for the specific instance of my job, i am traveling a city over just to get to work. i personally do not like driving and would much rather have a shorter drive or not drive at all of that was an option. i had the idea after about a week to potentially carpool with one of my coworkers, as he only lives a few minutes away from me.

this would involve him picking me up and dropping me off everyday and i would in return give him half to the full amount of his gas money. he said giving half was fine which was very generous and amounts to twenty bucks a week. this works out great because he gets to save some money each week by taking a few extra minutes each day to pick me up and drop me off, to and from work.

remember to not be a picky or annoying passenger, try to be as courteous and out of the way as much as possible. make it very clear that if he ever wants to play music loud in the car, make calls, make stops on the way home or anything of that sort, tell him its completely fine. also be as quick as possible when getting picked up or dropped off, its all about not being a nuisance its an absolute blessing to find an arrangement such as this. you can also do without money and instead, alternate the weeks you drive each other to work. this was my original plan but i really don't like driving so it worked out.

the benefits for doing this are great, you can sort out any morning business on your way to work if you have a tight morning schedule. this saves you money every week and a big benefit that you might not thing about is the mileage that you are keeping off your car. finding ways to use the money you would have used in your car for equal or lesser counterparts through means such as carpooling is great as you are putting less strain on your car.

doing this will mean less oil changes and a longer lifespan for your car. do keep your car though in most instances, in case of an emergency and remember to still use it for small personal trips throughout the week to keep your car active.

by being observant in your potential opportunities and realizing that there is no harm in asking, you can gain free time, save money and extend your cars lifespan. $ mega monies... $

May 27th, 2025
make shift work pants

starting a new job, i knew that it was inevitable before my old pair of everyday jeans would begin to be destroyed at the knees from kneeling on concrete and shredded at the thighs from using an angle grinder. my options were to either forget those pants and buy an expensive pair of work pants at the store or to find a way to continue using my pants. my lady is a fine seamstress, so I decided to just get her to put a very large patch using old denim fabric scraps from an old project and covering the ripped knees and thighs. it took her about half an hour, a little elbow grease to fit the pants in the confines of the sewing machine, and a small amount of thread to stitch the denim securely to the pant legs.


voila, the result was great. this double layer of fabric provides more warmth as well as further difficulty for a tear to be bad enough to expose the skin of my legs, as now it has to simultaneously make a hole in the same spot. when that time inevitably does come, no harm in simply putting another layer of denim or other strong fabric.

it would not be sensible to get a sewing machine and learn basic sewing to do very small stuff like this, unless it provided enough of an effect to overwhelm the cost of time and money to begin any sort of sewing endeavors, this would make it good. just by doing this, we have saved at least $50 dollars if i decided to buy a nice pair of workpants that would have just done a similar method of double layering in some chinese factory. the lesson is to utilize your skills to save you money. you know how to cook? make food. you know how to sew? fix your clothes? you are a plumber? plumb your pipes and the pipes of those you love to save them and yourself money. these basic examples illustrate the benefits of using your skills to save money. do not waste the time and money buying all the tools needed to make a one time repair. don't get a sewing machine and learn to repair if you are a single bachelor who works at the bank. use your brain and apply it to your situation. we always have clothes we want to get rid of, take an old pair of jeans that do not fit anymore and sacrifice it to save your other jeans. the possibilities are unending. you could make some of these things last a lifetime.

simply imagine the intense savings of being to utilize this repair ability for all of your future children, continually fixing their clothes as they hand it down to eachother over time. this world is too impermanent to not be mindful of opportunities such as this...
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