2026 Week #5 - Weekly Goal Sharing! (Monday 01/26/25 - Sunday 02/01/26)
I welcome anyone to commit to a goal here today.
But importantly, talk about getting it done..... or why it didn't happen yet.
To praise each other for our efforts and wins.
While supporting each other through trials and setbacks.
And to continue trying and not give up.
Remember:
Every Goal should be considered "Worthy".
Never belittle your achievements and be proud of yourself for your daily accomplishments!
Whether they be Complex or Simple.
Getting out of bed is a good day..... Good job I say!
Share your goals today, for support and encouragement.
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Do Your Best and Get Your rest.
Things are usually much harder then we think. Do your best. Be kind to yourself and Be kind to others.
@SoulfullyAButterfly @mytwistedsoul @KristenHR @Enthenia @reservedOwl321 @peachThinker662 @CyclingThroughLife @decisiveBranch2794 @IchooseLife79
@energeticSkies3610 @anonyTortoise3336 @spicyavocado3788 @neatBlueberry5213 @seashell145 @uzi82 @fearlessWriter78 @Kait
And Any Others. If you want to be added/removed to/from the tag list, let me know. 😃
The monotony of it all is beating me down. But I realize it's all the little bits that are so monotonous and boring that I have to keep up with.
I'm going to remind myself this week that I'm not going to let all the little bits destroy my big dream.
All the little bits and the larger pitfalls, Are distracting me from my true purpose. My true purpose this year is to build my business into a financial freedom, instead of a financial survival situation. Its all part of my big dream to leave something for my highly dysfunctional family, of value and hope.
So yeah, My dream is a big deal and I can't let the little bits keep tripping me up. So yeah, back to the basics, the monotonous boring baby steps, but I know, if I don't quit I will win. I know this. I may not win everything that I want to, but I will continue to win, A little bit at a time.
I wish that for everyone, this very special week, to continue to win, even if it's just a little bit at a time.
@IsayUncle
@BlueDarkAurora
Thanks. Have a fruitful week and a wonderful day.
@IsayUncle
Well I got some bills paid and I did order some things to take with me to work. And some music. I haven't done that in a long time--order music I mean. It's not like I don't have enough to listen to as it is and I need to refresh some of the songs on my mobile because the player doesn't recognize them but...
I'm still doing the games. Found a new site that was rated pretty well and the games are different. I've tried a few of them and I like them. Just haven't gotten high enough in the levels to earn anything yet.
I don't have enough for the rent but I will by Friday. I'll even be able to put some extra towards February. Nothing on the other situation. Hasn't been ten days since I sent the employment verification request to my old (?) job. Still have to call the bar referral service so I can find a legal representative.
I was able to get groceries and a fifteen day pass this weekend. I was debating on whether I should get the fifteen day one or the thirty day like I normally do but the thirty day was more expensive and I didn't want to use more money than I had to. Got it late in the evening yesterday. The dog thre a fit when I left. Could hear her scratching at the door. I was only gone half an hour. I had meant to do it earlier but I had a couple of instances where my body shut down like it has a tendency to do. It did it once in the morning when I hadn't really eaten anything and then after I had a late breakfast. Was out for three hours. Well that might have been Saturday. Saturday functioning was difficult. I kept feeling exhausted all day. I can't even remember what I did that day but I know it wasn't all I'd wanted to do.
Got the cat's box cleaned yesterday and I vacuumed but I always do after I clean the cat's box. The dog tried fighting with the vacuum cleaner. She hasn't done that in a while. Got her brushed a bit too. I brush her every day but she's getting tangles behind her ears. Been trying to work them out but she fusses a bit. Usually I have to catch her before I can brush her. She'll let me do it but there has to be a chase first.
And I guess that's it for the moment. Since I really have nothing to do at work today, I'm going to try to raise my levels on the games. Every little bit helps.
Contacted the state bar referral service. They couldn't help. They said to look for employment law lawyers so I found two more and sent a form out to them. The lady at the referral service did say that 2020 screwed a lot of people up.
@Enthenia
Well I'm actually replying to both your posts, I was very impressed with your first post. It felt proactive, And kind of like It had a bit of positive tone to it. Not like everything has changed or nothing, like, you went through the steps that you had to do, and maybe it wasn't so horrible.
I think it sounded really good.
I hope you have luck finding a lawyer without Wasting a lot of energy and and getting your hopes up only to be let down. Nowadays I think to find a lawyer they just look for big money more than they do to help the little person out.
You might have to hunt and Peck a good bit to find someone that be a good advocate in your corner just because they agree with the premice that these companies shouldn't do that. With that said, I think you are doing an awesome job, following up on the lawyer stuff. try not to get discouraged.
@IsayUncle I learned a long time ago not to expect too much.
I guess positive is good. I unfortunately had another automatic payment come out. Yeah, I owed them and I needed to pay it but it just makes things tighter on me right now. I'll have the rent taken care of but I won't have as much as I'd hoped for next month. If I had received that extra withdrawal, I'd be fine but I didn't and I have no idea what the end result will be.
