 10 hours a day. Living in the wealthiest county in the US with correlating rent but not correlating pay I only did a fraction better than I am now.
Once my dogs die I'm really simplifying and minimizing things.
I don't think people understand unless you are part of the generation that went through college to graduate during a recession. I graduated in 2007 and took a job for a county government where there was a pay freeze and hiring freeze. Not only did I never get a pay increase but as people left we were given their duties.
Going to college to better yourself only to graduate to become working poor (and in my case in jobs I don't enjoy) is soul sucking. There is no financial incentive, there are no promotions or climbing the ladder, there are no incentives. I found excuses to be taken advantage of and with no gain, reward, or incentive.
If I'm going to be poor I'd rather be poor doing something I enjoy.
Any desk job in the future will be mutually beneficial. I won't settle for the bullshit of the past. I've gotten by on next to nothing working part time. I'll never dedicate my life to only get by again.
I want to note I'm a really hard worker. I just drew a line in the sand that I'm not going to work hard for someone else to get rich while I struggle. I don't get paid much now but I'm working for people that don't have much...but they are good honest people that appreciate every minute I dedicate to working for them.
Example...this highlights a mindset...the woman I work for gave me a $50 Christmas bonus. $50 to her is akin to $500,000 to Sandy Lerner. Do you know what Sandy Lerner gives for Christmas? "Ayrshire Dollars" to her restaurant and retail store. It's not like a gift card where unused money remains. If you have a $10 Ayrshire dollar and spend $8 you don't get $2 back or have $2 remaining. This encourages people to spend over to spend the whole thing. How generous.
I am disgusted by greedy people who take advantage of the hard work of others and hope to find a good paying job for an ethical business or company.
I totally get the whole "sitting" thing. I worked in an office for 35+ years. Sat at a computer all day and sat in my car to commute. I had been in physical therapy trying to undo all those years of sitting.
However, I know people in physical occupations who are struggling with arthritis and other joint disorders at a very early age.
It seems to be either overuse or underuse issues. If I knew then what I knew now, I would have been doing yoga while I still had my flexibility.
Could spend hours with an atlas too
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year
ReplyDeleteDo you think you'd want to go back to your former occupation? I believe it was something to do with property lines?
ReplyDeleteI'm a geography major! GIS and Environmental Studies.
DeleteI'm a geography major! GIS and Environmental Studies.
DeleteI'm the opposite... geography deficient. It's really cool to be good at these things.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised you can't get a GIS mapping job from home or some type of cartography type thing? Unless you don't want it? I used to do GIS mapping for the USGS and they has tons of files that needed rote work done on. Do private geology firms not have the same things???
ReplyDeleteI don't haven't had stable housing to explorer that option but it's a possibility!
DeleteI.had hoped to Farm full time but it looks like office work (puke) might be in my future. I have Medicaid and hopefully can get on meds for my disability and work full time again.
Office work isn't so bad, especially if it's work you like, such as mapping. I think we've all seen that it is nearly impossible to make a living farming. Some other type of work is necessary to pay the bills.
DeleteIt sounds like a small homestead and an at home mapping job might fit the bill. Something to think about.
I did 100% office work for 5 years and 60/40 office work for 1.5. Honestly I absolutely loathe office work.
DeleteIt doesn't help my commute during the 100% office years was between 2 to 3 hours a day. I literally sat for a minimum of 10 hours a day. Living in the wealthiest county in the US with correlating rent but not correlating pay I only did a fraction better than I am now.
Once my dogs die I'm really simplifying and minimizing things.
I don't think people understand unless you are part of the generation that went through college to graduate during a recession. I graduated in 2007 and took a job for a county government where there was a pay freeze and hiring freeze. Not only did I never get a pay increase but as people left we were given their duties.
Going to college to better yourself only to graduate to become working poor (and in my case in jobs I don't enjoy) is soul sucking. There is no financial incentive, there are no promotions or climbing the ladder, there are no incentives. I found excuses to be taken advantage of and with no gain, reward, or incentive.
If I'm going to be poor I'd rather be poor doing something I enjoy.
Any desk job in the future will be mutually beneficial. I won't settle for the bullshit of the past. I've gotten by on next to nothing working part time. I'll never dedicate my life to only get by again.
I want to note I'm a really hard worker. I just drew a line in the sand that I'm not going to work hard for someone else to get rich while I struggle. I don't get paid much now but I'm working for people that don't have much...but they are good honest people that appreciate every minute I dedicate to working for them.
DeleteExample...this highlights a mindset...the woman I work for gave me a $50 Christmas bonus. $50 to her is akin to $500,000 to Sandy Lerner. Do you know what Sandy Lerner gives for Christmas? "Ayrshire Dollars" to her restaurant and retail store. It's not like a gift card where unused money remains. If you have a $10 Ayrshire dollar and spend $8 you don't get $2 back or have $2 remaining. This encourages people to spend over to spend the whole thing. How generous.
I am disgusted by greedy people who take advantage of the hard work of others and hope to find a good paying job for an ethical business or company.
I totally get the whole "sitting" thing. I worked in an office for 35+ years. Sat at a computer all day and sat in my car to commute. I had been in physical therapy trying to undo all those years of sitting.
DeleteHowever, I know people in physical occupations who are struggling with arthritis and other joint disorders at a very early age.
It seems to be either overuse or underuse issues. If I knew then what I knew now, I would have been doing yoga while I still had my flexibility.
"If I'm going to be poor I'd rather be poor doing something I enjoy."
ReplyDeleteTotally agree!
I don't make squat but I'm happy and have perks that you can't put a price tag on.