jakeD money thread

[tdan187]

Pretty soon I need to get a good cash flow going.

Luckily I got an extra week. After that i'm not sure if i'll have any money coming in at all without working. I will probably have a place to live for months longer than that but that is going to go soon too.

I don't have a GED or any work history / experience. I've been doing uber food deliveries for the last year on and off. And also amazon flex.

I'm at the point where i can make good money with it as long as i work. Wear and tear on my car has been a issue though. I have one but it's about 160K miles and i'm worried at any point the engine / transmission will go out and i'll be fucked. It gets really good gas mileage.

Plus the car is in bad shape. Bad enough that i can't use it for uber / lyft rides which i'd like to and think i'd make even more money if i did them.

I've decided that using a rental car to do the work seems like a good solution to all of this. You can even rent a tesla for about 330 / week and i can make way more than that each week. Plus you save money since you don't have to pay for gas.

Only issue is i don't have credit. So i'm getting a secured credit card soon to build it. And hopefully i can use that to pay for the rental. I'm assuming it will be accepted. I have to have that for 6 months before i can get a better unsecured line of credit.

You can't rent a car to work with uber with a debit card unfortunately. I already tried.

I'll log about it here in this thread. Going back to work soon cause the first thing i'm going to need is money before i do anything else.

[tdan187]

Got my oil changed.

Need to check my tire pressure today and my brakes are about to go out. I have a really good mechanic though luckily who i trust. Does really good work and does it cheap.

Brakes are about $250. And i need a new transmission mount which is about $100.

My car should be ready to work now.

And my cousin will back me up if i run short. He has cash.

Time to hit the streets of denver soon and start getting that $ again.

[tdan187]

Getting my brakes done monday. Just barely have the money for it.

Then next i'm going to work til i have enough to get a secured credit card. And get a rental car.

Just to elaborate a bit more on my financial situation. I'm a care taker for my grandma right now. She is 84 and has dementia. For that my family pays me $400 / week. Plus my health insurance and car insurance is paid for. And my phone bill. I don't have to pay rent either, basically have my own three story house all to myself in the suburbs. Which is where i live just me and my grandma and sometimes whatever crazy girl i'm dating at the time. It's pretty run down though, like a trap house or something.

Obviously though, i'm a giant black sheep in my family. I'm close and cool with a few them. But there is alot of general dislike for me.

Due to not having had a job for my entire adult life, all the mental illness i've had and then all the drugs i've done and all the insane girls i've dated plus alot of other dangerous reckless behavior. And i haven't always been good at doing my care taking chores like doing the dishes or keeping the house clean etc although i'm really good about it now.

They are trying to cut my weekly funds off and then next force my grandma into a nursing home even though she doesn't want to go and has no reason really to do so. She doesn't even take any medications. They keep saying they have the legal authority to do that due to her dementia so there is ongoing constant drama with that.

I am still getting my money for the time being. But it's in danger of being cut off at any time.

I have also had trouble working since dating my insane ex. I never felt comfortable leaving her alone in my house for long periods of time everyday, plus when she was alot more insane, she would freak the fuck out completely when i'd be gone for awhile. Like saying i was cheating on her or etc. Then blow up my phone saying all sorts of crazy shit. I used to try just taking her with me but that wouldn't work out too well either.

Plus my family was never cool with her being at my grandmas house. So i'd worry that they would find her or figure out she was there when i was gone. She was too fucking wasted all the time to hide herself well either. It happened before and it was quite a huge fight.

So I would just work sporadically on and off and never be consistent with it.

I'm going back soon. This is a huge next step i need to take in life along with dealing with my crazy ex.

Just wanted to give a bit more background on the situation.

[tdan187]

[hush]

Due to not having had a job for my entire adult life, all the mental illness i've had and then all the drugs i've done and all the insane girls i've dated plus alot of other dangerous reckless behavior. And i haven't always been good at doing my care taking chores like doing the dishes or keeping the house clean etc although i'm really good about it now.

This can change, there's hope brother

Regarding money, as long as you spend less than you earn you're on the right track

[tdan187]

My plan is still the rental car and move from there. If it isn't working then a traditional job for now.

I need my own money and my own place asap.

[jakeD]

I'm back to work gonna go out and work all night. Night shift. It's snowing and I got snow tires. If I push should be able to clear at least 200 - 300. If I put just $400 down on a secured credit card should be able to get the rental car right there hopefully. And I already got $400 cash and a full tank of gas.

I got my uber debit card working now so my earnings just auto deposit to it.

