Four day work weeks could be the answer to some of the government's money problems... It would save a lot of money in reduced labor costs, including benefits expenses, overtime hours, traffic, parking, and other job related issues. I think we would see happier employees, marriages, families, and neighborhoods. It would reduce stress, allow more people to be employed, and separate public and production times better. I decided it would be a great idea for all positions that do not require 24-hour commitments...like police, fire, hospitals, missions, etc. For Working Together,24-hour commitments would be the Respite Centers, which would be like Missions.
For government offices, Monday to Thursday would also mean 5-day weekends on required holidays, so they might have to opt for Tuesday to Friday schedules...or, they could change the current holiday requirements to Fridays. :-) We know the government can change things when they want to.
Today is my "Friday" as I try out my workweek theory. It has been kind of great...I am still working on the test period, using my blogging and other activities as an office activity that wouldn't be done on other days. There is always something that needs to be done, so Fridays and Sundays are my flex-times... I'm working on what to do during those days. I have thought that they can still be work days, but employees would be limited to 4 days and 30 hours each.
Many companies already offer 4-day-workweeks, with 12-hour days. I think that may be to hard for everyone to accomplish in every position within a company (or government operation). My goal is healthy families and sharing the load...with flexibility. Forty-hour weeks would mean three employees to 120 available hours...30-hour weeks would allow four employees for the same hours. To me, it is more like job-sharing than part-time employment. GOD willing, we will be able to generate enough products to cover the costs of labor and benefits, creating a full-time wage based on 30 hours a week.
This is my dream... to create a business that is also a ministry. To create a place where Christians can be helped, can work, can live, can fellowship, can support each other, and survive together...with outreaches for those outside the Church.
I don't know what I can get done now, at my age and health and continued poverty, but I hope to get the concept down on "paper," so others can consider the future we face and prepare for it. I call it my update for the first booklet I published, What If There Is NO Rapture?
Pray that GOD will provide for this goal...soon.
29 APR 2015 :: Here I am...talking about money again.
I didn't think I would make it here... I "rested" for a bit and didn't want to (could hardly) get up again. I may fall asleep between letters on the keyboard.............
I guess today was a lesson on getting side-tracked.
I made myself head out to look for clothes bargains at my Salvation Army (SA) Sale Day this morning, but decided to do a few things on the way there. Home Depot was kind of on the way, so I went to check out the stores in that direction. I need a "metal square" ruler and have been looking at the prices for them in various places. Home Depot is a building kind of store, so I wanted to find out what kind of prices and choices it would have. The price turned out to be decent, so I went ahead and bought one...after I had seen two other things on the way and nearly forgot to find the ruler. :-)
Walmart was on my way to the sale, and I planned to go there anyway, so I went there first. I bet you know what happened...I never made it to the SA Sale. :-)
I discovered I forgot my shopping list at home. That was the first problem. But, the list was long and I remembered quite a few of the items on it because I have been rewriting it for a week, at least. I also needed to explore options for two upcoming gift occasions.
I haven't been able to do gifts for many years. I wanted to use my new income status to at least buy something for them. On the way to my household items and other needs, I discovered something I wanted to buy for the gifts.
My budget was gone...I had too much to carry...and I could barely keep going. I was not going to the clothes racks in the Salvation Army store. It would have to wait until another day. ! (I think it will have to wait for next month... I don't know if I can squeeze out any money to go anywhere for the rest of my budget! :-)
It is so easy to spend money. I am finding my new government payment card is a much bigger challenge to my financial goals than I thought it would be. I am already looking for a solution. :-)
Having a financial cushion to get through the learning process is so important, and so impossible for low-income households. I am 62 and still trying to find a safety net for all the problems that come up.
I don't have a credit card and couldn't qualify for one. My goal for years has been to save enough money to get a "secured" credit card and build a financial base for my credit needs. It is still a goal.
It can become a real tangled mess trying to survive poverty and low-income issues. If you have addiction issues, and end up in jail, the struggle is worse. If you don't have a deep faith in GOD, the repeated problems can overwhelm and destroy you.
I don't know how to solve everyone's problems, but I hope GOD will allow me to do something to give poverty households a cushion. I believe the Church will be financially devastated as we go deeper into the End Times, and I KNOW it isn't prepared to help its own. This is why I created Working Together...to try to meet the many needs that will happen.
