C-c-c-crossposted from Tumblr. Because I need all the eyes on this shit.
SO, as it turns out, I am not making as much money as I need to be in order to… well. Sustain myself. I thought this job was going to be amazing like rainbows flying out of a unicorns ass, but as it turns out, unicorn poop is a lot like regular poop and is not all that it is cracked up to be. I WAS working around 50 hours a week before, and this was well and dandy. I was making good money even though I was not doing very much massage because of the sheer number of hours. NOW I am working around 20 hours a week and still not doing massage and I am making less than I was when I was at Warnimont's and as you can imagine THIS IS HELLA STRESSFUL. I've been dropped to working 3 days a week, from 8-7, but with a huge lunch break in between so while I'm tied up for the whole day, I'm not actually getting paid for all of it. FINANCIAL WOES, OH~
So, I am tearing my hair and wondering what the fuck to do because I have done oodles of online advertising and shit and have literally had 12 clients since July (one of them has been here multiple times but three of them were given free vouchers by my boss so I didn't get paid for them). RIGHT NOW I'm in the process of handing out fliers at the local business districts and hanging them up in like... the library and Starbucks, and leaving them around at the local deli and stuffing them in toilet paper dispensers so they drop out suddenly in public restrooms (okay, not that last one) but if it doesn't work and people still aren't coming... I will be looking for a new job. UNTIL THEN:
The point of the story is that I am a fully licensed, self-insured massage therapist with both a table and chair that is willing to travel. I know Swedish and deep tissue massage and can assist with conditions like PLANTAR FASCIITIS and CHRONIC MIGRAINES and CARPAL TUNNEL and OH MY GOD MY MIDTERMS ARE HELLA STRESSFUL.
If you guys are interested, or know anyone that might be, please let me know. I'm going to be running some mad sweet specials because at this point, getting underpayed for massage is better than my dog getting rabies and killing my family before getting put down by the National Guard because I couldn't afford to take her to the vet. >:C If I can think of a way to set up at a college campus and do chair massage for a dollar a minute without getting bodyslammed by campus security, I’d gladly do it.
I am generally free Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hit me up.
By "get a new job," do you mean quit your current one entirely? Or do you mean you are looking to pick up a second one?
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, I would love to invite you to Marquette, but:
1.) There is no song in this post. Major rule breaking is happening!
2.) Marquette has a rigorous physical therapy program, and all of that $5 for a 30 minute massage bullshit during finals or whatever is reserved for students in the program to practice on unsuspecting, poor college kids.
Yeah man, I'd have to look into Benedictine's rules about that stuff. But I will check!
ReplyDeleteAlso, did you do the web stuff like I suggested? FB pages and running a blog as your website are, you know, free. So definitely do that for more exposure and whatnot.
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