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[Life Update] Whoopsy-Oopsy...
a year ago
Whoopsy-oopsy daisy! I... forgot to create a new journal entry about what's been going on with life.
First off: I do want to thank all of you for favouriting my stories and watching me on here as I appreciate it! I don't go around to comment on other people's pages to thank them for their watches of favourites as I don't want to be too bothersome about it, but I just want to say that I appreciate it deep down in my gooey heart.
And secondly: I'm still alive and kicking! The Horrortober story YCH that I started working back in 2022 (yikes!) before putting it on hold for some time is still being worked on. I already broke through 13,000 words (also yikes!) and this story is expected to be a big one! Hopefully, FurAffinity won't have an issue with me uploading it onto here, right? Right...?
Anyway, online stuff aside, let me provide some clarity with my current life ever since I moved to another country. For context: I moved out from Jersey (the Channel Islands Jersey, not New Jersey in the USA) near the end of 2023 as my dad wanted to set up our own car hire company as our own family business. This resulted with me packing my computer and my stuff away while also resigning from my new job that I started working in January 2023, effectively meaning that I'm now unemployed along with my family. We have moved over to Madeira, which is a small island where both of my parents grew up in their childhoods separately before moving over to Jersey and getting married, so we could set up our own car hire company. My dad took out a loan from a bank, which allowed him to buy 10 cars so he could be open for business. But unfortunately, the whole business was a FAILURE as there's so many car hire companies around while we received little to no customers, meaning that the business was a black hole to my dad's money (he set this business up under his own name, by the way). As a result, he got a deal with one car hire company where they would give him a new car and a decent amount of money in exchange for the 10 cars that he had before. I can confirm that he did receive this deal as it wasn't a total scam.
As of right now, I'm currently unemployed and I don't plan to find a job here in Madeira because the minimum wage over here is really bad as you're talking about earning €2 to €3 an hour, which is very little compared to my previous job that I had back in Jersey. Not to mention that we only have one car, which is what my dad uses, and we can't really buy another car as we have a loan to pay back to the bank. You see, the money that he received from the deal he got with another car hire company was used to pay for the loan back, meaning that he didn't gain anything from it. While I'm not a part of the loan as, again, it was all registered under my dad's name, he's now working for a property estate agent, which is fine and all.
You might be wondering: "Ok, Gamertron. We get that you moved to another country while your family business failed. What gives?" Well, allow me to make something clear: I wasn't too keen on doing this in the first place at all.
The thing is, my dad can be quite stubborn at times. Like, VERY stubborn! What I mean is that he only listens to people who agree with his ideas while ignoring and sometimes berating those who are against it, just like this car hire company that he wanted to set up. Me and my mum weren't too keen on doing this in the first place as my dad just wanted to get this set up as quickly as possible and we gave our honest opinions about this as there's way too many car hire companies around here in Madeira. This resulted with him getting very angry with us as he would shout, swear and hurl some abuse towards us, mainly towards me, which made things a lot more difficult for me to retain a positive attitude towards him. I mean, try retaining your cool towards someone who's quite angry as they swear and hurl some abuse towards you! I did it, and it was hard!
As 2023 progressed, my dad continued to rush through the process of getting the legal licences and stuff sorted while juggling around to get the cars and the website up and running. Unfortunately for him, he was showing them a lot of signs of desperation, which resulted with his progress of setting up his business stuttering and even stopping for some time. This took a toll on him as I remember seeing him in the bed stressing out with this whole thing. I do remember telling him NOT to show any signs of desparation while also telling him that it would best for him to take a step back and slow down. My mum also warned him that this was a sign for him to call this whole thing off, but he didn't as he persisted, which was fine and all. But sadly, the business resulted in a failure and is now no longer functioning.
Now that I got time on my hands while I don't need to worry about getting a job, I figured why not pick up my old hobby of writing and get back into it? And that's what I'm here to tell you that I have RE-OPENED TO ACCEPT COMMISSIONS, TRADES AND REQUESTS! YAY!
Until then, thank you all for reading and expect another journal entry next month! I'll be active on my Discord server, which you're more than welcome to join in with the link provided at the bottom of the journal.
My Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/kcxGh4fgwY
First off: I do want to thank all of you for favouriting my stories and watching me on here as I appreciate it! I don't go around to comment on other people's pages to thank them for their watches of favourites as I don't want to be too bothersome about it, but I just want to say that I appreciate it deep down in my gooey heart.
And secondly: I'm still alive and kicking! The Horrortober story YCH that I started working back in 2022 (yikes!) before putting it on hold for some time is still being worked on. I already broke through 13,000 words (also yikes!) and this story is expected to be a big one! Hopefully, FurAffinity won't have an issue with me uploading it onto here, right? Right...?
Anyway, online stuff aside, let me provide some clarity with my current life ever since I moved to another country. For context: I moved out from Jersey (the Channel Islands Jersey, not New Jersey in the USA) near the end of 2023 as my dad wanted to set up our own car hire company as our own family business. This resulted with me packing my computer and my stuff away while also resigning from my new job that I started working in January 2023, effectively meaning that I'm now unemployed along with my family. We have moved over to Madeira, which is a small island where both of my parents grew up in their childhoods separately before moving over to Jersey and getting married, so we could set up our own car hire company. My dad took out a loan from a bank, which allowed him to buy 10 cars so he could be open for business. But unfortunately, the whole business was a FAILURE as there's so many car hire companies around while we received little to no customers, meaning that the business was a black hole to my dad's money (he set this business up under his own name, by the way). As a result, he got a deal with one car hire company where they would give him a new car and a decent amount of money in exchange for the 10 cars that he had before. I can confirm that he did receive this deal as it wasn't a total scam.
As of right now, I'm currently unemployed and I don't plan to find a job here in Madeira because the minimum wage over here is really bad as you're talking about earning €2 to €3 an hour, which is very little compared to my previous job that I had back in Jersey. Not to mention that we only have one car, which is what my dad uses, and we can't really buy another car as we have a loan to pay back to the bank. You see, the money that he received from the deal he got with another car hire company was used to pay for the loan back, meaning that he didn't gain anything from it. While I'm not a part of the loan as, again, it was all registered under my dad's name, he's now working for a property estate agent, which is fine and all.
You might be wondering: "Ok, Gamertron. We get that you moved to another country while your family business failed. What gives?" Well, allow me to make something clear: I wasn't too keen on doing this in the first place at all.
The thing is, my dad can be quite stubborn at times. Like, VERY stubborn! What I mean is that he only listens to people who agree with his ideas while ignoring and sometimes berating those who are against it, just like this car hire company that he wanted to set up. Me and my mum weren't too keen on doing this in the first place as my dad just wanted to get this set up as quickly as possible and we gave our honest opinions about this as there's way too many car hire companies around here in Madeira. This resulted with him getting very angry with us as he would shout, swear and hurl some abuse towards us, mainly towards me, which made things a lot more difficult for me to retain a positive attitude towards him. I mean, try retaining your cool towards someone who's quite angry as they swear and hurl some abuse towards you! I did it, and it was hard!
As 2023 progressed, my dad continued to rush through the process of getting the legal licences and stuff sorted while juggling around to get the cars and the website up and running. Unfortunately for him, he was showing them a lot of signs of desperation, which resulted with his progress of setting up his business stuttering and even stopping for some time. This took a toll on him as I remember seeing him in the bed stressing out with this whole thing. I do remember telling him NOT to show any signs of desparation while also telling him that it would best for him to take a step back and slow down. My mum also warned him that this was a sign for him to call this whole thing off, but he didn't as he persisted, which was fine and all. But sadly, the business resulted in a failure and is now no longer functioning.
Now that I got time on my hands while I don't need to worry about getting a job, I figured why not pick up my old hobby of writing and get back into it? And that's what I'm here to tell you that I have RE-OPENED TO ACCEPT COMMISSIONS, TRADES AND REQUESTS! YAY!
Until then, thank you all for reading and expect another journal entry next month! I'll be active on my Discord server, which you're more than welcome to join in with the link provided at the bottom of the journal.
My Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/kcxGh4fgwY
