I heard Suze Orman say that we’re all supposed to learn to live on half the money that we normally earn.  Her thinking is that if we do this now, we can protect ourselves in the event of catastrophes like losing our jobs or losing our retirement. 

I think Suze is onto something.  ‘Specially since Tom lost his job and it’s looking like…unless Jesus comes back or I surprise the crap out of everyone almost that much and get a real job…we’re going to spend 2010 living on about half the income we’ve been living on for the past few years.

Yesterday, I spent a couple of hours cruising the internet and reading the newspaper ads, looking for entry level jobs.  Most everybody wants their new, underpaid employee to have a butt load of experience.  Boy, this is bringing back memories…I remember why I always hated looking for work.  Sheesh.  No wonder I don’t have a job.

I’m also narrowing my own availability by trying to avoid any job that requires the wearing of blue or orange vests (or hairnets) and/or bartending.  As you probably can imagine, I’m not having much luck. 

My most favorite blogger (besides me), Magnolia, has passed on some good information on how to earn money on the internet.  The ideas seem pretty good, the ones that I understand.  I think it’s something about having websites and/or blogs in special niches that are venues for vendors to sell products.  The trick, I understand, is to find something you’re passionate about, become an expert, and then try to get a ton of good information that will help and inform people…and subliminally cause them to become addicted to your site AND any products that might be presented for their shopping pleasure.

Which is a giant step or two away from me just trying blog out a few hundred words every few days to amuse me and you.

One of my biggest obstacles is that I’m such a techno-tard that even reading about all this internet blab is like trying to teach myself a foreign language by reading a book about that foreign language in that foreign language. 

I usually think of myself as pretty smart…but I’m wondering if I’m smart enough to write AND use that writing to help people AND earn an income.  It’s being done…according to the Greek internet marketing book I’m reading.  BUT…if I’m personally going to do it, it’s pretty clear that I’m going to have to change the way I think about earning for writing and myself as a writer.

Change does not come easy to Cherie Baby.

Anyway, today I gave it a little more thought (while I was perusing my hospital bills) and decided…What the HEY?  People WAY dumber than I am started out not knowing anything about this crap and managed to figure it out.  I can figure this out.

So, that’s why I haven’t written for a couple of days.  I’ve been trying to think like a grownup…which is no small task, especially when it comes to thinking about myself as a business woman…not to mention all the raging neuroses and self esteem issues such subjects engender in me. 

Round Two of shakin’ it up…Livin’ on Half…in the second half.