Lately, I’ve been doing odd jobs and tasks in my local area. Hubby’s hours have been cut of late, so anything I can do to bring in more funds is a good thing. I’ve been making heavy use of a few specific services in my Freelance blogroll that feature tasks, whether it’s a session of dog walking, grocery delivery, computer or internet tutoring, cooking, event planning, or a myriad of other services that don’t require any particular skillset other than fierce entrepreneurialism.
That doesn’t bring in much but it does get me out of the house, off the computer, and lets me interact with my neighbors. I’ve met quite a few people that way who wish to utilize me for longer-term assignments, which of course I’m all for. Now that the car is running again, I can greatly widen my serviceable area, and the number and variety of tasks I’m able to perform. So huge thumbs up for that.
One of my personal websites were hacked and there was an insidious script somewhere in there that was redirecting traffic to various other sites that I certainly didn’t intend my visitors to see. It took me a couple of days to weed out all the bad code, but I seem to have succeeded on that front, as it hasn’t resurfaced. I acquainted myself with the most current security risks and measures for my specific webhost, changed passwords across the board, and went over everything meticulously to make sure everything was locked up tight. Seems to have done the trick there. I’m considering another webhost that has tighter security than mine provides. We’ll see.
There are a couple of long term goals I’ve worked out for hubby and me; it’s great motivation to do something each day to work towards that. New barriers and bumpy roads have cropped up that threaten that. It just makes me get more creative about getting through and over them.
A former friend came out of the woodwork to say hi; I’ve dissuaded all interaction, I’m too busy to make myself open to emotional attacks that don’t do anything but rile up tempers and further distract me from my goals. He’s welcome to the rest of the population for that. I’m out.
