update on the Q economic index: I'm making 21 dollars per billable hour now doing VHR work and will be making around 22-23 in the new year, but the company i have been contracting for is collapsing due to being dogshit and losing their ssa contract

also i have to bill my time so they nickel and dime me because i get paid per hearing and for up to 15 minutes in between, so depending on how much gap there is i get screwed out of money

also because the company is shit and the middleman nature of it is a scam, I've probably averaged less than 8 hours a week which is maddening. I've talked to other VHRs and this is just normal. they fuck everybody over on hours.

but no kidding, making 10 dollars more an hour almost makes it bearable. I can't pay rent though but like i barely could before with working four times the hours

there's a new company coming in in the new year and I'm leaning hard on them to try to get more hours so maybe with a little luck I'll be able to break even soon. the judges during the disability hearings dismiss earnings bigger than mine as "not substantial gainful activity"

now that i write it all out i guess I'm not doing that good