well I can't do a damned thing. I can't start work coding a blog until I know what PEAR modules are installed and/or whether I can install my own on my web hosting server and I can't do that until I have ssh access to my account and I can't get that until the admins come back to work tomorrow to see that my paperwork is in order.
I can't print up the inserts for my commencement announcements because I cannot afford good paper and I'm out of red and green ink which I also cannot afford until tuesday when I get paid.
I suppose I could work on advertising copy for my aspiring tutoring business. I'm thinking though, this late in the day, that a walk would be good. only problem there is the sweating and freezing thing which I thought I had gotten worked out by wearing my rain shell but it only works so well as a windbreaker. I think I need to wrap myself up in plastic and they sell basically cheap nonporous plastic windbreakers at old navy but I can't afford one of those till tuesday either.
in fact what I should probably be doing is washing socks in the sink as the pickings are getting slim and I cannot afford to do laundry or buy new socks until tuesday.
am thinking this last is probably where I should go with my nervous energy before dissipating it with the afternoon klonopin.
I can't print up the inserts for my commencement announcements because I cannot afford good paper and I'm out of red and green ink which I also cannot afford until tuesday when I get paid.
I suppose I could work on advertising copy for my aspiring tutoring business. I'm thinking though, this late in the day, that a walk would be good. only problem there is the sweating and freezing thing which I thought I had gotten worked out by wearing my rain shell but it only works so well as a windbreaker. I think I need to wrap myself up in plastic and they sell basically cheap nonporous plastic windbreakers at old navy but I can't afford one of those till tuesday either.
in fact what I should probably be doing is washing socks in the sink as the pickings are getting slim and I cannot afford to do laundry or buy new socks until tuesday.
am thinking this last is probably where I should go with my nervous energy before dissipating it with the afternoon klonopin.
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I talked to a teacher friend (Trixie) on Saturday who told me that some of the teachers in her school charge $40-$60/hr for tutoring. I'm not sure if you can get this (at least at first) but you should not charge less than $30 because then you look suspect. You may be able to get $60 because of the PhD/Berkeley thing.
To get clients that pay this, you need a website and a nice flyer with copies posted at as many of the local schools with a well-to-do student body as you can manage. A recommendation in the newsletter or parents' email list of one of these schools is even better and almost guaranteed to get you at least one client. If you have teachers or people who have/work with school-age children in your network, they could be immensely helpful to you. Also, when people contact you from flyers, you may be able to find out about newsletters and email lists even if you don't end up making a sale.
BTW, I said on the phone that you could write college entrance exam essays. I later discovered this is not true. I mean, you could do it, but it's not allowed because it's cheating. You can however, help someone write their own essay.
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Also: don't overthink the website. You just need a brochure type thing that looks professional and is clean/informative. Save the complicated stuff for projects you'll be paid for.
so, thanks!