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riderinthestorm

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22. Ooh! I'm going to forward this asap to her!

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Reply #19)

Sun May 27, 2012, 11:18 PM

May 2012

She'll get housing on site at some point, which will be free, so she really doesn't want to commit to a year lease when she could be moved into free housing.

Thanks for the tip! She literally landed there on Thursday night, started work at 6 am Friday and will work every day for the next week while the other employee who will be working with her gets married. So she's done a bit of real estate browsing in her spare time but only a couple hours at a time. She put her stuff in a storage unit for the moment and is living in an on campus apartment for now so she's been pretty swamped these first few days. Definitely thrown into the deep end of the pool with literally NO training (the other employee met her on Thursday night when she pulled in at 9 pm, went over the routine and took off at 10:30) So something like this maybe perfect.

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Does anyone have any pointers for staying on task while underemployed? [View all] XemaSab May 2012 OP

I hand-write a list in the morning. Even the piddly, stupid stuff goes on it as well as the enoyable riderinthestorm May 2012 #1

To do lists work for me too, although I don't put everything on them. Gormy Cuss May 2012 #4

What type of contract work? discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #2

I hate to say it because my posts are almost always train of thought but XemaSab May 2012 #15

I know I would be more productive if I'd just LiberalAndProud May 2012 #3

This should be a DUzY (of the ouroboros type, I think :) - n/t coalition_unwilling May 2012 #9

First I had to google Ouroboros, damnit. LiberalAndProud May 2012 #14

Is moving an option? randome May 2012 #5

My daughter just took a job 2000+ miles away. Even doing ALL of the moving herself, it cost @ $5k riderinthestorm May 2012 #8

I know where you're coming from. And I agree. randome May 2012 #11

I worked a few times near DC. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #19

Ooh! I'm going to forward this asap to her! riderinthestorm May 2012 #22

What area is she near? discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #26

McLean Virginia. She's looked at a couple places in Leesburg but I did forward your suggestion last riderinthestorm May 2012 #33

There is... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #35

I don't watch TV and I recently XemaSab May 2012 #16

or the computer. or open a book. HiPointDem May 2012 #24

Right now I am still in the "reading" phase of the research XemaSab May 2012 #29

how did this turn into a thread about moving to find work? magical thyme May 2012 #34

I have similar issues... octothorpe May 2012 #6

damn hfojvt May 2012 #7

There are Big Things to do in the yard XemaSab May 2012 #17

I try to arrange it where the small tasks add up or "stay done" bhikkhu May 2012 #28

Word XemaSab May 2012 #30

Solitaire. HopeHoops May 2012 #10

When I have personal projects I want to work on mythology May 2012 #12

Get married. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #13

ways to get visibility on accomplishments NJCher May 2012 #18

Try writing a book. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2012 #20

I have a job in which I'm very much underemployed. SheilaT May 2012 #21

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Ah, you have a private-sector writing fellowship. Next thing you know, they'll make coalition_unwilling May 2012 #27

A private-sector writing fellowship! I LOVE it. SheilaT May 2012 #38

Yeah, I've never quite gotten the hang of purely electronic revision. There's coalition_unwilling May 2012 #39

I can always do a first draft on the computer, and some revisions SheilaT May 2012 #40

Tee-hee-hee. During a slow summer once, while at a very dull job working coalition_unwilling May 2012 #42

Ifd I had a real writing/editing job, I'd have to be working while on the job. SheilaT May 2012 #43

Good for you. truedelphi May 2012 #31

Are you looking for a job with more hours? That would take your free time. Honeycombe8 May 2012 #25

I have the same problem. wildeyed May 2012 #32

I took Spanish at the JC XemaSab May 2012 #37

sometimes rewarding myself with a brownie works magical thyme May 2012 #36

A written schedule, on-line classes, make lists and find satisfaction in striking when completed. lonestarnot May 2012 #41