I was thinking...

I was thinking a few days ago about these kids that start their careers on YouTube. The ones who have never worked outside of the YouTube realm. The ones who didn't continue their schooling. The ones who if for some awful reason or another YouTube shut down, would be left having to go out and find other work outside of social media. Many of these kids and some adults that don't qualify as kids anymore don't have anything to use as references for jobs.

Employers will not be able to accept an uneducated person who says that they have worked on YouTube for X amount of years. There would be no way of proving that the maybe employee is telling the truth or not. And if YouTube failed to exist any longer an employer wouldn't be able to go and see for themselves. The only thing I could think of to solve this problem would be tax returns as proof. But what about the smaller influencers that don't have the 5,000,000 followers? There are so many people on YouTube paying their bills from that platform that have never worked outside of it a day in their lives. What are they going to do?

Now there are many YouTube influencers that do have schooling to fall back on and some with outside jobs. And some who are married with spouses who work outside of the home and make good enough money to get by without a problem. But I am talking of the ones that do not fit this category. I find myself worrying about the ones that do not fit into this category. There will be a surplus of people unemployed and searching for work. Causing unemployment to go up and up and up. People losing their homes because they will not be able to find work.

Some individuals have put all their eggs (so to speak) in one basket. And if that basket was to fail them, would they know what to do? How to go about living outside their sanctuaries behind the camera.

I think I started thinking of this because my daughter asked if she could start a YouTube channel. After much thought, I told her she could, BUT when she was old enough to go to work no matter how well her channel was to do or not do, she would have to get an outside of the home job. Even if it is just part-time. That way if YouTube were to fail she would have outside of the home, work experience. And it would be mandatory for her to continue her schooling. Which she didn't have a problem with being that her end goal is to become a doctor. YouTube is just something for her to do to pass the time.

Back to employers, I use to be an employer. If I had three possible employees for a job, one is a person that was on a platform with no past work history outside of that platform, or a person that had a work history from a different employer, or a person who had an education and past work history outside of social media. I wouldn't give the person with no outside job history or education the job.

When I was a kid all you had to really worry about was graduating high school. Now you have to have some kind of college degree to run a cash register. It's crazy there are barely any jobs that a person qualifies for now if they don't have a high school diploma with two years of college and a work history (outside the home).

But people want to judge the poor because they are not doing as well as others. That's because the way things are done here in the U.S. is really messed up. Did you know that in most Europian countries college is free? If not free extremely cheaper than it is here. There was a whole life insurance policy put on my daughter, not in case she died but in case she lived. I know that sounds really screwed up. But, I can't afford to put her through college. I'm a single mom on disability, I will not live in low-income housing while I can still afford not to. Not that I have the nicest house in the neighborhood, I don't. I don't even have central heat.

Before I became disabled, I was middle class and never thought that I would be below poverty level again. I raised from below poverty level when I was a kid. Unfortunately, I didn't know to invest my money wisely. So what back up I did have, is long gone. I don't receive child support, that's because also, unfortunately, my daughter's father made a few wrong choices and ended up in prison after I left him. He will be there for a very very long time.

All I want more than anything else in this world is to be able to go back to work. Realistically that will never happen. I miss work so much I stupidly cry about it...every day. I loved my job, I loved it until the final day. I wish there was a job I could do. Unfortunately, there are no jobs that I can qualify for.

But on a positive note. I didn't do my taxes last year (renters rebate, lol) that way I could add them to this years and be able to buy a car. Which then gives me the opportunity I need to be able to start up an eBay store. I have one now but I don't have much inventory because I don't have a way to leave my house. And I don't know anyone within 100 miles of me. So for the last year, I have been studying about resale. So maybe next year if I'm lucky enough I'll be able to make enough by the end of the year to get myself off disability and make enough to pay taxes again. Then move into a house that has central heat...at least, lol.

At least that is my goal. It is just realistic enough it might just work. Fingers crossed!!!

But while I am waiting and doing everything that I need to, to accomplish this goal, I will be on here uploading my thoughts about anything and everything. Till next time, keep on keepin' on!!!

Oh!!! Remember today is a voting day, so those of you that vote go out there and do it. We all have opinions and as of right now in the United States we have the freedom to state them. So let us keep that freedom!!!

