Late Night Scare

I have been working like mad the past few days that I realized I haven’t even looked at the mirror for days anymore. So just imagine how surprised I was when glancing at the mirror this morning and I saw a huge, HUGE pimple! Eeek!

At my age I should have been over pimples by now but I’ll be blaming my unforgiving schedule for this breakout. It’s too early to try out acne solutions because it’s just one pimple – albeit a huge one but I think it’s about time to go to the derma for a facial. All this work is making my face really oily, my body is experiencing aches and pains I haven’t experienced before. Even last night gave me a scare! I was madly rushing to finish my file so I can pass it on time for its 12 midnight deadline. It was an extra file that I took aside from the one I have finished the day earlier so I was really, really tired at that point. Suddenly, my hands refused to type anymore from sheer exhaustion. I was panicking because I had to finish it whatever happens.  My mind was willing and very much active but my hands took a life on its own and wanted to give up. I had to force myself to lie down but didn’t close my eyes for fear that when I open them it’ll be morning already and I would be late for my deadline. So I was a forced myself to take a rest for 15 minutes and then I got up and resumed typing. It happened again just as I was about to finish so I had to lie down and rest again for a second time.

Anyway, I’m so glad that was over and next time I would think twice before I get an extra file from my job. The pay is good but my hands are more valuable!

Wishing for a Home Office

I’ve been working non-stop for this week. Me working while a timer is running means I spend less hours in front of the laptop but that doesn’t mean I’m less tired. In fact, my body ached all over! Although I love my work it still gives me some pain – body pain.

Maybe it’s also caused by my poor posture while I’m working. Working at home means I don’t have office furniture which I badly needed. I always forget that I have to buy something for myself to make myself comfortable when I’m working. A spacious office desk and a soft and comfy executive chair is now in my wish list.  Having my very own office space is not too bad either.

Speaking of which, I finally was able to take a peak at the new apartment they’re renting out next door. It’s such a beauty that I wanted to move right on the spot. Too bad it’s beyond our budget! Aside from the garage which we really need, it also boasts of two bathrooms, a dirty kitchen, and a small space upstairs flanked by the two bedrooms that can serve as my home office. The first time I saw it an image of me working in my very own office space flashed  before my eyes. The vision was so vivid that I had to snap myself out of it. LOL!

Well, the apartment is a beauty but I guess we can do away with that one. We really like living here and thoughts of Ondoy/Ketsana still haunts me. It’s either we stay on the third floor where we can be safe from any future flood or we move away to a flood free zone. That’s our only choice for now.

Work and my Two Timers

I’m super swamped with work. I’m happy about it too and I’m trying to achieve a balance between working and being a wife and a parent by using an online timer.  The timer keeps me on my toes and reminds me that I have things to finish so far the past few days my productivity is off the roof.

In fact, I like having a timer so much that I have installed not one but two timers in my browser – the Time Tracker and the Simple Timer. I didn’t know how it worked at first but I’m so glad I got them both because they have their own purpose.  You see, the Time Tracker is like an an automatic timer that tracks the amount of time I’ve been browsing. Time Tracker starts whenever I open a browser and pauses when I’m not browsing or if the browser is minimized whenever say when I’m doing my transcription and I have the Microsoft Word instead on my screen. With the help of the Time Tracker I know that  as of 2 pm today I’ve been on the internet (read – doing unnecessary things) for a total of 1 hour and 55 minutes. That’s so much improvement already compared to my previous record of like 8 hours! LOL!

As for my second timer – the Simple Timer – I use it when I’m transcribing. I can now track how long it takes me to finish a particular length of audio. Just its presence makes me aware that I have to get my ass moving and finish my work. I’m so happy because the faster I work the more time I have with Z and S.

Anyway, more of the Time Tracker and Simple Timer in my next entry. I would like to tell you more about these two simple time management tools that I have discovered. I hope it can also help you manage your time.

Where To Get Inspiration to Work

So my blog has again taken a backseat since I lost my PR and while I was wondering where I can earn cash online and before I knew it was raining projects from my transcription job again. A month or two ago, the jobs came to a halt – well, it didn’t really stop completely since I still see my fellow transcribers earning but I was getting no projects for two weeks so I lost my momentum and finally felt the effect of my working non-stop since January. The result was I lost interest in transcribing so I focused on blogging and accepted work only once or twice a week and some weeks don’t do any work at all.  I also took that opportunity to try my luck on niche blogging but unfortunately, I’m still not earning through that route.  My adsense is still $13.00 and not counting. Meanwhile my husband just got his dollars at Western Union and is waiting for his next payout. Read the rest of this entry »

What I Have Learned After a Year of Blogging

I’m a non-techie and a year ago all I know was how to browse and search for something in Google. If I don’t have a passion for blogging, I would say maybe until now all I would do online is browse different websites and just read and read. I wouldn’t even know how to make my own browser start page. Thankfully, I have learned some useful things since I started blogging. I learned about how to tweak my template (a little bit), how to hyperlink (thank God, or else I wouldn’t be able to earn), learned a little bit about internet marketing and affiliates (which I hope I will master in the future LOL).  I don’t want to stop learning. I wish to learn more in the following years to come and hopefully I will be successful online.