Earning Money

One of the things that comes up often on different blogs is the use of swear words. There are bloggers out there that have no problem throwing a little F-bomb here or there when they are frustrated. Blogging is a very personal thing, even if the niche is not personal, and sometimes, if we are frustrated, the best can get to us and voila, curse words are thrown out around the blog. However, the big question is: should it be used?

In my personal opinion, I don’t really think that excessive F-bombs or C-word or things like that should be used. Why? While they don’t offend me at all, they could offend other people. They could make other people uncomfortable and why is that? I was raised in a very liberal household and while it was understood that cursing in front of my Mom was disrespectful, at the same time, she always understood that if I was incredibly stressed, something just say “fuck it” was the thing to say.

This post is pretty straight forward. Before you starting cursing on your blog, try and determine if people are going to care. I recommend against doing it and even I am sorry for the one curse in the previous paragraph. I don’t think that cursing is necessary, but some people really feel the need for it sometimes. Frankly, if you feel like cursing because you are so frustrated, just yell it out in your office or in your bedroom and then go back to your writing. Will be better than losing a few readers for your slip up. But, that’s my opinion. What do you think?

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Whether you live in America, Canada, Japan, India, China, Britain, or any other nation, there is no denying that these are incredibly tough times when it comes to the economy. The dollar is losing value, the stock market is plummeting, consumer purchases are down and when it comes down to it, people are worried more about paying off their debt than they are worried about spending their money on buying a new laptop, a new guitar, or other things (that’s what I want). But, one thing that people are hesitant to talk about is the thought of entering a recession. THAT scares people.

But, the big question is: are we entering one? There are a lot of different beliefs right now going around the word of economists. Some say that we are getting dangerously close to a recession and others say that we are not there yet and that we still have time to recover. Regardless of what exactly is going on, what I can tell you is that the economy is pretty messed up right now. People fear spending. They’d rather save and governments around the world are trying to figure out how to really fix what is going on. But, to do that, they need to address the problems. Here in America, I can see a few problems:

• Oil prices: $100 a barrel is a lot of money and if I have to spend so much of my money on gas, I don’t have enough to spend on other goods. So, naturally, the economy starts to deteriorate.
• Jobs: Jobs are being sent overseas. It benefits the company, but not the nation. Without jobs here, no money to earn. Without money, no money to spend. No spent money, no profit for the company.
• Housing market: There’s no denying that there is a crisis in the housing market right now. People can’t pay their mortgages and they are losing their homes. The housing market is really screwy right now and it’s causing a lot of problems.

So, what can we do to fix this? If you’ve been following the news, you’ll know that George Bush and Congress are agreeing on a plan that will allow for $300 to be sent to each individual who earned at least $3,000 last year. To him, it’s a shot. This bipartisan plan will hopefully give the economy a bit of a boost. And we all know that the economy needs that boost. Jon Waraas talked about how Apple is taking a beating. The economy is desperately shaky and it’s going to continue to get worse if things aren’t fixed.

Can the $300 work? It can help. But, other things do need to be fixed as well. Are we entering a recession? I think we are. I think that we are going to continue going downhill unless something can be done. If we continue on the path that we’re headed, whether you work online or offline, for yourself or for someone else, we’re all going to feel it. We’re all going to feel the pains of less money because advertisers are spending less money. I only hope that the economy can be fixed so that we can have strong years again. So, if you have some extra money hanging around, treat yourself to dinner or something. It all helps boost the economy.

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