Random thoughts =Ideas that I ponder on throughout the day. Sometimes they will make sense, sometimes they won’t. We all have them, so no judgment. I just want to share mine, feel free to share your thoughts.
It’s official, Campaign season is here and the requests have started coming. It’s been here for a while, we’ve all seen the news. The biggest fight is coming to a polling center near you this November: which old guy will the people choose to run our country? Let’s face it they are both old, the only difference is that one behaves like an old grandpa and the other like an old toddler.
Please, don’t @me if you have a 3rd party candidate and that is who you are going to support. Good for you. The beauty of elections is that you can vote for whomever you want. Just make sure you can live with that decision. I want people to vote, there’s going to be enough nutjobs voting for the Orange Menso so not voting is not acceptable.
Even for those of you that believe the system is rigged, just do it! What do you have to lose? This is where most of us say: If you don’t vote you lose your right to complain if shit hits the fan. But let’s face it these are the first ones to complain and act like not voting gives them an out and are not to blame for the current mess we are in. Au Contraire Mon Frère! You’re not the reason but you added to the problem. When people tell me they don’t vote, I always ask do your kids go to the local schools, do you visit the local park, shit do you drink water? These are all in some way if not all affected by elections. Who runs these agencies, what taxes get raised to support local schools, and even fix that pothole you’ve been complaining about. It matters, voting does matter.
I believe that people have simply been convinced by the loudest hotheads that voting doesn’t matter. These are the very same people that actually do vote and they usually always vote one way. No matter what scum-like qualities their candidates have. They stay true to the party line. Then there’s others that just hang tight and not do anything other than bitch about how the system is broken. You had your chance, and you chose to sit this one out. But now you want to tell me what’s wrong when you don’t actively participate in trying to change it? Miss me with that! The wrong people get in office because people “sit this one out”, choosing to believe that their vote doesn’t matter.
Ugh, I can go on this rant forever. But that was not even why I mentioned campaign season. I mentioned it because it’s usually a time that I get a bit busy. I work on campaign translations. It’s my tiny way of staying engaged in campaigns.
I wasn’t going to do it, I sat out campaign season during the primaries this year. But I think that was more the people leading the campaign (not the candidate) than the actual work. So, I bounced. I’m working on this stuff after the kiddo is asleep. It’s added work to my already long day, so if I’m not liking the energy and we are not vibing I’m out. No extra cash is worth losing sleep when the person on the other end doesn’t know how to communicate.
This might be my last season though. I don’t get the volume of work I used to get and your girl has moved up in her career so there’s more work to get done. So I’m not sure if it is still worth it.
Definitely might be my last season. I’m really not trying to be all about the grind or the hustle, that’s just not living for me.
I’m also privileged enough to know that my hustle at the start of my career got me to where I am today. But you have to know when to stop. I’m not making 6 figures via my translation, so there’s not much to lose. The extra cash is simply nice, I do have student loans-ya know.
For now, for this season-I’ll stay open. Come next year we will see where we pick up. Unless I win the lottery, then it’s “BU-BYEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”
Oh wait, I just found a lottery ticket my mom got me. If I don’t post Day #11, you’ll know why. <Laughs in Dollars>
Voz y Vida™ 