PRAY that GOD will finally provide for the goals He has built in my heart and life.
I guess today was a lesson on getting side-tracked.
I made myself head out to look for clothes bargains at my Salvation Army (SA) Sale Day this morning, but decided to do a few things on the way there. Home Depot was kind of on the way, so I went to check out the stores in that direction. I need a "metal square" ruler and have been looking at the prices for them in various places. Home Depot is a building kind of store, so I wanted to find out what kind of prices and choices it would have. The price turned out to be decent, so I went ahead and bought one...after I had seen two other things on the way and nearly forgot to find the ruler. :-)
Walmart was on my way to the sale, and I planned to go there anyway, so I went there first. I bet you know what happened...I never made it to the SA Sale. :-)
I discovered I forgot my shopping list at home. That was the first problem. But, the list was long and I remembered quite a few of the items on it because I have been rewriting it for a week, at least. I also needed to explore options for two upcoming gift occasions.
I haven't been able to do gifts for many years. I wanted to use my new income status to at least buy something for them. On the way to my household items and other needs, I discovered something I wanted to buy for the gifts.
My budget was gone...I had too much to carry...and I could barely keep going. I was not going to the clothes racks in the Salvation Army store. It would have to wait until another day. ! (I think it will have to wait for next month... I don't know if I can squeeze out any money to go anywhere for the rest of my budget! :-)
It is so easy to spend money. I am finding my new government payment card is a much bigger challenge to my financial goals than I thought it would be. I am already looking for a solution. :-)
Having a financial cushion to get through the learning process is so important, and so impossible for low-income households. I am 62 and still trying to find a safety net for all the problems that come up.
I don't have a credit card and couldn't qualify for one. My goal for years has been to save enough money to get a "secured" credit card and build a financial base for my credit needs. It is still a goal.
It can become a real tangled mess trying to survive poverty and low-income issues. If you have addiction issues, and end up in jail, the struggle is worse. If you don't have a deep faith in GOD, the repeated problems can overwhelm and destroy you.
I don't know how to solve everyone's problems, but I hope GOD will allow me to do something to give poverty households a cushion. I believe the Church will be financially devastated as we go deeper into the End Times, and I KNOW it isn't prepared to help its own. This is why I created Working Together...to try to meet the many needs that will happen.
PRAY that GOD will finally provide for the goals He has built in my heart and life.
28 APR 2015 :: Short notes on the day
I am sorry... I ate some popcorn a bit ago and I am not feeling well all of a sudden. I am trying to enter a post and get to bed as soon as I can.
Today was one of my bus and errand days... I went to the Farmer's Market to use up the last of my FS tokens for the market...and was able to get some great foods to help me through the next several days until my food stamps come in.
Also went to the nearby SCRAP store to see what they have right now. I picked up some items on my lists, and also found some great deals I didn't plan on... and went over my budget. It is amazing how much money you can spend on treasures that were used already, especially things some would consider trash.
I forced myself out to get sale items at Safeway so I was able to eat salad again. it was great. Really great. I loved it. :-)
Tomorrow, or the next day, I will use the Italian sausage I got to make spaghetti. Will use the two new kinds of mushrooms I purchased and see how I like them. I have to find out how they are used, if I have to cook them or if they can be eaten raw. (I tried to share a small piece with the transit center pigeons, but they don't like mushrooms. :-)
Right now, I have to get going. Will write more tomorrow, I hope.... lots of things on my lists for the next few days, not sure what I will be able to get done.
Today was one of my bus and errand days... I went to the Farmer's Market to use up the last of my FS tokens for the market...and was able to get some great foods to help me through the next several days until my food stamps come in.
Also went to the nearby SCRAP store to see what they have right now. I picked up some items on my lists, and also found some great deals I didn't plan on... and went over my budget. It is amazing how much money you can spend on treasures that were used already, especially things some would consider trash.
I forced myself out to get sale items at Safeway so I was able to eat salad again. it was great. Really great. I loved it. :-)
Tomorrow, or the next day, I will use the Italian sausage I got to make spaghetti. Will use the two new kinds of mushrooms I purchased and see how I like them. I have to find out how they are used, if I have to cook them or if they can be eaten raw. (I tried to share a small piece with the transit center pigeons, but they don't like mushrooms. :-)
Right now, I have to get going. Will write more tomorrow, I hope.... lots of things on my lists for the next few days, not sure what I will be able to get done.
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