Comments on: Ask J$ Anything Day!

By: Leigh

Leigh — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:24:41 +0000

Beer is $0.50 in Cambodia. Wanted to plant that idea!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:47:29 +0000

Yes, but you know what? You have DREAMS!!! And that is by far the biggest importance here. You’re in the mindset of reaching your goals, whatever they may be, and you can keep striving toward this amazing end point :) Well, not really endpoint cuz it actually STARTS there, but you get what I’m saying.

You can do it!! Keep hustling and working your temp jobs & side gigs, cuz one day it’ll be all about YOUR projects and you can look back and be glad you don’t have to go back to it :) Fellow designers unite!

By: JessicaJay

JessicaJay — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:02:59 +0000

“As crazy as it sounds, I am MUCH happier now making 50% less than I was rolling in the money. ”

Like you a person who just got laid off their full time job in March (but always had freelance hustle on the side) this is SO freaggin inspiring to me. This past week I’ve been temping in an office, doing boring design work I gotta say it’s painful to sit there for 8 hours straight when there is SO much I want to do in life, and nights and weekends aren’t enough!

I want to become a way better designer, I want to learn After Effects, I want to get Adobe Certified I want to travel and see family and friends. I think there is a huge shift happening with more people being creative and working from home. It seems like more of a common lifestyle that’s not so strange anymore.

Unfortunately right now I’m totally hustling with the part time jobs too (but thankfully some are work from home) , but I gotta pay the rent.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:26:35 +0000

@C Ann – Haha Nope! I actually didn’t get a “real” salaried job until almost a year after college ;) I was hustlin’ with 3 part-time jobs at the same time and trying to make it in NYC as a graphic designer (which I later realized wasn’t what I wanted to do as a career). So I washed cars (wrecked ones as I mentioned up in an earlier question up there), washed dishes (yeah Applebees!) and then spent my days at Old Navy. I did this combination for around a year, and then ended up working for the airlines as my first salaried job. Then hopped to other salaried jobs until I got laid off last December. Does this inspire you? :)

@Kari – No worries! It’s basically just a bunch of bloggers who submit their best articles of the week to another blogger who rounds all their favorites up and then posts them on their site when it’s their turn (you have to sign up to participate, and each “carnival” has their own rules and regulations around it). It’s a great way for bloggers to get their articles in front of a different audience each week, and for the hosting blogger to give their readers new voices to check out too. It’s win-win when done right :) (aka – you only put the “best” ones in there and not 100+ that overwhelms people). There are a good 5-8 different carnivals out there in the PF world, which is probably why you see them pop up a lot. Does this help?

By: Kari

Kari — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:01:51 +0000

Hi –

I’ve been following your blog for a few months now…Thanks for sharing! here’s my question of the day – a day late – what is a carnival? I’ve seen that mentioned in a couple of finance blogs in the last few days but no idea what that is.

Kari

By: C Ann

C Ann — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:58:27 +0000

Did you have a great paying job straight out of college? I hope you say no, I need some inspiration lol

By: chris

chris — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:34:35 +0000

I am not much better I am watching dvr’d jeopardy….:hahaha major nerd over here

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:26:49 +0000

Noooooooooooooooooo!!!! J. SAVINGS is Dead! DEAD I say!!!!

By: Mrs. eliteedgemoney (aka 'Back up to 743')

Mrs. eliteedgemoney (aka 'Back up to 743') — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:25:55 +0000

Let the record show that a) I corrected the typo in a second comment; b) J. SAVINGS deleted this second comment; and c) Chris is my new best friend!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 01:22:10 +0000

@Chris – Don’t let her fool you, she’s working all night too! How hip are we? :)