How is the Economy Affecting Your Life?
So it's been quite a lingering topic for quite some time now, but the economy is in such a state of crappiness right now.
I'm only 22 at this point and i honestly cannot recall a world event affecting me so much. The only real signficant event that's really happened in my lifetime is 9/11. I feel like life before 9/11 and the tech bubble was pretty good. Perhaps it was just my obliviousness as a child, but it just seems as if we've been in a state of recession for the past 6 years.
These past 6 months have been absolutely amazing. Graduating college and going straight into the pick up scene. I'll never forget the first phone call I got from VH1. I remember watching the show last year and thinking it would be really cool to be on it, but I never thought that such an opportunity would present itself. I remember driving down Panama City, I had just finished college and we were on our graduation trip. I got a call from Melanie from VH1.
At the time I was winning the online casting call and I thought I got the spot on the show, turns out it was a casting interview, but they flew me out to L.A and put me up in a hotel.
Then when our P.A Matt walked in, I remember it distinctly. He came into my room with a decision and the most irritating thing was that he didn't really have any facial expression indicative of what he was thinking. I had been waiting in my hotel room for 2 weeks now and when the final words came out of his mouth..... wow, I honestly cannot remember the last time I had felt that excited without some sort of chemical inducement.
Anyway, I digress. The past 6 months have been absolutely amazing as I've had the chance to hang out with the cast, Mystery, Matador, Asian Playboy, etc etc. They seem so elusive in the book and on TV. Even to this day, it's wierd being around them. Being from the midwest, we never see famous people, and just seeing them is an exciting experience every time.
But now that experience may need to come to a temporary halt. I mean at this point I was making pretty good progress as a PUA, but recently my mother has been under fire at GM and has lost her postion there, hopefully she can get it back sometime soon, but with that loss, it means I have to head back into the workforce with this AMAZING economy.
It just seems like the losses are permeating everywhere. I went to vegas last week, I was talking to some local saying that the crowds are nowhere as large as they used to be. I see europeans here in L.A all the time(great people) and they're all visiting because their EURO is kicking the crap out of our dollar. A lot of my friends from college, (I'm an '08) graduate are either getting layed off, reduced bonuses, etc etc.My favorite onlinei radio, is constantly asking for donations and taking up air time (annoying).
I just started my job hunt last week and I never thought that it would be so difficult, so many companies are on hiring freezes and it just seems like everyone is in a state of scramble.
Even pick up companies are struggling right now, I mean, I won't name names just to preserve people's confidentiality, but I see companies offering bootcamps for less than $1000. I mean we're talking big name PU companies here that are cutting their bootcamps from $4000 to $1000.
I feel somewhat bad for Simeon too because it was part of his VH1 contract that he would be able to travel the world with Mystery and Matador and teach programs. Although he has helped touch here and there, to my knowledge he hasn't had the chance to travel the world with the two fo them, due to economy affecting their programs.
They say that now's a good time to buy a car, house, etc, but if you're in the market to take a bootcamp, now's the best time to do it.
I had a friend that I spoke to recently that said he was going to take full advantage of his job loss. He had some money saved up and was looking to hone his game anyway, so he's going to use that time to go at it full time, 5-6 nights a week. Good to see that some people are still keeping their heads up admist the bad news.
Anyway, I hope you guys out there are doing good and staying afloat!
I'm only 22 at this point and i honestly cannot recall a world event affecting me so much. The only real signficant event that's really happened in my lifetime is 9/11. I feel like life before 9/11 and the tech bubble was pretty good. Perhaps it was just my obliviousness as a child, but it just seems as if we've been in a state of recession for the past 6 years.
These past 6 months have been absolutely amazing. Graduating college and going straight into the pick up scene. I'll never forget the first phone call I got from VH1. I remember watching the show last year and thinking it would be really cool to be on it, but I never thought that such an opportunity would present itself. I remember driving down Panama City, I had just finished college and we were on our graduation trip. I got a call from Melanie from VH1.
At the time I was winning the online casting call and I thought I got the spot on the show, turns out it was a casting interview, but they flew me out to L.A and put me up in a hotel.
Then when our P.A Matt walked in, I remember it distinctly. He came into my room with a decision and the most irritating thing was that he didn't really have any facial expression indicative of what he was thinking. I had been waiting in my hotel room for 2 weeks now and when the final words came out of his mouth..... wow, I honestly cannot remember the last time I had felt that excited without some sort of chemical inducement.
Anyway, I digress. The past 6 months have been absolutely amazing as I've had the chance to hang out with the cast, Mystery, Matador, Asian Playboy, etc etc. They seem so elusive in the book and on TV. Even to this day, it's wierd being around them. Being from the midwest, we never see famous people, and just seeing them is an exciting experience every time.
But now that experience may need to come to a temporary halt. I mean at this point I was making pretty good progress as a PUA, but recently my mother has been under fire at GM and has lost her postion there, hopefully she can get it back sometime soon, but with that loss, it means I have to head back into the workforce with this AMAZING economy.
It just seems like the losses are permeating everywhere. I went to vegas last week, I was talking to some local saying that the crowds are nowhere as large as they used to be. I see europeans here in L.A all the time(great people) and they're all visiting because their EURO is kicking the crap out of our dollar. A lot of my friends from college, (I'm an '08) graduate are either getting layed off, reduced bonuses, etc etc.My favorite onlinei radio, is constantly asking for donations and taking up air time (annoying).
I just started my job hunt last week and I never thought that it would be so difficult, so many companies are on hiring freezes and it just seems like everyone is in a state of scramble.
Even pick up companies are struggling right now, I mean, I won't name names just to preserve people's confidentiality, but I see companies offering bootcamps for less than $1000. I mean we're talking big name PU companies here that are cutting their bootcamps from $4000 to $1000.
I feel somewhat bad for Simeon too because it was part of his VH1 contract that he would be able to travel the world with Mystery and Matador and teach programs. Although he has helped touch here and there, to my knowledge he hasn't had the chance to travel the world with the two fo them, due to economy affecting their programs.
They say that now's a good time to buy a car, house, etc, but if you're in the market to take a bootcamp, now's the best time to do it.
I had a friend that I spoke to recently that said he was going to take full advantage of his job loss. He had some money saved up and was looking to hone his game anyway, so he's going to use that time to go at it full time, 5-6 nights a week. Good to see that some people are still keeping their heads up admist the bad news.
Anyway, I hope you guys out there are doing good and staying afloat!
Cool dude. I hope I can get a workshop for under a $100 dollars. I'm a poor college student in LI near NYC, so maybe I will be able to afford some workshops now.
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