Be Extremely Picky!

paniconmon · 2025-08-09T04:52:42+00:00

Members, shoppers, (some of you) friends I want to leave you with some words as I take a long vacation. Perhaps, you find these words wise or foolish, I do not know. My hope, wise. As someone who has started to participate more and more in other activities on the side that also generate supplemental revenue, my takeaway for you is to be selective! Be in a position where you can be picky! Choose wisely how you spend your time and who you spend it with. Life is too short. Hopefully, there will be a point where you will be set financially and don't have to constantly discuss or think about money. You have a finite amount of time. For the financial services that I provide, I am not dependent upon it. I choose and retain clients that I enjoy working with and want to assist. If it's ever burdensome or outside my scope of knowledge, I can happily refer them to others, as their situation has become more complex, hopefully as a result of success. For content creation, I choose the subject matter and collaborators that I am interested in and can wholeheartedly endorse. I fight the temptation to base the future direction solely on metrics of clicks, views, and trends. I read the comments, further analyze the level of engagement on a deeper level, and stay true to myself and my audience. I give the people what they want! I'm rambling now. My point is, strive to be in that position to be picky in life! Edited to add: I do realize that some are in an unfortunate position, which I am sensitive to. gigishopper, Barefootbliss, purpleicee = imbeciles wrosie, hbbigdaddy, maverick1 = more imbeciles Mert = spineless I'm certain at least one of the above is a biased and fragile mod who likes to abuse power by deleting posts and disabling posting ability. How pathetic. Add a positive contribution. Yeah, right. What an insane asylum. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/09/2025 05:01AM by paniconmon.

Be Extremely Picky!

August 09, 2025 01:58PM

TY & G/L Pani! I will try.

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August 11, 2025 04:41AM

There is always a balance between cash flow, ease of assignments and proximity or convenience of assignments.

To preserve oneself however, it is important to recognize when self-care is priceless, when you need to say no, even at the risk of some hardship or stress.

August 11, 2025 09:51AM

Picky? You bet I am. I'm as picky with selecting mystery shops like I did with selecting a spouse...

They have to be enjoyable, loyal company, profitable, dependable, etc. and close to me.

I would never select high maintenance, long distance, or unprofitable types where I am not in charge of my destiny.

These are obvious decisions, right?

August 11, 2025 12:20PM

Interesting thread... y'all seem to have provided a recipe for well-seasoned Picky Practical Practices. Sounds good! You might not have intended this, but I appreciate it.

I just need some alternative facts. (Harley Carter)

August 12, 2025 11:50PM

@paniconmon wrote:

I agree, self-care is very important!

Don't waste your time acknowledging Internet trolls

Picky practical practices, I like the alliteration!

Okie Doke

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