I'm really into jewlery and i've got this one bracelet i spent way too much on for a special occasion. I loved it at the time, and i still do, but now it just sits there because i'm paranoid about scratching it, losing it, or it not matching what i'm wearing.
So i end up wearing cheap stuff daily and the one piece that actually means something never leaves the box.
Senior year is already stressful enough and now scholarships are turning into another thing to worry about on top of school and college applications.
Spending forever looking through scholarships and then realizing I dont even qualify for half of them. Getting deep into applications before noticing some random requirement I missed earlier. Typing the same basic info over and over on different scholarship sites every single night. Not knowing which scholarships I have a chance with.
Feeling annoyed after spending whole nights applying to stuff I probably never had a shot at anyway. Trying to remember different deadlines and requirements while already stressed about graduation and college stuff. All I need is something that shows scholarships I really fit.
our small team is still using spreadsheets to track receivables and it’s getting messy. customers forget payments, we chase them manually, and things slip through more than they should. we’ve looked at a few billing tools but not sure what actually works for a small setup without getting expensive or overly complex. what did you move to that actually made collections easier? anything simple that integrates well without a ton of setup. any tips
So I started my software services LLC about 2 years ago in Delaware. It was registered, legit setup, everything proper. About 18 months ago my partner and I decided we wanted to travel while we worked so we both moved to Mexico. We figured since the company is Delaware registered and we're just working remotely, we were fine. We filed our federal returns, paid federal taxes, thought we were good.
Tonight I was doing some spring cleaning of old files and found an email from our accountant from like 8 months ago that I apparently never fully read. I pulled up the email again just now and started reading and I'm going to throw up. Apparently when you operate a US business, even if you're physically located outside the US, you may owe state taxes in any state where you have economic nexus or where your clients are located. We have clients in California, New York, Texas, Florida, and Illinois.
I immediately called my accountant , we apparently should have been filing and paying state taxes in all five of those states this whole time. We didn't do any of that. Not a single return. Not a single payment. He said in the best case scenario we're looking at maybe $15k-20k if we do a voluntary disclosure right now. But if the states audit us first without us coming forward, the penalties could be way worse.
I have no idea why I thought that. I should have asked more questions. Our accountant literally emailed me about this and I just... didn't read it properly. The worst part is my partner is going to absolutely lose it when I tell him tomorrow. We're splitting the bill on this nightmare and he's going to think I'm incompetent which... fair.
I'm trying to figure out if there's any way this doesn't completely tank our business or if we just have to bite the bullet and deal with it.
Im rlly into jewlery and ive got this one bracelet i spent way too much on for a special occasion. I looved it at the time, and i still do, but now it just sits there because im paranoid about scratching it, losing it, or it not matching what im wearing.
So i end up wearing cheap stuff daily and the one piece that actually means something never leaves the box.
Getting accepted into university was supposed to feel like relief, and for a day or two it did. I got my acceptance about 2 weeks ago, and I remember being genuinely happy and proud of myself. But after that initial excitement wore off, reality started to hit.
I sat down and looked at the numbers. Tuition plus living costs are going to be somewhere between 18k and 22k a year. Seeing that written out made everything feel very real very quickly.
The part that keeps bothering me is that I did not focus on scholarships earlier. I always told myself I'd deal with it after getting accepted, and now I feel like I might have waited too long. I have started searching again and found some scholarships that are still open, but I d not know if it's enough or if I missed the bigger opportunities.
Now instead of feeling excited about starting university, I feel stressed about whether I can afford it.
I am willing to put in the work now, apply, write essays, whatever it takes, but I just d not know if I still have a real shot at getting enough funding at this stage. Has anyone been in this situation where you started focusing on scholarships after getting accepted and still managed to make it work?
Im rlly into jewlery and ive got this one bracelet i spent way too much on for a special occasion. I looved it at the time, and i still do, but now it just sits there because im paranoid about scratching it, losing it, or it not matching what im wearing.
So i end up wearing cheap stuff daily and the one piece that actually means something never leaves the box.
I told myself I'd be productive this weekend and apply to at least 10 scholarships. That didn't happen. I spent around 4 hours and only managed to complete 5, and by the end I felt completely drained.
It's not even the essays that slow me down the most, it's the repetition. Every single application asks for the same things. My gpa 3.42, my background, my activities, my goals. I feel like I've typed the same answers 20 times already.
Even when I copy and paste, I still have to tweak things because every form is slightly different. Then the essays come in and I try to reuse them, but I still end up spending 20 to 30 minutes adjusting each one.
People always say just apply to more scholarships, but at this pace that feels impossible unless you literally have nothing else going on. I also work about 15 hours a week, so I can't just grind applications all day.
How do people manage to apply to a lot of scholarships without getting exhausted?