Major advice needed.
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- ninjasavant0
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/w…
You could set up a donations page and if everyone posted their user name in the payment instructions you could keep track of it.
- i tried this before and ended me just sending money. and about few months later, i got a book, how nice was THATMrDinky
- gung_hoek0
is this http://www.prosper.com/ for real?
Only US citizens are allowed to become lenders with prospers, but it seems there´s a couple of people who actually get a loan there. it seems that the loans are splitted into micro-money, so that eventually a group of everyday people performs the role of a bank.
- jasontroj0
Why move to Indianapolis? Couldn't Chicago be close enough?
- 5timuli0
Ze wife and I are going to talk about our options tonight. We had our minds set on Scotland but maybe we need to have a backup.
Charity, eh? Haha. I wouldn't be able to live with the guilt. I tapped my parents for the last $1500 so they don't have much else to give (they're retired). I might give Billy Gates a ring and see if he'll help out.
- studderine0
if you resign the lease cant you sublet
- studderine0
if you really need money, there are ways. i know that is vague, but its possible. your work is really good, i know you are a print designer and you guys generally dont make as much. however, update your skillz to include some interactive stuff and command a higher salary?!?!
- 5timuli0
Another problem I have now is having the time and money to interview anywhere else. I have absolutely no money or credit left so I'm stuck.
I'm such a whiner.
- cx3news0
Dude, It sounds like you need some help. I'm also a green card holder in Philly. Your work is solid and you shouldn't be having any difficulty getting work. My advice to you is to start updating your resume on Monster and Carrier Builder. Both are pretty good for recruitment agents to start hounding you down. Secondly start looking into 6 month contract gigs with high salary's. Thirdly you should move to west Philly....its totally more bang for your buck. Fourthly whats hourly rate for freelance? Fifth the wifey needs to get a job asap. Even if you do look into moving back to England you still need some dosh.
- chossy0
What guilt ? you are paying it back ye mad rocket!
What about this. You design something for us and we give you money. Do 15 designs print only 5 of each design we buy those, all of them for £21 each, which makes £1575 the £75 should cover the printing cost?... I have no idea how much art costs so fuck it but 21 clams seems fine to me for a 1 of five ever in the world ever, I'd like to buy an art please. It just takes 75 people to buy them, BAM! I am one of them 74 to go come on.....
- kult0
Why don't you move to central NJ (where you can find an insane amount of apartments for extremely cheap -- decent shit for even $900) and just commute and work in NYC? There's an endless amount of design jobs here, and all of them will pay substantially better than Philly. Seriously, you can stand to save a lot of money living in suburbia and just biting the bullet and commuting for a bit.
- TheFatBaron0
Actually, I commute to NYC from Central NJ. I'm most of the way out on the NE Corridor line, and it takes a little over an hour most mornings to get into the city. As long as you don't have a bad subway ride, there's worse fates.
Oh. I know you said "your wife doesn't like to work," but this is one of those cases where she needs to buck up and contribute to the financial welfare and general sanity. Even a part time job bringing in a couple hundred a month will help your finances.
- kult0
Yep. I take Academy bus straight to port. I'm moving again though in a month near Rutherford, only about 25 minute bus ride from the city.
Seriously, if you even relocate 45 minutes outside of NYC, you can land some seriously great deals. I really don't see why this isn't an ideal solution to your problems (if not temporary). Unless you really just hate the tri-state area that much. :P
- It's definitely an option. I'd love to work in NY.5timuli
- SigDesign0
I don't understand... if you can afford to move back to the UK, why not NYC or San Fran? NYC is a place where you could live temporarily till you get some money together.
Chicago is a good city, and would be the best place near Indiana to find work. The green card thing is difficult...my wife got her green card last year, and you might not want to jeopardize it by leaving right away. Knowing what a bitch it was to get it and those crazy ass immigration government people...
- also... sublets... check out craigslist for temporary housingSigDesign
- 5timuli0
OK, so we had our chat and did a little research on the whole Green Card issue. Leaving might cause problems with re-entry down the line and if I'm seen to abandon residency then I'll be refused naturalization at a later date. The best thing for us to do is stay put and either stay in Philly, move to NJ/NY, or move to Chicago (our top option so far).
I'm kinda down about the whole thing as both of us were really looking forward to going over there to be with family and friends. Looks like we'll be here for at least another 2-3 years.
- 5timuli0
If I did leave then there's a chance I'll won't be able to re-enter to visit her folks and if she ever gets homesick enough to want to move home we'll be screwed.
Our financial plan counted on me working in Scotland and living with my folks to save money on rent. Now I have to work like a bastard to make things up, and my wife needs to get work.
On the plus side I'll get to stay with my wife and dogs :)
- what scares people about her resume?Dr_Rand
- It's 3 pages long and full of shit jobs or max 8 months duration.5timuli
- Can she bartend? Get picked up through a temp agency? Murder people quietly? Gotta be creative.TheFatBaron
- working for high end catering companies is flexible and pays well... Starr Restaurants or somebody like thatDr_Rand
- digival0
Ever thought of a jump to Cincinnati? Its a huge branding firm hub with firms still hiring, its relatively close to Indy, and its affordable so you could hold out there til you were out of the red then move on.
Just a thought - jumping deeper into debt when starting off somewhere new is a bitch.
- 5timuli0
Thanks to all for the advice :)
I'm feeling less stressed already now that I have direction.
- Tark0
sell a laptop, replace the carpet, loan out the dogs, move into a month to month smaller cheaper place, drink some vino, then make your decision. Best of luck