Taking Stock

So I'm officially moved into my apartment. Things are going pretty well, other than I'm 100% broke and living off rice and water till I start making some money, but at least my apartment is prepaid till April courtesy of a sweet Christmas rent check from my parents. I'm supposed to be doing some graphic design work for the Last Supper Club at some point soon, but till I've actually got money in hand I'm going to continue applying for other positions and looking for alternative avenues of income. I kind of need to apply for EBT which is really frustrating just because my mother is a huge snob that looks down on anyone that takes food stamps but there's nothing I can do about and since she doesn't want to give me any money for food its just what's got to happen till I start actually making money.

Really I am so horrible with money, or to be more accurate I'm amazing at making it when I have it and get the most out of it when I spend it but I've got like no ability to budget it. Case in point, I bought a really cool book which I'm hoping will lead to a new source of income. Its a book on how to get into doing microstock through pages like istockphoto and how to take stock photography. The book is called "Taking Stock". Now when one takes stock of my life currently its arguable as to whether or not it was wise to spend $30 on a book about stock photography. While on the one hand I do have a pay check on its way (just mailed out today) from my last job which should arrive in a few days but until that happens I'm going to be pretty hungry just eating rice. On the other hand though learning to make a living taking stock photos could really help me in the long run. Who knows I may not make any money at all off this, or maybe not a lot. But at least its something productive to do while I apply for and wait on other work and it won't cost me anything apart from the initial investment of the book and the camera and computer that I already own. I figure that I'm a pretty exceptional photographer and if I can figure out the shift in mindset from fine arts photographer to stock photographer, I might be able to put something other than rice on the table, even if its just a pot of beans.

Here is a photo I took while I was trucking, hope you like it, I'm not sure if its sharp enough to submit to istockphoto but its a nice image anyway.