My full-time job is in benefits where I help people get and understand their medical coverage and other things related. I admit it\u2019s a bit of a stretch, but after 20 years in Juvenile Justice, with the last 6 of them being in that field full-time, I have to have a job that offers a career and decent pay.\u00a0 However, I still work part-time in social services at a group home for developmentally disabled adults.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a job you\u2019re going to make money at, but it\u2019s a great side hustle and it helps a population that we don\u2019t think about much.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m there a LOT because they have sleeping shifts. Since I live alone and have no significant other, pulling those shifts makes extra cash, gives the clients security, and helps everyone involved.\u00a0 I may complain about not being home, but last night, I helped a client who was FURIOUS with the other staff working calm down and go back to bed at 4 am.\u00a0 That\u2019s the good thing I did last night.\u00a0 That\u2019s what keeps me going.<\/p>\n
So, the podcasting and writing are where I tell stories. In order to be good at those things, I need to be well-read, knowledgeable and getting information that I can churn into the stories.\u00a0 So, I read, I listen to podcasts and watch documentaries (NOT reality TV shows) to get more information and see how people construct stories.\u00a0 Wanna write?\u00a0 Ya gotta read.\u00a0 Please listen to my podcast when I post them, if you\u2019re interested, because they are incredibly important to me and I think you\u2019ll like them.<\/p>\n
I am back to losing weight and getting back to the gym to keep healthy. I post food things because I enjoy cooking and like to cook healthier.\u00a0 I\u2019m going \u201cnon selfie\u201d for a while in order to focus on getting healthier like I did a year or so ago.\u00a0 I also try to THINK positively, as that helps with your health.\u00a0 I may push myself hard, but I know too many people my age who haven\u2019t taken care of themselves and talk endlessly about how the world is falling apart and so on and so on. \u00a0I embrace the things I love, celebrate the people I care for and am fighting my anxiety to be a better person.<\/p>\n
So, how do I get it all done?<\/p>\n
I focus on my themes. I push myself to be better.\u00a0 And I don\u2019t waste time on things that aren\u2019t working.\u00a0 If a story or as podcast or a relationship becomes negative or doesn\u2019t work?\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t fit the themes.<\/p>\n
What are your themes? How do YOU focus your time?<\/p>\n I was asked again \u201cHow do you have time to do all the stuff you do?\u201d The idea is simple, the reality is more complicated. I work two jobs, have a buttload of podcasts and write fiction.\u00a0 The way I get things done is to put my time where my interests are.\u00a0 I am not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194,"href":"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Facebook\"](\"https:\/\/blog.solitairerose.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/96x96\/facebook.png\" "\\"Share")
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