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Sigh...no more coins for me anytime soon... :(

TheLiberatorTheLiberator Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭
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They say coin collecting is a hobby of disposable income. Well, I guess I will have to stop for awhile then! Although not unemployed, I have just lost one of my major sources of income leaving me with only a part-time adjunct teaching position at a college to live on. Sigh....this is frustrating. I guess I will have get a minimum wage job at a retail store to pay the bills or something... image


Any good suggestions? I know waitering gets you a lot of money but I am trying to stay away from really late night shifts. I guess retail at a mall will have to do.... image

Argh..I'm so depressed! image I try not to define myself by my career but it is hard knowing I have to pay my own health insurance with a minimum wage job. I feel smart ebough to wrap my mind around anything that is thrown at me but with my strange field being what it is, on paper I don't seem qualified to do too much in the REAl world...


Oh well...there are always a lot of people who have it a lot worse than I do, that's for sure....

Just rantin' and ravin'......


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  • oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭
    You seem to be very skilled in graphic arts - should be something out there for you - good things are going to happen, just got to wait it out.
    Shep
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  • Catch22Catch22 Posts: 1,086 ✭✭
    That's the kind of optimism that made this country great! I would suggest fast food.


    When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

    Thomas Paine
  • TheLiberatorTheLiberator Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭


    << <i>That's the kind of optimism that made this country great! I would suggest fast food. >>




    Hmmm....I guess that was biting sarcasam but I'm not sure....
  • Catch22Catch22 Posts: 1,086 ✭✭
    Tough love my friend. Don't sell yourself short...get out there and don't take no for an answer.


    When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

    Thomas Paine
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,964 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yea, it's tough to stop buying.

    I had to let my subscription to the Gray Sheet lapse and stop buying coins back in 1978 when I resigned from my job and went back for an MBA full time. My present job had hit a dead end, and it was either leave and get the stupid degree that I really didn't need or sit in a hole and debit and credit for the rest of my life.

    And since I'm the kind of collector who REALLY enjoys to look at what I own and seldom sells a coin out of my collection unless I've upgraded it, it really wasn't so bad. image

    But things got better for me, and they will get better for you. image
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • ddbirdddbird Posts: 3,168 ✭✭✭
    Starbucks...pays well and you get benefits...Also, If you live near a wawa, they pay amazing for manager's part time with benefits! If that fails, def. waiter!
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  • my3centsmy3cents Posts: 1,411
    Put your graphic skills out for hire at www.scriptlance.com or at one of themany other job for hire websites.

    I have posted several projects on these sights and have sometimes paid pretty good money for the work.

    My Auctions
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,336 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's time to thin your collection while the market is still reasonably good. Don't wait for the real slowdown to hit. Put aside a few of your favorite coins and sell the rest.
    All glory is fleeting.
  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    I've always been, and still am, an optimist. You seem to be intelligent and hold a part time job adjunct teaching position. OK, is there some further education that can take your career to the next step? Is there a different location where you could be fully employed doing something with your education? When I was young I moved to different states... And you can still look for coins in change and/or in flea markets/estate auctions and so forth. The important thing is to keep a positive mental attitude.
    Carl's Coins website w/ links to Carl's auctions
  • ddinkddink Posts: 2,748
    If there are any call centers in your area, might try to apply for them. Call centers in Shreveport pay $9-$11 an hour and all you have to do is talk on the phone and navigate a computer all day. That's what I'm doing atm.
    I heard they were making a French version of Medal of Honor. I wonder how many hotkeys it'll have for "surrender."
  • JoeHoltJoeHolt Posts: 395
    I live in a collage town and have a few friends that do pizza delivery makeing avg of 15+ per hour with tips not counting money for gas
    9/11/01 NEVER FORGET

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    Joe Holt

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  • TheLiberatorTheLiberator Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭
    thanks for all your help guys. I'm certainly gonna keep my chin up and i'll land on my feet in no time!!

    Thaks again!!

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm certainly gonna keep my chin up and i'll land on my feet in no time!!

    Atta boy! image

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • slideridersliderider Posts: 1,834
    Find yourself a pizzaria or chicken joint that hires delivery drivers under the table. You won't get much per hour, but the tips can be great if you find the right neighborhood to do it in.
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