Artemis (Cynthia Jeub) 4: Plotting The Grift for the New Location

[GreenBeans]

7 hours ago, LongTimeLurkerOG said:

They grifted for the move, so how did that cut into their writing income?

I read that to mean that maybe they didn’t have time to write as much as they used to due to the move, and therefore people unsubscribed from Patreon and their income dropped. But who knows really. Other people can’t just stop working for extended periods of time when moving.

I once pulled off a cross country move (admittedly not in the US, but still)  while working full time. Got off work a bit earlier at 4pm on a Friday, took the train for 4 hours, packed until midnight, my husband (we weren’t living together at the time) arrived at the place from the other end of the country at 10pm and helped finish up packing.

We got the moving car the next morning at 7am, loaded it and drove for 4-5 hours, arriving around 1pm on Saturday. We unloaded, carried everything up 4 floors and only managed to set up the bed before ordering pizza and falling asleep. 

The next morning (Sunday) we had to return the moving car by 7am (because it was 24 hours from pickup). We spent the rest of Sunday unpacking boxes, setting up furniture and settling in.

On Monday morning I was back to work.

It worked out because I had everything planned and prepared beforehand. I had already packed most of my belongings before I had left my old place, so only needed to pack some remaining kitchen stuff (that my flatmate had still been using). I made a reservation for the moving car ahead of time to make sure it would be available on this specific date. And of course I made sure everything was set up ready to move in at the new place (utilities set up, walls newly painted, thankfully it came with a kitchen).

In hindsight it was a bit crazy and stupid to do it that way, I could easily have asked for a day or two off work. But I had just started this new job and officially you were not supposed to take time off during the first couple of months. No one would have minded if I had taken time off to move (this rule was made so people wouldn’t take a two week vacation after just having started, not for a move that was necessary due to the job). But I didn’t want to ask, so I pulled it off in a weekend.

I get that all people are different and face different challenges, but the lack of budgeting and planning they show is something else. Having to grift for money every single month (or even week!) must be so exhausting, it can’t be more exhausting than budgeting properly and getting a job.

Edited Wednesday at 05:19 AM by GreenBeans

[MargieB]

Artemis has lived in the new place for 21/2 months and did not get her medications ordered until this week?  And they just found a doctor.  What have they been doing for the last 10+ weeks?  That is the first thing most people would do 

I don't think Art has ADHD.  They show they can organize and remember things when they want to.  My son, who has it, never could before treatment.  

As far as their writing is concerned, i suspect people are weary of their "Woe is me; whatever will I do"  narrative. That serms to be all they write about now.  I would not pay to read it.  Frankly, from someone who will not lift a finger to help themselves, it becomes tedious and unbelievable.  There are food banks and food kitchens around -- visit some of them.

Edited Wednesday at 07:11 AM by MargieB
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[Maggie Mae]

11 hours ago, GreenBeans said:

Other people can’t just stop working for extended periods of time when moving.

Most people in the US don't want to, either. You can move on a weekend or take a day off for the actual move, but the idea of a three-day journey across the US via plane is absurd. It's just stupid. I can get someone to a remote location in my state from anywhere in the US in under 48 hours, as long as the weather is good. And that's including the fact that sometimes there is only flight a day to some places. 

Most people in my area have fairly generous PTO - 4-5 weeks is pretty normal, and it's still like "do i want to save it for a vacation or for house chores" and I think most people prefer to use it on Hawaii, not moving. You can pack in the evenings, you might need a day for the actual move, but you can get settled and unpack over several nights or just leave boxes unpacked for years because you have other stuff to do and it's not that important. 

[atlantagirl30084]

19 hours ago, Maggie Mae said:

Most people in the US don't want to, either. You can move on a weekend or take a day off for the actual move, but the idea of a three-day journey across the US via plane is absurd. It's just stupid. I can get someone to a remote location in my state from anywhere in the US in under 48 hours, as long as the weather is good. And that's including the fact that sometimes there is only flight a day to some places. 

Most people in my area have fairly generous PTO - 4-5 weeks is pretty normal, and it's still like "do i want to save it for a vacation or for house chores" and I think most people prefer to use it on Hawaii, not moving. You can pack in the evenings, you might need a day for the actual move, but you can get settled and unpack over several nights or just leave boxes unpacked for years because you have other stuff to do and it's not that important. 

I spent the majority of my PTO this year moving or prepping to move.  Several long weekends finding/closing on a house/setting up things in the new house before the big move.  The move itself required finding boxes (almost all free from FB marketplace, Artemis!) packing of course, then supervising the loading by the movers, then supervising the professional cleaners that our rental required.  Then the drive up to my new place,  then supervising the unloading, then unpacking.  I would say I took off in total about a week and a half.  

[MargieB]

Artemis says they do not know how they can make ends meet because they are writing as much as they can but it is not enough.  Art needs to face the facts.  Writing is not a dependable source of income.  It takes more than talent.  It takes dedication, hard work, and putting in a lot of hours writing and researching, none of which Art shows any indication of doing.  It would involve getting off their butt and going out and experiencing life and writing about it and they still would not be assured a living income.  Artemis needs to get a real job that provides a steady income and STOP GRIFTING.

Edited yesterday at 08:36 AM by MargieB

[atlantagirl30084]

4 hours ago, MargieB said:

Artemis says they do not know how they can make ends meet because they are writing as much as they can but it is not enough.  Art needs to face the facts.  Writing is not a dependable source of income.  It takes more than talent.  It takes dedication, hard work, and putting in a lot of hours writing and researching, none of which Art shows any indication of doing.  It would involve getting off their butt and going out and experiencing life and writing about it and they still would not be assured a living income.  Artemis needs to get a real job that provides a steady income and STOP GRIFTING.

Right-how can she write about herself without really experiencing anything?  If all she does is stay in bed like a shut-in, she’s not going to have anything to write about herself except navel-gazing.

[LilMissMetaphor]

Is anyone else rabbit-holing the FBs of people that Artemis occasionally shares $$ begs from?  It seems performative, like they hardly ever share those posts, but when they do, it seems they're surrounded by the same type of grifters (unsurprisingly I suppose).  The latest is a woman who is struggling parenting her special needs children but is asking for....a breakfast sandwich? Back to back with a request for money for respite care? 

[Ozlsn]

19 hours ago, LilMissMetaphor said:

The latest is a woman who is struggling parenting her special needs children but is asking for....a breakfast sandwich? Back to back with a request for money for respite care? 

I feel like I have had that day too... 

19 hours ago, atlantagirl30084 said:

Right-how can she write about herself without really experiencing anything?  If all she does is stay in bed like a shut-in, she’s not going to have anything to write about herself except navel-gazing.

If Art was reading and researching (actual sources, not the internet-usage version of "research") then they could write interesting things. But this takes time and energy, and probably at least some idea of how to proceed which I'm not sure they have. Even looking into the things they are interested in - doing some basic reading about the development of Marxism and socialism, looking into how different countries manage things and writing about that, or looking into homeschooling and expanding on their experience with broader statistics - seems too difficult.

One thing that does strike me a bit is that Art is also suffering a bit from realising that not only are they not the smartest person in the room but that their education was actually pretty ordinary and limited in some areas. Even doing something like writing about catching up to the standard US graduation level could be interesting.