April-May-June....payout! So now what...
By scorpiobabes
@scorpiobabes (7225)
United States
August 24, 2008 5:03pm CST
I missed July. As my friends know, I went through a very difficult few weeks, between losing my power and moving out of my home (where I'm at is a highly-kept secret, LOL!), and I missed payout. I was devastated. I felt like a failure. But my real failure is focusing on this bit of money, when what I SHOULD be focusing on is finding a real job and moving on with my life.
One night about 2 or 3 weeks ago, I had my internet installed. Joy! Bliss! I settled in for a furious posting frenzy...I even overdid the image posting! I was crazy! I earned about $1.41 that day....but I paid the price. What was it?
I couldn't go online for 24 hours...and I was so mad! I called my ISP and they tell me this bull$hit line about being limited to a specific amount of megabytes in a 24 hour period. What? I wasn't notified! So I instead began going to my iPhone and posting a few times in the morning or evening. And guess what happened?
My earnings plummetted! Instead of the 70 or 80 cents a day, I was earning between 1 and 12 cents (if I even posted). YIKES! So today I'm here, in effort to try making a dent into the 99 cents that I need for payout this month.
Yes, a mere 99 cents. Can I do it? There's less then a week (6 1/4 days to be exact!) and I could do it if I continue to post via my computer...but this week is rather tied up. Interview tomorrow (woo hoo!), dump Tuesday (got to get rid of the trash!), Wednesday is picking up more stuff at my place (I still legally own it--the agent screwed me up getting bennies by putting it into a short sale!), Thursday my friend treated me and my daughter to an Eagles game (I need something to relax me!), Friday's still unscheduled AND in the middle of all that, I'm going to school online....so MAYBE I'll make payout.
So tell me, did you make it? Will you make it? Is it even a goal to make payout? You must share--we all want to know!
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@kellys3ps (3723)
• United States
25 Aug 08
I wish you the best of luck in making payout this month. I hope to make payout this month, but I'm not sure if I will make it, because I have quite a way to go, but I am posting like crazy, so hopefully I get there!
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
25 Aug 08
Kelly, I know you can do it! I've been taking advantage of using my computer keyboard (that's the reason the initial discussion was so long!), but now I'm using my iPhone to type out responses and it takes forever! But I'm not going online until after my interview at 11:30, barring anything serious. I get too easily distracted!
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
25 Aug 08
When its in the middle of the night, rather getting up out of bed to go down to start up my computer, its easier to just use my iPhone. That's what I'm doing now, I'm not quite ready to get out of bed! Its convenient, and saves me the trouble of getting out of bed at odd times!
@kellys3ps (3723)
• United States
25 Aug 08
I could not imagine using a cell phone to start and answer discussions on mylot! Thank goodness for my computer!
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
25 Aug 08
Yes I noticed that you weren't on that often--I hope all is going well. I'd like to make payout this month, but what I'd really like to do is find a job!
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
24 Aug 08
You can do it if you spend enough time posing, you can do anything, sometime posting to other peoples discussions can ne quicker than creating a discussion I think, I hope you make it...I will be cheering you on.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
24 Aug 08
Thank you! I think you may be right, although many of the one-line answers (especially those that aren't even a complete sentence) will hurt you in the long run. I try to answer (and rate) each response to a discussion I create, although this is the first day that I've felt like really posting some discussions. Imagine trying to type all of those words on an iPhone--it ain't happening, that's for sure! 
@eveeee (659)
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24 Aug 08
What an excellent post. I feel that I know your plans for the whole week now. 
I am sure you can make it. It's not alot after all, and with posts like this you'll make it in no time.
Its a shame about what your ISP said. I have never given this a thought, but as it hasn't affected me this is probably why. I would be devastated as I spend so much time in between jobs, online. It would be like losing my best friend. 
Anyway, good luck with reaching the payout and have faith in yourself. Me, well I am happy as I only joined about a month ago and I have reached my payout, which will be my first and hopefully first of many.
I am sure you can make it. It's not alot after all, and with posts like this you'll make it in no time.
Its a shame about what your ISP said. I have never given this a thought, but as it hasn't affected me this is probably why. I would be devastated as I spend so much time in between jobs, online. It would be like losing my best friend.
Anyway, good luck with reaching the payout and have faith in yourself. Me, well I am happy as I only joined about a month ago and I have reached my payout, which will be my first and hopefully first of many.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
25 Aug 08
Congratulations on reaching payout--the first one is always the best! I had to put my schedule down like that, so I can get organized for the week! And tomorrow afternoon is reserved for another school assignment--four assignments in four days!
