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Workers On Wheels Newsletter #1123 ~ January 29, 2017
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Update from Your RV Workers On Wheels Newsletter Editor
We added more solar panels to our motorhome this
week. We had a full photovoltaic system that kept us in power through all but extreme weather conditions. However, we split it between our travel trailer in Alaska and our motorhome that we have in the Lower 48. That gave us marginal systems on both RVs. It is time to get the system built up again.
If your campground jobs covers the cost of electricity, you may find you have no need for solar panels. If you always stay in RV parks that charge a flat rate, so that other
RVers are subsidizing your electric costs, then you may not benefit from solar.
A photovoltaic system includes solar panels, batteries, inverter, charge controller, mounting hardware, cables, and the connections to tie it all together and into your electrical system. We puts solar on our first full-timing RV back in 1992. It has saved us thousands of dollars over the years. And the freedom it provides? Priceless.
We have several articles on our RV Life and Travel website (that is different from our Workers On Wheels website) about our solar. They will answer many of your questions. If you have questions that aren't answered in those articles, maybe I can get Bob to do a follow-up article for you.
Wherever you are in your work and travels, we wish you joy and
prosperity,
Coleen
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JR Watkins - A Location Independent Business for RVers
Bob and I have been selling JR Watkins products since 2005. People love the vanilla, cinnamon, and pepper, the old time remedies, and the natural
skin care products - and that makes it easy to sell. The business is extremely flexible. You do as much or as little as you want. No minimum orders. They'll drop-ship the products for you. Work the business wherever your RV travels take you -- USA or Canada. See the product catalog and learn more.
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Help Wanted Ads - Current Job Openings for RVers
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Working RVer Tip -- Love What You Do (Or, at Least Be Happy Doing It)
"Autonomy, influence, and a sense of meaning are associated with lower stress and fewer work-related illnesses, regardless of hours worked." That quote is by Harvard professor and blogger Rosabeth Moss Kanter in response to a Gallup Healthways survey of 100,000 Americans on the overall well being of workers in various occupations. In other words, it may not be so much a matter of how many hours you work, but how much you like what you are doing and how appreciated you feel for doing it.
This is something both workers and employers should remember.
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Very Short Term Jobs and Gigs: When You Want to Move Frequently
By "short-term," I mean jobs that last hours or days, possibly a few weeks
-- but not months. Some folks are full-time RVers because they want to move frequently. If you equate working a campground job for an entire season to being tied down, these ideas are for you.
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Ways RVers Make Money
Here's a sampling of work RVers are doing to cut their expenses, earn a living, and pay for their travels.
~ Interior designer
~ Marine carpenters
~ Sew custom RV draperies
~ Maintenance electrician
~ Hospitality laundry worker
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One Minute
Business
Build a residual, long-term income. Leverage your time and your efforts. No product sales required.
Details here.
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Working RVer Tip -- Enjoy Your Work, But Remember It Is
Business
You can have fun while you work, enjoy what you do, and think that it is more a vacation than a job. But, at the same time, keep in mind that it is serious business to your employer.
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Did You Miss the Last Workers On Wheels Newsletter?
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Employers and Volunteer Organizers - Post Help Wanted Ads
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Working RVer Tip -- Your Help Wanted Ad Demonstrates Your Work
Make sure how you write matches what you write. If your Work Wanted ad says you are detail orientated, and it contains misspelled words, it emphasizes those mistakes.
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Want to Know More About Our Personal RV
Travels?
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More Articles on the Workers On Wheels Website
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Earn Your Living with a Blog or Website
A blog or website is yet another way to earn a living without
being tied to one location. Your blog can be about most anything. Picking a topic that you enjoy can make it seem more like fun than work. Still, you have to figure out a way to make money with it. If you'd like to see some examples of how of how others are going about it, see the case studies on SiteBuildIt!
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Questions and Answers about Working While RVing
Search our Workers On Wheels website data base of questions, with answers provided by RVers who actually have experience working while RVing.
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Work Wanted Ads and Resumes
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Facebook Friends and Fans
Workers On Wheels now has an official Facebook page.
If you'd like more personal updates and quotes that I post, send me a
friend request.
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Something to Think About
Do what you can, with what you have, right where you are. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance. ~ Ray Bradbury
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Coleen Sykora,
Editor/Publisher
35555 Spur Hwy #281
Soldotna, AK 99669
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