Comments on: A Positive Outlook for a Great Day

By: Ray D.

Ray D. — Sun, 04 May 2008 05:06:44 +0000

Staying positive, in my experience, is an ever-renewing process for most people. We have events happen to us that we perceive as positive or negative and we have reactions to those events.

The good news is that we can learn to counter our negative impulses, reactions, and thoughts.

Our own issues are compounded with a daily bombardment of negative from the media. Different things work for different people, but we all must find a way to mount our own internal positve ad campaign to counter the negatives we deal with.

Just as we need vitamins to protect our physical health; we need to find ways to keep our mental health protected and moving in a positive direction.

By: Joan

Joan — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:47:48 +0000

Deb,

Been in a bit of a funk myself this week, and when I logged in to catch up on your site this morning, there was this thread. It moved me to post on my blog about it and link back to it. Thanks and have a great day!

By: Ann G.

Ann G. — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:09:39 +0000

@Damaria – that’s one of my questions. I actually had to go into my bank yesterday – this Hannaford fiasco has led to all of our debit cards and one credit card being cancelled while new cards are issued, so I wasn’t in a good mood. Tried to buy something at a store that won’t take personal checks and my card was declined, and couldn’t get cash out the ATM either, so I ended up having to go get cash at the bank before they closed. Anyway…

While I was in there, I started talking to the teller about the deal. She said that any company who refuses to pay only by direct deposit is a big risk, especially when they’re asking for a cancelled check and bank acct. info. What’s odd is that this is a big company with many freelance writers, so I’d like to think they are legit, but the information they ask for is scary.

By: Scribette

Scribette — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:54:04 +0000

Keep up the “good vibes” y’all!

By: damaria senne

damaria senne — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:27:45 +0000

Ann G

Excuse my ignorance, but what do they need a voided check for?

I’m used to sending my banking details to clients, and have a basic savings account set up just for that purpose.

As far as I understood, the party transferring payment doesn’t need more than that?

It also sounds fishy to me that if they have two good writers to consider, they would decide based on who sent them their banking details the fastest.

By: Ann G.

Ann G. — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:33:53 +0000

@Lara- I thought about that, but after reading over the half dozen forms they sent me, one of them says you have to submit a voided check within 48 hours to ensure my spot doesn’t go to another qualified writer. I wouldn’t have final checks on a new account in that time frame. I also don’t like the push to get this information so quickly. Within the forms are papers asking for SS number, phone number, address, etc. I’ve decided it’s not worth the potential risk. They may be completely legit, but I’m not willing to give them that much information up front.

By: Lara

Lara — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:58:05 +0000

Ann G ~ perhaps you could open an account strictly for them to deposit and wasn’t used for other funds or monies? Once the cash was despoited you could move it to your private checking account. Just a thought.

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:33:58 +0000

Ghostwriting a book about the laws of attraction was my first big writing gig and because I wrote it, I breathed it for several weeks and that’s when my writing career truly started. I regularly come back to that because it felt very intentional.

Whenever I feel myself sinking into the depths, I think about my attitude being the key to success. The day before yesterday I was feeling really down and pulled myself up out of it and yesterday 2 new clients knocked on my door.

It’s hard to stay positive sometimes but when you do, great things happen.

Deb, you deserve to make money off this blog. You help so many people with it! Not only have I gotten more than one gig from your blog but the discussions have helped me many times.

Cheers to your success and I’m going to go off and try to drum up some traffic for you with some social bookmarking

By: Deb

Deb — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:17:47 +0000

I want to thank everyone for their comments and emails and kindness.

I do want to say that though this blog isn’t making a profit, I’m doing fine. I’m not in dire financial straits or anything like that. I do have enough full time work to pay a salary.

So to clarify, FWJ isn’t making money, Deborah Ng is.

Thanks again for your support.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:21:40 +0000

@Wendy,

Grumpy kids? Wait til their teens. There grumpy on good days, bad days they’re unbelievable (thesaurus doesn’t have the word I want). I have two. I’ll take grumpy any time.