What's On My Mind
“Well, that sucks…”
I found out this week that my request to receive parental benefits was denied. *womp womp womp
That means, no income for 5-weeks.
Which really means…I’m unemployed.
Why was it denied? I missed the window for the benefit period. I misunderstood the instruction. Oh well…lesson learned…
Now the need to “make money on the side” feels more intense because I wanted to make up for the lost income. I’ll use that pressure to get me going.
If you’re interested in helping me out, I would recommend reading the articles I write on Medium. They typically take about 5-minutes of your time. But make sure you sign-up first as a member. It’s free to sign-up anyway.
Thank you 🙂
P.S. I won’t be publishing any of my articles just yet because I wanna run them by other publications first.
A Year Ago This Week
- struggled with sleep deprivation.
- the mental game of: “Can I make it?”
- why I eat salad without dressing.
[read here]
Weekly Update
Personal Projects
Just got approved as a writer for 2 publications on Medium. I’m currently working on an article that talks about how parents can use video games to teach their kids some life lessons. It’s a complex idea…but that’s what I wanna get better at making complex ideas simpler.
If I’m not writing, I’m doing a series of training to get my insurance career going.
I’m unemployed and therefore I will start shamelessly promoting my articles.
My goal is to make a dollar—just enough to prove that I can make money writing.
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Four trainings in two days and one client presentation this week.
I’m one training away to request an assessment to allow me to do presentations on my own.
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Routine
No workout. No reading. Just writing.
Sleep is poor. I’ve been sleeping later than usual but still manage to get up early. However, there are also days where I get up late. Your body eventually will cry for the sleep it needs. And when that happens, I just let it have it. That’s one of the other reasons why I need to take parental leave: to adjust our working routine to Lexi’s routine.
Diet is somewhat the same – salad here and there but lately, I’ve been eating leftovers. That means, eating rice. I have never heard of a Filipino dish that doesn’t go with rice.
Finance
I have zero income for 5-weeks.
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