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A break from the Net can do a lot of good. You can return to it later with a new perspective and understand better how to prevent it dominating your time. A lot of people are going wake up some day and realise that they've wasted the best decades of their lives talking crap online with people they've never even met. Anyway, good luck, and keep in touch from time to time.
hey buddy, managed to get my net back on, cheap entertainment for a month is a must on a budget, its like £1.50 a day .
Anyway I am going to perfect my ideas and show science I am not no deluded idiot fool.
I am feeling well now David, sort of wide awake from limbo.
Anyway hope you are well.
You recently went through an episode when you made thousands of posts here in a single month, and that looks like an indication of some kind of instability that comes and goes over time. Have you ever discussed things like bipolar disorder with your doctor to try to rule it in or out?
I rarely am, but at least I know what it is now (Crohn's disease). Doctors can misdiagnose things for decades, so it's worth doing lots of research yourself online, and then getting a new doctor who asks the right questions and doesn't only care about getting through as many consultations as possible in the shortest time.
You'll never be able to convince a deluded science establishment that you aren't deluded, so you're doomed to failure.
If only when I was young, I could of seen 4 different directions of life ahead of me.... I wonder which direction I would of taken....
Quote from: Thebox on 27/08/2018 18:52:15If only when I was young, I could of seen 4 different directions of life ahead of me.... I wonder which direction I would of taken....Which direction are you going to take now so that you don't look back later and wonder a similar thing? Why not make a TARDIS? And I mean that literally: novelty garden sheds for the small garden, built using the secret construction method I mentioned a couple of weeks ago in a PM (and taking advantage of free materials that are being thrown away). Start a business through experimentation. 5x5ft is big enough to sleep across the diagonal, so a homeless friend could use it as temporary accommodation too if necessary. Build your own future by doing something unconventional, making unique products that command a premium price.
I am still happy today, I bet you are all shocked, even better news, I may have found a way to help my friend out, and hopefully in a few weeks somewhere to call home.. How cool is that
Quote from: Thebox on 30/08/2018 19:58:03I am still happy today, I bet you are all shocked, even better news, I may have found a way to help my friend out, and hopefully in a few weeks somewhere to call home.. How cool is that It all sounds positive. If you borrow money from the bank next door, make sure you pay some interest on the loan even if it isn't asked for. And keep focused on finding a new source of income. People are always spending money on something, but the trick is to find out where the untapped demand is. Visiting elderly people to change light bulbs or help them use the Internet could be lucrative - my uncle's currently being fleeced by some bastard who charges £40 an hour to help him use his computer, and he deliberately installs things that are hard to use in order to guarantee return business. Someone doing the same kind of job without the exploitation aspect would get a much better reputation and would find just as much work as knowledge of his service spreads by word of mouth. You might be able to become that person.
That said there is probably still a small market for that , but I imagine there is established business's already doing this type thing and I do not have a driving license although I can drive, that makes finding suitable work more awkward.
Quote from: Thebox on 30/08/2018 22:51:12That said there is probably still a small market for that , but I imagine there is established business's already doing this type thing and I do not have a driving license although I can drive, that makes finding suitable work more awkward.There are likely some such people within walking or cycling distance, so it's a market that may be worth testing, and you don't have to declare your earnings while testing the idea. You do have to be good at helping people with the relevant skills though, and that means being patient and applying your intelligence to work out strategies for them to negotiate what is often terrible software - don't take this on if you aren't good at explaining and teaching things. (I'm not certain that you would be good enough at it, but you can start by offering free help on the basis that people only pay if they really think you've done a good job, and you'll soon find out.) Just accessing emails is hard enough for many people, and being able to save photos from them, then find those photos, etc. My uncle, despite parting with multiple amounts of £40, still can't access his emails, never mind reply to any. The shark can't even teach him to use Skype, but he won't want to do that as it would lead to other people being able to help without the shark being paid. That is how dire the situation is, and I'm sure you can do a better job than that shark. That's why a better service could be a viable business once you've built up a reputation and people start to seek you out (because everyone says you're not a crook and that you don't trap people into depending on you). If you have time to kill, go and speak to elderly people in the streets nearby and tell them directly that you're experimenting with business ideas. Don't ring doorbells as that isn't done these days, but just look for people who might be open for a chat. Ask them if they know anyone who might benefit from your help, and give them a way to contact you - you might get a phone call months later, but a delay in the thing getting started is not an indication of an inability of the idea to get somewhere over time. It's also fine to explain to them that money is tight and that you are trying to find a better life through work, explaining that you suffer from stress issues which make it hard for you to do normal employed work and that you need the flexibility that being self-employed offers. Explain that you're happy to help people in all sorts of ways, changing fuses, moving furniture, etc. - simple things that they may have been able to do themselves with, but now find a bit of a struggle. There are people who make a living doing this (many of them in a highly exploitative manner), so why shouldn't you be one of the good ones who doesn't rip people off?Nothing ventured, nothing gained, and this has the advantage of low/zero costs - you just need to be able to relate to people, to be practical, and to be able to give clear, memorable instructions when teaching. Add gardening to the list of things you can help with - be a jack of all trades, and win customers by being friendly, affordable and 100% honest. On occasions where the task is trivial, you can refuse to charge - that will generate more business, and it will help word about you spread. Don't take on anything that's beyond your abilities - if it isn't just a washer in a tap and needs a plumber, tell them to get a proper plumber in and refuse to charge them.
One of the major barriers to jobless people starting up a business is the impact it has on benefits - they can end up becoming bankrupt almost as soon as they start because the trivial earnings that they initially make lead to problems with paperwork (accountants are expensive) and benefits can be slashed/eliminated.
Talk to people, keep looking for opportunities, and then test the market. There are still areas where money can be made - most of the competition isn't daring to give it a go because they too are trapped in a system that makes it hard to break out. It's very hard to get anywhere if you stick to the rules, so you have to be bold and bend them a bit (while protecting yourself by making it clear that what you're doing is fully moral). There's nothing to lose from exploring possibilities - a lot comes down to finding the right ideas and the right people who want what you can offer. Helping old people use computers is about as simple as it gets, and there may be sufficient demand there for you to get places, but you need to become known for it and to gain a good reputation - people are not buying the service primarily because they don't know who to go to that isn't a shark. And by being a jack of all trades, once they've found they can trust you with one, they might have more work for you of other kinds, and recommend you to others. There may be people doing all the same kinds of work in the area already, but they'll vary in quality. If you're better than the worst ones (and there will likely be some bad ones making a reasonable living), you could take a lot of business off them. It might be worth reading "How to Win Friends and Influence People" - it's something that conmen certainly recommend, and you have to be able to beat them.
It results in a chronic inflammatory disorder, in which the body's immune system attacks the gastrointestinal tract possibly directed at microbial antigens.[7][9] While Crohn's is an immune-related disease, it does not appear to be an autoimmune disease (in that the immune system is not being triggered by the body itself).