I'll post up my earnings tomorrow.

[jakeD]

Pulled the night shift. Ice / snow all over the roads. Got home at 3am. Almost slid my car out but I'm a pretty good driver. Was like 19 degrees tonight. Typical weird colorado weather.

Made $100 for about 4 hours work. Less than I hoped. But not a bad start. I found it pretty easy honestly. My ex was really bringing me down. I still miss her but without her around I'm realizing I'll naturally just start being more successful. She really was the fucking issue. I don't know why I felt for so long that i couldn't leave her.

That's the good news. The bad news is I'm still pussy with cold approach and ugly and won't get over her until I pull some legit hot chicks and do kinky sex with them.

Not approaching and getting shit tier girls literally weighs on me constantly. I'm going to have to start getting really horny and really pissed. My rage and sex drive are going to have to overpower my fear.

[jakeD]

Uber also doesn't let me link a debit card for some reason. And my automatic cash outs aren't working to my uber pro card. So i can't access my money yet. Really pissed me off. Me and the indian guys had numerous conversations about it while i was working but to no avail. I'll have to get that fixed quickly.

[jakeD]

I'm gonna go out and work again today. Just woke up. My motivation is waning a bit until uber fixes my shit though. Called again, told me they would fix it in 24 hours and email me. Uber really pisses me off. Like let me access my money. For real. i'm not going to want to keep working if I'm not even getting paid.

[jakeD]

I was killing it today. Had a wild fun time doing deliveries. I've made about $300 already.

I continued to harass the indians and customer support over and over until finally they set up my instant cash out to my debit card. And my automatic cashout to my debit card is back on. So every delivery I make I immediately get the money. I work in my pajamas and hoodie but i was beyond confident today. I think I'm going manic again but i'm not even on my supplements.

I'm super motivated to get my secured credit card and then the rental car.

I'm making about $100 per 4 hours of work right now. Not great but for me it's alot and I'm going to be positive about it instead of negative.

Just a year ago I thought I couldn't even make $1 and felt totally hopeless and like I'd never be able to work or make money or support myself. It seemed impossible.

It's also about to summer so if i need i can just live my car and make money and survive for now.

Some of the deliveries are like legitimate adventures. I had one in some maze of a apartment complex in Denver. Another to some hot rich girl in some super amazing gated neighborhood and she had to guide me to her. Another where the dude at chipotle didn't realize the order was already on the shelfs and i just loudly brought it up that he wasted my time in front of everyone. He just gave me some bitchmade butthurt stare.

I am getting progressively very loud and confident and just having a presence. Girls literally stare at me everywhere. I am giving less and less of a fuck over time. Still not approaching yet tho. But it's on the way.

[jakeD]

Didn't work last night cause I jacked off a bunch instead. I was upset about my ex and not being able to access my money. So just whacked off a bunch and went to bed.

But now I'm on top of it. Today felt really good.

[jakeD]

I also eat food out of the fridge but will stop soon. So that way my $400 every week I save it too. I should have $2,000 saved and the secured credit card in no time.

[jakeD]

There is some promotions going on with uber for the next 3 nights. Starting at 7pm. Friday night, Saturday night, and Sunday night. I'll make an extra $30 each night if I work those nights and complete 15 deliveries. You get an extra $6 per 3 trips.

That means I should be able to make around $700 by monday if I work hard. Plus get another $400 on sunday. Which means I'll already have $1750 in the bank by monday.

I love night shifts too esp in denver in the city.

[jakeD]

Clocked in @7pm. Worked til 3am just got home. Made about $200? Bit less than i hoped. Tonight was wild though. Which is typical for the denver uber nightshift on colfax.

Me and some dude almost got into a fight at like 1 or 2am at a super busy spot in denver after I eyed his girl while i was picking up some food. She was hot and looked at me. Barely phased me. In the past something like this would really bother me.

I am doing so well socially overall and i use these deliveries as opportunities to practice. Just looking people in the eye, speaking loud and deep and confident, etc.

With girls on deliveries now i make it a point to make eye contact and greet them loudly and just look them confidently in the eye, ask them how's it going. Like when picking up food and etc. i noticed girls notice my energy so much.

What annoys me though is i feel like it's volatile. Some days i feel amazing and on fire. But it feels like that energy can dissipate at any time and it's hard to stay consistent with it.

I started out like that tonight actually. Killing it. Then got weird for a bit. But probably cause all i ate today was 1/2 gal of cheap milk to save money. Then got confident a bunch again later in the night.