So I'm back.

Sorry for being gone for so long. I actually forgot I even started a Blogger post. So what is this blog going to be about? Well...everything. From everyday things to reviews of books, makeup, coloring, home goods, and stores that I find that have cheap prices on good buys. I am on disability so I search for the best prices on every day needed and needless things. Sometimes I splurge but even when I splurge I search for the best prices. Even if that means having something shipped from overseas.

Well for an update, as I said I am still on disability. I was going to try and go back to work, I have the job when I am able to go back to work. I really would love to go back to work, I absolutely despise being on disability. Life is so boring and I do not know anyone, nor do I have a way to meet anyone. There's only so many things a person can do before their minds get bored.  There's only so much YouTube a person can take, lol. And when YouTube went down for those two hours a couple weeks ago and everyone jumped on Twitter to discuss that they no longer had anything to do was an eye-opener for me. I have such a boring life, lol. So I'm going to talk with my doctor once again and see if he will force pain management to see me again. The Canadian cold front moved through here a couple weeks ago and the pain was so bad I couldn't even walk or stand without passing out from the pain.

I went to my daughter's classroom the other day. I was invited by her teacher to sit in on a math lesson she was doing. Her teacher is so good at what she does. She has a way to get the students to understand and if they don't she actually works with them one on one. She is such a wonderful teacher. I wrote her an e-mail praising her and letting her know how much I enjoyed myself in her class. We as parents sometimes forget to let the teachers of our students know how special and great they are. Well, that's if they are special and great. My daughter has had a couple teachers that were less than pleasing. But that is why parents need to praise the teachers when they do a good job, so they know that their work is noticed and appreciated. And they stay excited about their jobs. Just think about it if people always came to you and told you how you were less than at your job or if you were not noticed for a job well done, you would get less motivated to do your job. So praise your children's teachers, say thank you to your cashiers, and give your employees a high five when they do a good job. Sometimes we get so caught up in our own lives that we forget about everyone else doing theirs and helping us.

It is so much easier to pass on positivity than negativity. If we want something to change in our world we have to start with ourselves and do it. A simple thank you can make a persons day!!!

This is the Beginning

I'm just going to give you the short version. We'll start at the age of 20. Yes that was 20 years ago but there's really not a lot to say about it. We'll start off with I was only a few months sober. I worked the entire time I was on drugs. Worked all the time. Had to, to afford it. But finally decided on December 24, 1997 that I was going to cold turkey it and get sober. So I did. Now it's November 5, 2017 so I'm going on 20 years sobriety. Not an easy thing to do. But well worth it.

I met a man soon after. Biggest mistake of my life. I thought he was Prince Charming, though. He had a job, didn't do drugs, had his own place and was willing to take the metro bus system to come and see me. Seems great, huh?

It was until 3 months later when we got married he moved into my moms house and quit his job. Great!!! The fighting started right off the bat. About that same time I found out I was pregnant which I wasn't ready I was just 4 months sober I wasn't ready for a baby. But there I was pregnant.

I told him I was pregnant and he patted me on the back and said "good job". Thing is he told me he couldn't have kids. Well I didn't stay pregnant very long I ended up having my sweet little boy three months early. The doctors said it was because of the stress and kicked my husband out of the hospital and wouldn't give him a bracelet for the NICU. He walked out on me 5 days after we found out I was pregnant anyway.

Well anyway, enough about that. After my son was born I couldn't go back to work for a year. His dad got a job again so I let him come back. As soon as the year was up I went back to work. There was many boring years inbetween that time and 2007. 

  

Needless to say my husband and I didn't make it. He moved to a different state I stayed where I am. However, I injured my back in 2006 and it affected my work. Badly affected my work. I had always had back problems but it was just much much worse. 

So, I ended up on disability after I had my daughter in 2008. Now I can't get a doctor to let me see a real surgeon to get an actual opinion on my back again. So, I've started selling online hoping to make enough to get off medicade and pay for my own doctor and get a truthful non insurance opinion and if I need surgery then I could pay for it. 

So that is a little bit about me. My name is Crystal. I am a chronic pain suffer and I won't take narcotics and medical marijuana isn't legal in my state so i'm in pain all day every day.