Bored Blog 19: We Found Mold in Our Room

9/15/2021

I share a room with my sister and we started to get some black mold in one of the corners of our ceiling. It's definitely from our neighbors upstairs. They have some kind of washing machine even though it's illegal to have one in your apartment in NYC.

I was getting into the groove of doing my arm work out in the morning, writing a poem for To be a Straw Hat, editing episodes for the tiny home channel, learning more about business/social media and some other productive things. Instead my sister and I had to throw out a lot of moldy things. We also ordered new beds. My sis and I have shared a bunkbed for 20 or so years...we finally got new beds...that apparently are also kid beds. Though they look really nice. I love that they have shelves for my books. And then my sis made me agree to throw out our other shelves because it turned out they had some mold too.

We didn't realize how much stuff we had. We had to dump a lot of it into the living room (our brother's room) so there would be enough space to build the new beds. For a few nights we had some sibling sleep overs. Though it wasn't too fun. We couldn't stay up late to chat because our bro has a 9-5 job. Also he was grumpy to have our stuff in his space.

It's been 8 days of cleaning the room, throwing away things and organizing. We're still not done. I do think it's nice to spend less time on the computer. Also, our family doesn't always interact during the day. Since we've started cleaning we have all been talking more.

It is good we're getting rid of old things, but I really really wanted to get back to work. The more things we have to do with our room, the more I felt further and further away from my goals.

"Your home is an important part of your life. You should take time to take care of it, clean it, reorganize it and whatnot"...is what I kept telling myself. It convinced me half of the time. The other half of the time I was thinking of many things.

Looking back on how much thinking I've been doing, I need to take more action. I need to focus my energy on my goals and grind, take a brake, and then grind some more.

I was watching Undercover Billionaire on Discovery Plus before this big clean up. The thing that successful people do is network. Network IN PERSON. They actually talk to people. Now, I never understood the right way to network and negotiate with people. Other people say to be genuine, but I had no idea what that looked like.

I now understand that it means to really give. Give your time so they can help you. Another thing I learned, is that there are many ways to make money. Of course I already new that, but to see it with my own eyes is very different.

It has inspired me to find a part time job for anything so that I can grow some income on the side. Maybe I'll make some connections and see how we can help each other. So, went on craigslist and I applied to clean at a hair solan, be an extra on a film, and to be a model (no experience needed!). Everyone else was asking for a lot of criteria that I do not have. I don't have a driver's license, I don't have x years in marketing, x years in cooking, x years in anything but some of this and that in filmmaking. For writing, I'm not good at editing (boring/important) papers. Also, you need to be knowledgable in whatever subject they want. I'm a free spirit writer. I don't know much about war, science, or addiction.

I never get a reply from anyone on craigslist, but who knows.

Lots of other things are going through my head right now. I'm feeling lost. I see the options I can take, but I feel lost. All in all I just want to live an awesome adventurous life. Making a 7 digit income is where I want to go. At the moment I'm making less than a dollar from the change I find on the street (I found a quarter a couple days ago!) Other than that I'm healthy, my friends and family relationships are pretty good, and I'm doing what I like. There's just some adjustments I need to change to be financially successful.

I'm already saving money. Got that down. Making my money work for me is tricky because I don't know any experts in anything to help guide me. I'm also managing my own money and not having someone else manage it. So I'm partially there.

Once my sis and I are done with our room I can work on a schedule to make sure I'm being productive in making money, reaching my creative goals, and to stop being so serious about everything.

I hope your week has been good and productive.

Best,

Emel