Posted by IsoM on February 15, 2003, at 1:19:25
In reply to feeling worthless --apologies to blog readers, posted by bookgurl99 on February 14, 2003, at 22:52:05
Like bozeman said, you're NOT worthless. You know what, bookgurl? This society has little value of what true worth is any more. Everything is planned around short term use & getting something new. It's all hype, bells & whistles, & fancy marketing. Those of us that don't market ourselves with lots of flash & false claims, fall by the way side.
I love the little town I live in (near Vancouver, BC). There's a predominance of small businesses & people working for themselves. Around here, it's not that hard to start your own small business as long as you don't want to get rich on it. Lots of artsy folks & ways of making a decent living without selling yourself to big corporations. All that's needed is the will to work diligently & be creative in coming up with diff ways of earning money. It helps to diversify too.
Maybe you need to move to a smaller town near a big city. That way, you'll get the cosmopolitan open-minded view & not the small-minded mentality like some small towns. But you'll also get a more community centred helpfulness that small towns can have. I can't begin to list all the small businesses that people have started up over the years & are successful. Word of mouth counts a lot & people prefer to use the local businesses here.
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