#advixe

what i did was i sent out a group email with a short paragraph- “hi, youre all my friends and i value you a lot, and its very important to me for you to know im transgender. im a boy, and i go by he/him, and i prefer to go by devin. im not planning on coming out to the school or my parents, so please do not refer to me as these things in those environments. please feel free to ask any non-invasive questions, im happy to help you understand :)”

for me this was helpful because i didnt want to deal with the awkwardness of a conversation, but also i could say it and then shut my laptop for the next few hours and do something else.

You have been warned. As you guys know, I'm a student in college. I sometimes do writing jobs on the side to make a little spending money. I just love the fact that before COVID-19, I couldn't do any of that. I have been trying to get some sort of online work sense I was 16, and that couldn't even be thought of for me. That wasn't thought of for me for several reasons.

* Because I'm blind

* Because I was still in school

* Because I was young

I think COVID-19 will change people's minds about online work, because during the lockdown, that's all we were left with. That's all we had, so we had to figure it out. I think blind active job seekers should dive at this opportunity. Don't hesitate! Act now! Here's some tips to get you started

1. Don't waste time!

Opportunities are few and far between, so act on them as soon as you stumble on them. This is no joke! Don't wait, because you never know when you're going to miss it.

2. Put yourself out there.

Make yourself stand out from the crowd. This could be things like your education, awards you've acquired in your lifetime, recognition you've recieved, and work you've done for someone else.

3. Consider applying for freelance or one time gigs.

I know this sounds weird, but it's true. Freelancing often scares people away because of the unstable income for fixed price rather than hourly projects, but with freelance opportunities, you decide your workload and in some cases the prices. Plus, for my fellow blindies, it's easier not to disclose your blindness, because you're online. Not saying you shouldn't be honest with your clients because that is important, but you have the right to keep that to yourself. I do freelance writing on this website called upwork.com, and it's really good to do for extra income on the side while I'm in college.

4. Advertise yourself.

For whatever service you're selling, it's also a good idea to show samples of other work you've done. For a writer, that might be something like an essay you've written for class, stories, poems, or speeches you've written, articles you've written for other people, or if you have one, refer them to your blog.

5. Apply apply apply!

Apply for a few and hope one of them says yes. Don't apply for too many, because if multiple say yes, you're either stuck choosing, or possibly declining the wrong client or employer, depending on what you do.

so basically there’s this guy i like and he helped me through a lot over the summer to do with family and some personal issues. and i felt like i started to develop feelings for him. and then a couple of weeks later we went into the city for another friends birthday and we were like cuddling n shit and it was just so cute like skskjsjsksksk. anyways school started again and we barely spoke in person but we did over text and he was still helping me with stuff and homework this time as well. and basically i told my best friend and she told him because she thought it was for the best, I WASNT THERE AT THIS POINT, but apparently when she told him he said “i know” and when she asked whether he likes me he just smirked and walked away APPARENTLY. anyway he never actually bought up the subject explicitly he messaged me that night being annoying and the next day when i was upset he text me and was tryna guess and kept mentioning my “never ending love for him”. like ok sure. anyways this past weekend he messaged me first both days telling me he was bored and for me to entertain him n shit(not in a weird way, just for me to be funny) and we spoke for about 7 hours on the saturday and 9 on the sunday. but he hasn’t messaged me over the week. and i’ve thought he likes me at times like i think i catch him looking at me but idk if i’m imagining it because i want him to like me. anyways my friends think he is leading me on and i really need some advice.