Getting annoyed with financial applications telling me to look at loans because I know I don't qualify for any of them. Also getting annoyed with the ads that I have to watch before I can go to the next level on the games. Most of them are for scam get rich games with supposedly no ads and instant cash out. Plus, they use the same group of actors for each ad. There's one girl that I've seen in like six different ads and I wonder if I'm the only one who thinks it odd.
Right now I'm doing a tangram one which I actually prefer to the other one I've been doing. That one has ads every other minute and without warning which made it difficult to concentrate. Well, there was a warning. Like a second before the ad came up. But this new one varies in difficulty and it even has animal shapes. I've only had to use the hints a few times. I generally need only one to figure out what the starting piece is and then I can figure it out. The ones that are four to six pieces aren't that hard but the ones that have over ten are.
@Enthenia
good luck with the gaming..... i hope you get the big win, they tease you with. show'em up! 🤑
@IsayUncle heard back from one of the two firms that I sent an inquiry to. They think they may be able to help. Gave me a link to a form I have to fill out. The only thing is, they're backlogged and it can take two months for an attorney to get back to me. But it's more of a response than I have been getting.
Haven't done extremely well on the games. Got cold and tired last night which made me end up falling asleep so I ate extremely late again. I ended up taking a shower at four this morning. The dog wanted to go out and get her disk but I knew if I didn't do a shower, I'd be bothered by it all day long.
I'm trying to do a bit before I start even though there's really nothing for me to do in the office today because I'm still caught up (surprisingly).
I found another app after seeing if the one I downloaded the other day was actually legitimate. I figured it was because one of the games offered was one I'd downloaded elsewhere and it gave me the option to link an existing account on another platform to the new app. But, when I looked at my progress and saw that it had barely moved even though I had gone up 10 levels on some of the games, I began to wonder. It is a legitimate app however the payout is super slow.
So I looked at the blogger's recommendations. One was one I've been using for a while now. Another of the top three was one I didn't have. So I downloaded it and then it made me download another application. This one is similar to one I have been using but it doesn't have as many in your face ads and the games are pretty much the same to the other one but not as many. I'm doing it now to see how much the actual earnings are. Well I've been doing them for maybe 15 minutes and I got 0.75. I think it has a faster rate than the other one. But as far as I can see, it doesn't have the bonuses that the other one has. However to get to those bonuses, you pretty much have to spend the entire day playing with constant ad interruptions. I don't know how people get close to a thousand. It would be helpful, but I couldn't do it.
@Enthenia
Great about the lawyer. and 2 months is super reasonable. Many of these firms can be backed up for six months to even a year. So two months is great. That would be awesome if they could work in your favor.
In the games when you talk about getting to a 1000, do you mean $1000 or a 1000 points And if it's 1000 points how many dollars does that get you?
@IsayUncle a thousand points. Just like rewards programs, the points are in fractional values of a dollar. It's something like 500,000 points to one dollar or something like that. Even though sometimes they claim the earnings are "boosted" it's still only a fraction. That's what's so amusing about some of the ads for the programs. I remember one where a guy asks a random girl what she does for a living and it turns out she lives in the penthouss and all she does is play games. None of these applications pay out even a quarter of what one would need for a penthouse regardless of location.
I had a missed call from the other lawyer that I sent a form to but I'm not seeing any messages or email. I think I'll stick with the one that took the time to send me an email response.
@Enthenia
Can I advise, not to burn any bridge, this early in the game. It took time, energy and intention for someone to call you back and reach out to you.
Is there not any way that you can reply to the lawyer that called you, and tell them that you appreciate the phone call and that are sorry that you missed it. Kind of give them a little bit of courtesy.
I think it would be much better to get two points of view before you actually hire one or the other, but at least get a couple points of view. Plus the fact that they took the time To respond.
That's just my $0.02 for investment. It's not a lot, but I hope you don't mind and it doesn't offend.
@IsayUncle I still have the phone number. I'm just not good on the phone. I'd rather do emails. When I was stuck at home looking for work because I thought I had to, I didn't enjoy the phone interviews.
@Enthenia
That's ok, there's nothing wrong with that. very understandable.
BUT.... You did a lot of work looking for help. It still might be a good idea to have a back-up resource you've already cultivated. If it's way too uncomfortable.... that's the way it is. There's nothing wrong with that.
Just do your best with what you can work with. I think you are doing great following up on this.
@IsayUncle you are correct. I mean, even if I wait the two months for the first firm to get back to me, they may not actually be able to help.
Got an email from the retirement company stating the request had been cancelled. This is now more than me trying to get funds I thought I had access to.
Currently trying to get my balance up across the accounts on the apps I've downloaded. Got $23 right now. Want to get the bonuses on a couple of them but since every one of them has advertising, it's difficult to meet the goals. Of course, if there were less ads, more people would meet the goals and the companies would lose money. They don't want that.
@Enthenia
Consider forwarding all comminications in real time to one or both lawyer offices.... for possible future reference for them, IF they take your case, they have extra ammo. AND, if you are not already doing it, consider starting a file to save all communications including phone calls, subject of discussion, dates and etc.
