It's that time of month again, where money has to flow into my bank account and out again, to pay my bills (including food and rent).
The bad news is that I converted my Cosmos (ATOM) and Ontology Gas (ONG) to fiat so that that can happen. (Thank goodness for NanSwap; Exodus' minimum amounts for exchange are way too high by comparison). To move my DAI on the ETH network requires a minimum of 0.025 ETH, which is just ridiculous. If it was in my METAMASK wallet, I might be able to hop it onto a different network for less, but it'll remain stuck in EXODUS for now. (Have I recently mentioned that I'm not a fan of ETH? No? Well, I'm not a fan of ETH.)
The good news is that, thanks to working two extra shifts over a long weekend, I've ended up with more money in my bank account than I anticipated when I did my sums. That means that I can keep my MATIC, USDC and XNO in my wallet, if I so choose. (That's just as well, because I'm on a rather good streak with FireFaucet and TipNano. I don't want to withdraw my earnings while the going is good.)
That gives me options, including actually an NFT collection for the BBYC (on MATIC, WAX, TLOS or something else, maybe OP), instead of just to. Alternately, I can put effort into writing a book or two and publishing the result(s) on an eBook platform. (SolType can't be the only one). The thing is that I have no way of knowing if the latter would sell. The third option is for me to purchase an unstoppable domain and set up my own NFT marketplace thereon. Ah, the difficulty of having choices and having to figure out what decision is best...
Of course, if I can earn $150+ from freelancing gigs this month, that will cover me for next month, maybe even give me the option of contacting CD Baby and DistroKid to see if I can get my music onto the main distribution and streaming services (other than Amazon and Spotify, of course). Exactly what the next month holds remains to be seen, but I'm hoping I might finally catch a break and be heading towards financial success.
At any rate, I can afford to buy a bar of chocolate and can of condensed milk again (luxuries I've not purchased for a while because I wasn't sure how money would go this month). On that positive note, I'm going back to learning coding languages so that I can apply to jobs that require me to be proficient in using them (instead of being left in the position of responding "I don't know that" when they come up in job descriptions/requirements).
Here's looking forward to next month (and hopefully getting out of the hole in which I find myself) and hoping it's a good one for you too,
The Snark
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