Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

LydiaJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm not in my 20s/30s/40s, I've nobody with me. It sounds like an appallingly bad decision for me to make.

I've never been abroad.... why'd I suddenlly go and live there without knowing anything about the country, language, locations, systems?

If PN wanted to move somewhere with cheaper housing, she could move to the North of England and do her internet stuff from there. However, she doesn't want to do that. She prefers to live somewhere where there's a possibility of getting a job because she likes to have more strings to her bow than just the internet one, and she doesn't think the North would be a good hunting ground for the sort of job she wants. She also prefers to live not too horrifically far away from her elderly parent who's in a care home in Cornwall (I think). She would also find the North of England scary because the accents are unfamiliar and she would feel "furren" and out of place. Because of all this, she prefers to stay on the South coast, to combine all the above factors with a love of the sea.

I totally see why you think her current situation is going nowhere, Generali, and I am with you on wanting things to get better for her, but I agree with PN herself that moving to Spain would be a bad idea, and moving to Thailand would be catastrophic. I wouldn't want to move to Thailand as a single female, and I'm not speshul, so I'm not at all surprised she doesn't.

[PN - please tell me if I've got any of that wrong. I don't want to put words in your mouth that don't belong there.]

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

I think for YOU it might be a bad decision. But I think in general its not bad advice. There are parts of Spain that the communities are english. An acquainace's mother and sister lived for five years there happily and neither speak more Spanish than 'hola' and 'gracias'. It wouldn't be for me, if I were in Spain I'd want to be IN Spain IYSWIM.

Agree. Gen's advice could be great for somebody else.

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

I'm not in my 20s/30s/40s, I've nobody with me. It sounds like an appallingly bad decision for me to make.

I've never been abroad.... why'd I suddenlly go and live there without knowing anything about the country, language, locations, systems?

True.

Then again why not? In any country people need food, clothes, shelter and those things are provided if you have some cash.

You seem to be unhappy with your lifestyle so perhaps moving somewhere that can provide you a better lifestyle for the same money might be a good thing.

It's your life not mine. Advice is easy to give and hard to take. I have known people who are happier having a life that is difficult so they can moan about it.

PasturesNew

LydiaJ wrote: »

[PN - please tell me if I've got any of that wrong. I don't want to put words in your mouth that don't belong there.]

Spot on ... including the grim North observations

PasturesNew

Don't quote, will be deleting.

There's stuff I don't share on here... but the parent's not been consistent/doing well at all. Just in the past month I've had a new area of cancer checks being investigated, a fall, illness and .... a sibling phoned and couldn't get any sense out of her. Always on alert really....

tomterm8

Personally, I'd never move to spain or thailand...

At the moment PN seems more or less trapped where she is, so what she needs IMHO is to find a way to increase her income where she is...

And, IMHO, there are lots of ways to do that. Even within her existing business. For example, writing articles for computer magazines (trade magazines pay $1 a word, so sell two articles a month to the right magazine and...) , writing nonfiction books and publishing them on KDP.

Or, finding some kind of other thing she can sell.

PasturesNew

tomterm8 wrote: »

Personally, I'd never move to spain or thailand...

At the moment PN seems more or less trapped where she is, so what she needs IMHO is to find a way to increase her income where she is...

And, IMHO, there are lots of ways to do that. Even within her existing business. For example, writing articles for computer magazines (trade magazines pay $1 a word, so sell two articles a month to the right magazine and...) , writing nonfiction books and publishing them on KDP.

Or, finding some kind of other thing she can sell.

I'm sure the market is awash with magazine article writers who have much greater knowledge than me. I've a 2006 cheap PC, running Office 2003, I've not used an app or a mobile phone ...... and so have nothing to contribute to the computer industry, or any industry

I do need to "make something and sell it" .... but my unitasking is holding me back from cracking on with that, along with a large dollop of no self-confidence.

I am writing something nearly every day - yesterday two things I think .... but the whole Google's changed the rules thing's hitting me and I'm spread too thin.

tomterm8

That's one of the reasons I suggested KDP. Because, what google does won't really affect it. And because it can pay incredibly well if you write the right book.

Also, it is incredibly easy to do... if you can write something others want to read.

PasturesNew

During May I've written 22 new articles and made changes to/updated 128, which included updates and/or adding new images. So, not idle.... just "not very good at this any more"

PasturesNew

tomterm8 wrote: »

That's one of the reasons I suggested KDP. Because, what google does won't really affect it. And because it can pay incredibly well if you write the right book.

Also, it is incredibly easy to do... if you can write something others want to read.

What's KDP? I'm guessing the amazon Kindle thing.

I've often thought of writing "something others want to read", but seem to suffer from paralysis and indecision about choosing something down that route. I also think, writing for a Kindle .... is a bit weird as I've never seen one, so feel a bit awkward/nervous of trying to write something for a format I've never experienced.