It may all be a waste of time, but it could be a powerful package of information in two months time. I hope you don't mind me blurting out my own ideas of how I would move forward in this situation. It seems to me you have a right to this money, (and you really need it), but I really don't know anything.
Sorry if I'm overstepping.
Did they state why they canceled your request, or is it just the next step because they still think you're considered employed?
@IsayUncle They cancelled the request because I'm still employed there and therefore not eligible for the withddrawal for the reasons I gave. That's why the request was denied the last time. Of course then, I didn't even know that I was "still employed".
I FINALLY BROKE MY DEEP, (3 WEEK) STATE OF DEPRESSION.
Being Actively Aware and having counter-measures helps change the day.
Sometimes a small change in perspective can change everything.
I have a repetitve, written, "Morning Schedule". It was labled as "Morning Routine".
I changed the heading to, "Anti-Depression Schedule". IT MAKES SENSE and it works. I am 75% less likely to dread the day and get depressed early, if I practice anti-depression habits, which also, actively, adds essential progress to my day.
Will have enough to pay January's rent and put a little towards next month. Did my taxes. That will get me a couple thousand. I owe the university money even though I haven't had any classes. I thought I had coordinated thngs to where I wouln't get charged when I had no classes but apparently not. It's $125 so it's not expensivee but it's an expense I wasn't planning on. I need to get caught up on my credit and things like that.
Still trying to get extra money on the games. I've got so many things going on and I'm getting overwhelmed. I didn't eat until midnight last night then got up at three like normal. Dog wanted to play when I was barely awake. Everything seemed to take forever this morning which made me even more anxious because I thought I'd be late getting to the bus. It was early yesterday and ended up running which I can't really do and when I got to the bus, the driver was worried about me (because if I passed out or anything, that would make things more awkward for him) and all I cared about was paying the fare and getting out of the way.
Today, I tried hurrying to the stop. I did get out earlier than yesterday I think but the bus today was delayed a bit. I suppose I should have gotten up earlier then I wouldn't have needed to rush.. I tried staying up later to get a couple levels out of the way but it didn't happen.
@Enthenia
WOW He actually told you that! "he was scared about your wellbeing, because it would inconvenience his life" Well, I should send him negative energy because of his grossly selfish attitude!
But i can't, I try not to promote negative energy because it grows all by it'self sometimes, even when people try to do a good thing..... it has a way of growing all on it's own, Totally crazy dynamic of nature! Life is hard and people often have a ill nature about them, which is understandable, but not always acceptable.
that's great about a little bit of relief, from taxes... just in time.
Glad you like the new games, but hope u can make more moola $$$$.
@IsayUncle I don't know what he said actually. I had my headphones on and I was fumbling for my bus pass. But I've ridden the buses enough to know what they have to go through when an incident occurs. If I had collapsed, that would have delayed everyone and I didn't want to do an incident report.
@Enthenia
Oh, i misunderstood. it's good u didn't pass out. that's the important thing. Be careful.
@IsayUncle I can't have anything happening to me. It'd just be another expense that I can't afford. I do plan on getting some new shoes and clothes with the refund. Most of it will be going to bills and I'll keep some set aside so that when I have to go to the dentist next month, I can go to the healthy food store and get some things. I might get the dog a new toy as well even though she doesn't need one. The cat's too old for toys.
Alright after reflection I realize the goals I was doing here isn't in alignment with my true purpose of being on this app. Which is, to work on healing myself, reflection, mental health, personal development, and support and friendship.
Biz goals have a place now for biz goals. A community.
Once I see the post for this upcoming week, I'll share my goal there.
Tysm for doing making space for us all
@HealingWithin111
Your welcome, making space is a healing process for me too... just sharing. 🤗.
And I totally get the division or confusion between personal introspection and self help in that area. Compared to being disciplined and diligent from a biz point of view. (Absolutely)
It's fantastic, that you are asking yourself these questions. Diving in, and getting a better understanding for your path forward is great!
As the author of this thread, I appreciate your insight.
Of
course, this thread will take on my personality for the most part, and I hadn’t
realized, how hard leaning it was toward accomplishment. Whether it be in
personal goals or biz goals.
When I first got on 7 cups, 3 or 4 years ago, I was a mess, in the daily functioning department, And I continue to be a loner in the social department. (I was non-functioning on all fronts, and in a state of chronic depression)
That’s one of the great things about 7CUPS, is that they have enough categories and enough wonderful members that we all can find a niche for healing ourselves. And I think that’s the key, healing ourselves.
My path of self-healing, overall has been successful but not complete. I think it has morphed into healing a dysfunctional lifestyle to get to a point of satisfaction and generosity. That is where the business side of things comes in. Need progress to move forward.
I’m finding the same bad habits that keep me tied down to depression are the same bad habits that keep me in a dysfunctional, failure type of lifestyle.
Diligently working on one or the other will always help both!
(As far as friendships go, it's hard for me.... ☹️) Self betterment, until it happens is a good path, for me to stay on.