A joyous ride! #MyMonthlyReport
Happy Friday everyone! And Happy April first (now second) to all!
Another month begins, full of wonderful things ahead, and then some not so great, just because life it's just like that, full of unexpected events for better or for worse.
As is customary over here, everyone is doing their Monthly Reports, sharing their journey and goals achieved over the last month and their goals and expectations for the new one.
I love reading them, they all are so inspiring and fun to read, I mean, as we are all different, our experiences are in some cases so similar that it's just crazy and fun, even with thousands of miles of distance in between.
But as much as I enjoy reading them, I have been doing something different, I share my journey, yes, but I don't set goals for myself. This might seem a little or a lot odd because what is life without goals?. We should have plans and goals, but we also have to be realistic about them sometimes, and that's why I stopped setting goals for myself here because I knew that at some point, I wasn't going to be able to keep up with them, not because I don't want to, just because I can't.
This March was a perfect example of that, out of 31 days of the month I only write 8 articles, just 8. I don't even have several drafts waiting to be published, I have nothing, I did nothing. Now, if I had set myself goals I would have failed massively because come on, 8 articles out of 31 days! I gained one sponsor, but lost much more, check it out, by the end of February I had eleven, now I only have three. And why is that? Because I haven't been engaging as much as I should and so, people lost interest in my work, something I truly understand and it's only me who is to blame for that.
Well, I have good reasons for being away and for neglecting this platform that has given me so so much. Let me share some of the things that had happened this last March...
I have been fully reinstated to my old job.
I have told you all about this, my former boss (not the hag) asked me back, and I accepted with a few terms and conditions of course. But this last March things got a bit complicated because even with the office inoperative due to lack of electricity and internet service, I have been working there 3 days a week and the other two here at home with a coworker who had a very big delay in her area. On the other hand, due to the lockdown and the lack of common sense of the staff, the office hasn't been cleaned properly, to the point that I found an overabundance of mice droppings and cockroach eggs in several drawers, and guess who cleaned those? Me of course, after giving a hell of a scolding to the staff. Take a look...
It's not all that bad though, because I got several things going for me. On one hand, I got recognition and I have the respect of most of the staff and they got to admit that they all wanted to leave once I announced my resignation, which is no excuse for their shortcomings but still is nice to know that I am appreciated one way or the other. The other thing is that I got a big pay raise, I went from 16$ a month to close to 300$ a month, not bad at all, plus, I get to play with the orchestra which is always nice and fun and fulfilling.
My brother and his one-month visit.
I have 5 siblings, 3 of them older than me. One of them has been living in Peru for the past 4 years and finally was able to come to visit.
We have been preparing for this since he announced it in December, and as the date came closer Gigi and me we're getting anxious because of his short temper and his very dominant personality. Well, we weren't all that wrong because the minute he walked into the house he started to make decisions without asking anybody, which in my view is plain wrong, I mean, you don't live here anymore, but for my mom's sake and in the spirit of taking things easier and peacefully, we shot our mouths and went along with the flow.
Then we realized that he was adjusting to the fact that we are 3 very capable women and he was just shocked by the way we have supported each other and the way we have survived the crisis and road up little by little. He even said that he was expecting the house up-side-down, which I found very offensive as a woman and as a human being, it was like he thought that just because we are women we aren't capable enough, and he doesn't know us enough to know that we won't let the house fall into our heads, what we don't know we learn, it's that simple.
As humans, we all make bad calls and have errors of judgment as he did, but what matters the most is that in the end, he understood that we can take care of ourselves and we don't need him to come to solve our lives.
And just like that the month ended, we got to celebrate his birthday, I made a Checkboard Cake and BBQ some meats, and yesterday he left, a goodbye harder than the first time, but we all know is for the best.
In the end, March was a hell of a month, a hell of a ride, and filled with a whirlwind of emotions and tons of pilled up work, but as always, with effort and God by our side, we can pull through anything life has to throw at us, and well come out stronger and better for it.
For this new month, let's see how it goes, I'm reaching batteries for Monday morning, this month is not shaping to be an easy one, so I'll need my great and my film strength which as of now is in 1%. Nah, I'm kidding, 2%.
Maybe this month will be the mukbang month, who knows, all I know is that I'm not leaving read. cash anytime soon, even if my presence here is diminished. So, none of you will get rid of me that easily and you can expect to see me from time to time, I guarantee it.
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April 2nd, 2022
I'm going through that too, I lost sponsors, gained others and lost them again, I've been busy and with internet problems, so I can't be much on read.cash, I've abandoned it without wanting to.
How bad the office looks, but I understand that it has been because of the abandonment of everything that is happening, but good that you are back and that now you are earning much more and you will be enjoying with your colleagues.
It is good that you have also been able to enjoy and share with your brother, even though at the beginning his arrival was strange, it is good that he has realized that in spite of everything you are still working and striving for everything you want to achieve.
I hope that both of us will be able to have a little more time to read.cash that has helped us so much.