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FirstLight

(15,747 posts)
Sat Aug 30, 2025, 01:44 PM Aug 30

This has gotta end... Added link for fb offering

Last edited Sat Aug 30, 2025, 08:36 PM - Edit history (2)

I'm doing a special offering of a reading for Eclipse season if you're into the cards!
https://fb.watch/BPkuf0H0F-/


Worst time in history to try to start a business. Especially stuck at home with a broken car.

Son was gonna send me some money for groceries, and I've got tons of stuff on FB marketplace too.

Can't apply for a 'normal' job without transpo (living in the county there's no transit) so remote work is a LOT of scams.

Tryng to regroup, figure out a different angle.
Running out of food. Got half a bag of rice and canned beans for a couple more days,, no cat food or litter. (I'll throw them outside and hope for the best - maybe they will eat a chipmunk.
I've even been playing those stupid games on my ohone for pennies to try and make something...

Long story short, anyone got $40 I can borrow? Cant go a go fund me...bank acct is overdrawn and it takes a week to drop...
Paypal still works for Instacart at least...
PM me for the link

I don't know how to get outta this hole. I am property rich but cash poor. Can't take any equity out. At least I have a roof over my head, and utilities are paid for the month

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This has gotta end... Added link for fb offering (Original Post) FirstLight Aug 30 OP
Don't get me wrong, I'm doing a lot to try to get a leg up! FirstLight Aug 30 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Emile Aug 30 #2
Kick Emile Aug 30 #3
Allright, back to the drawing board... FirstLight Aug 30 #4
I was able to make a instacart order FirstLight Aug 30 #5

FirstLight

(15,747 posts)
1. Don't get me wrong, I'm doing a lot to try to get a leg up!
Sat Aug 30, 2025, 02:34 PM
Aug 30

I have been on indeed and LinkedIn every day, even if it seems like a scam... I'm applying to remote stuff and I'm gonna start applying locally even if I don't know when I can get the car fixed...

Just re-edited all my FB Marketplace stuff to a lower price to try and get some action

Re-did my Yelp and my website for clients. I even made sure the front of the house is nice and set up the home-office for doing sound sessions! I even have a nice microphone (the ex silly shopping sprees paid off) so I can do Zoom ono the computer!

Every day I get up and shake the tree... today I am gonna put up the deck umbrella and make some video content to get more hits on my socials and try to do a special for Labor day... cheap card readings like I did at the Farmer's Market, etc

Everyone is feeling the pinch right now, so I understand why it's so "dry" out there... it just sucks.

On the bright side, maybe I'll lose some weight on the "poverty diet" LOL

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FirstLight

(15,747 posts)
4. Allright, back to the drawing board...
Sat Aug 30, 2025, 03:42 PM
Aug 30

one of you was kind enough to give me a boost, if my sone doesn't come thru by the end of the day I'll cut my grocery cart in half and make it work...

Gonna make videos for social ads to try and sell a reading or two...
Then I'm gonna add to my FB marketplace stuff
Then I also signed up for one of those "take surverys online and make $" sites

FirstLight

(15,747 posts)
5. I was able to make a instacart order
Sat Aug 30, 2025, 08:39 PM
Aug 30

Some hamburger and potatoes and broccoli etc to get me through the week

Posted my Facebook offering everywhere I could think of and also on my Instagram and everything else. Applied to a couple more things.. the hard part with that is that a lot of times it's a scam, and then you have to clean the garbage out of your inbox because you'll end up getting 20 emails to different job sites that aren't legit.

I've even gotten to the point where I am playing the stupid online games on my phone to try and make money and I haven't cashed anything out yet so we'll see if it works that's probably a scam too to some degree

I'm just keeping on keeping on
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