‘Because AMERICA!’ Must-read story of hard work, success and ‘making your own destiny’

Unemployment benefits for 1.3 million expire today http://t.co/ynygXbOXr9 via @CNNPolitics

— CNN (@CNN) December 28, 2013

@LilMissRightie The worst problem right now is 3 unemployed people to every 1 available job. The Obama Economy.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

@BiasedGirl @LilMissRightie I've been unemployed & I've collected unemployment. For a few weeks while I made getting a new job my only job.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

@BiasedGirl @LilMissRightie This Federal extension of unemployment benefits is wrong. It enables people to stay unemployed.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

@LilMissRightie Ppl can do what I did: make your own business. I do theatre PR & catsitting. It's a good living. @BiasedGirl

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

True Story: my friend Gary lost his job when his employer closed the battery plant he worked in. He tried to find another factory job (1)

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

(2) but there was nothing. He looked at what he could do & one day it hit him while he was mowing his lawn: he had a lawn mower & trimmer.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

(3) He made his own flyers & went door to door in his neighborhood and many others. The first year he had 15 lawns once a week at $40 ea.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

(4) He eventually worked himself into his own lawn care business & employs 5 people. Used what he had to make a living.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

(5) Gary taught me to take what I have & what I can do & make a living doing it. Anyone can do it-if you're not afraid of hard work.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

(6) I took my love of cats & combined it with my former job's skill of VIP customer service + sales to become a very-well-paid cat sitter.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

(7) I love theatre & know how to sell, so I became a theatre PR flack. Hard work, no steady paycheck. But thrilling & I make my own destiny.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

(8) Catsitting fills in the gaps when small theatre is off-season. It actually pays better & I get paid for doing what I do for my own cats!

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

(9) Everyone has something that they love to do. Some of us find a way to make money doing it. Anyone can do it if you're willing to work.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

(10) Or if you're like my mom & grandma, you clean houses, take in laundry & ironing, and babysit to make ends meet. You do what you must.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

(11) Or start answering phones & sorting mail & work your way up into becoming the VP of HR like my sister did w/o a college degree.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

(12) Bottom line: no job is beneath you if you make money & use it as a stepping stone to something better. Especially "crap" jobs.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

(13) And sitting on the couch collecting unemployment isn't a living. You make getting another job, any job, your occupation. Not the couch.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

~Fin~ My rant was inspired by an earlier convo with @BiasedGirl & @LilMissRightie, two hardworking ladies who TCB & git 'er done.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

@beautiflywings I know, right? Because AMERICA!

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

Want inspiration? @KurtSchlichter took his tweets & turned them into e-books. In addition to being a soldier & running his own business.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

BTW, the book deal appears finalized! Look for it in June or so!

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) December 28, 2013

Make your own destiny. Don't depend on someone else for your security. Don't enslave yourself to creditors. Anyone can do it. America.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013

Get off the couch. Find people who are self-made. Study what they do. Ask q's. Learn from their successes & failures. Apply what you learn.

— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) December 28, 2013