One Step

So the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Today that step was almost backwards. There's this thing called a "doctor's appointment" and "mental health." Mentioning this because my insurance doesn't cover said doctor's appointment and there's this copay. However, me forgetting my wallet at home my mom graciously stepped in to cover for me. 30.00$. And that'll be every month, thank you very much. The doctor talked and talked to my mom about my mental health and I "Yes sir-ed, no sir-ed" like mad, hoping against hope that my hate for the whole mental health system didn't show too much. Then he wrote out that white slip the reason I was really there, the medicine. Divine manna from heaven. A little white pill, taken every evening by me, to keep my inner sactum from collapsing on itself. Well, the 30.oo$ is a pill to take too!
What have I done lately to get myself out of debt? That is the question. Ebay. No, no, I don't lie. My 13,682.86 dollars of negativity has brought me to the conclusion that I must sell my soul on Ebay. Well, really just a test run. Ebay is one of the most lucrative sites on the web, and most of the money is made from the sellers of a certain product, not unlike a classified ad in the newspaper. Everyone knows it's a site that auctions off stuff for people but not many know how it works. Basically they charge you minimal fees for selling an item. Insertion fees for the ad and final value fees for how much the final item sells. About a quarter of the initial item fee and one/twenthieth of the final sold price is used to equal total fees.
I've started an ebay account and having just finished a beautiful two-foot-long soft green-and-purple scarf have posted it on "the bay," I irreverently christen the site. I've probably lost 1.25$ posting the item and there are seven days for people to bid on it. No one has so far. Very unencouraging for an avid knitter who enjoys seeing people happy with the items she creates. It's quite easy to start an account and easy for one like me to lose my money by posting items to sell. Mostly thinking this may not be a solid investment, this auctioning off items that when there's no one to appreciate my work. The top seller on Ebay right now is Wii. The latest video gaming system that allows your motions to be read by the screen. Now that's just spiffy. But it won't help me get out of debt.
The day was unprofitable. Out a dollar-twenty-five. We'll see what tommorrow brings.