OMG Does it ever end?
So, yesterday you "saw" me pulling my hair out. This is me today:
I have felt from the beginning that this is where I'm supposed to be. This is what I'm supposed to be doing.
Every time I turn around there seems to be some type of road BUMP popping up. I'm sure most have heard of speed bumps. When I lived in Baltimore I saw that MD takes it to the extreme. They have mini hills!
It took me a week to set up my paypal account. We had moved but I forgot to change the address at my bank so they couldn't verify me. I had to send in supporting docs.
Now paypal says if there are no funds in your bank acct then funding requests will be taken from your secondary source. Which is what I wanted since my sister was paying for my 1st month. Well, paypal didn't and caused my checking acct to be overdrawn.
I have been on a yoyo between the bank and paypal ever since I opened my paypal. Somehow the bank keeps declining the transaction and returning the payment and charging me NSF fees. It happened again today. Now the bank is refusing to refund the fee for the 4th time. I tried explaining to the woman (the supervisor I had to request) that this is a result of all the previous errors. I finally had to hang up on her because I was crying.
My paypal acct is going to be messed up if I don't find a way to sort this out and then paypal won't do business with me. They've all ready paid WA and now want their money, understandably.
I need to regroup.
I've been crying off and on all day since I got off the phone with the bank. All I can do is shake my head.
Recent Comments
36
Unfortunately it does all end, at some point. It ends with a nice long dirt nap. Let's put that off for as long as we can. Let's deal with what we can the best way that we can.
You're great, and you're going to be fine. Just focus on, "Out with the bad air and in with the good".
Angela when I started this i was so excited and because i understood things i thought this was going to be relatively easy. The more i got in, the more difficult i found it. I was struggling and not sleeping because my head was full.of stuff. Then i realised that i was being too hard on myself and that i had actually done well. Like pinpoint says, sometimes it's good to take a wee break, you come back more productive. You are doing great but you need to look after yourself and please try to get a rest, a day away from being a mum, a gran and a business women. It will do you the world of good.
Angela.. Don't sweat the small stuff. This is small, look at the problem, create a list to fix it, follow the list and then put in a folder - "Don't sweet the small stuff" Every week look at this folder, you will soon learn the stuff you thought was a BIG bump, was minor and at times will chuckle over it. Most times when you get so upset over a single issue, its because other things are not going so well, you need to understand those issues, and it will all come together... just my two cents
The other comments say what I would say. Just know we are all here to help and support you and sometimes, just for a shoulder to cry on. :)
Angela, sorry to hear about your frustration. I can feel for you as I have hit so many roadblocks along my journey that they have become a normalcy...a learning experience comes out of them each and every time.
I know that this is little consolation, but learning experiences are best derived out of failures and frustrations. If everything was gravy all of the time, we would have no facility to get better.
If I walked into the gym and hit every jump shot I took, I would probably not work on any other aspect of my game. The fact that I miss and miss regularly is the reason that I push and keep striving to be better.
The same goes within the business world. We all run into payment side things, business side issues, and actual process misunderstandings and mistakes that feel a little painful at the time, but they only make us better as marketers and those of us that push through these are those that are successful (as most people find it far easier to give up than to deal with reality).
You are going to be fine, trust me. Keep pushing, keep moving forward and of course, ask for help if you ever need it. You have a community behind you here at WA!
Boy does that sound familiar! What I do when I get there is take A BREAK, do some other unrelated thing, relax, and come back at it again. Mostley it works for me. I hope it works for you.
You'll get through this, too, Angela. As to the bank vs. Paypal, have you gone and had a face-to-face with someone at your bank to explain it? Telephones sometimes don't cut it. If Paypal took the money from the wrong funding source, they should rectify it. I assume you have called them, so. . . . call them back. Be nice, but it's true that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease." Meanwhile, grab a grandbaby and take them for a walk or something. Get out of the house. Breathe. This, too, shall pass.
See more comments
Thank you to everyone for stopping by and tolerating my pity party. :)
I have just had a pretty bad few days. It felt good to have a good cry though. I've just had trouble stopping lol.
And no Phil, I have not gone and smoked a cig. :-P
It's always great to have that friend who puts things in perspective. You're absolutely right Phil. It all does end. From the moment we are born we start moving towards death. There's no getting away from that. But we are going to put that off for as long as we can!
Crisis has been avoided (I hope). My daughter received a small refund check from school today. She will deposit the funds I need on Monday and then hopefully I can get paypal their money before they decide to give me the boot.