Wow, kudos to you. sm

• What is the cost of your living expenses? sm - Poll
  • Ours is about 2800/mo. - Wish it were less!
  • See the lonnnnggggg list: - Diane
  • My rent, alone, is $1400. Including sm - no, honey
  • Cost of living inquiry $1800/mo. (sm) - Not a speed typist
    • P.S. - Not a speed typist
  • Good grief!!! - Dano
    • For most the mortgage/rent is the most expensive. - Not everyone is so lucky to have theirs paid. nm
  • about $1,500 mo - average
  • $2500-2600 not counting entertainment, doc/dentist - bills, credit cards, health ins., etc. sm
  • $1900 a month for basics - nm - x
  • My cost of living expenses monthly is $2200/month - 'nother NYer
  • We're at about $2,200 with only 1 child left at home. - Nyer
  • $350 a month for my share of expenses. - I'm very lucky.
  • consider yourself fortunate - aa
  • wow, guess I'm luckier than I thought. - Sara
    • Of course, that's basic living *grin* ...... nm - Sara
  • We decided to simplify! We ditched - Keepin' It Simple
    • Good for you - DH and I are working on a similar - plan. no message
    • we did just the opposite, but now bills alone about 2,500..... - sis
    • That sounds so nice. I'd love to live the simple life again. nm - honey
  • It's probably not high, generally, but - In the same boat
    • Yes, I'm a single person - sm - Poll
  • If only, if only...Our mortgage alone is 2650. - You've got it cheap. nm
  • That is my mortgage payment alone - sm - Expenses
    • But our income for the year is a little over 200K. nm - Expenses
    • I got you beat - Snow Bunny
    • Oh - forgot where I live, etc. sm - Expenses
  • My mortgage payment is nearly that much. Ten year loan. - Not to me
  • you have a bargin cost of living! - MTness
    • Wow, kudos to you. sm - Poll
    • Wow, that's steep! - plains state
      • Oh, and $10 an hour is considered a "good" wage here. - plains state
  • It depends on what you include in that figure. - too many variables
    • That's for sure! I'm glad I don't live in Ventura :) sm - Mainer

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I'm a Mainer. It's dang cold here tonight and the wind is "just a blowin' like a son a gun."

Time to go put anotha log on the Fyha.

I would suggest since I started working 20 years ago in this field that you take notes.  Ask for sample reports if and when possible.  Start a notebook either by account or dictator.  I have a 3-ring binder.  If I have an account (like your secondary) where it's different specialties, I simply open my notebook and it brings back my memory of that particular dictator.  Some people say use expanders, but I don't use one.  I do use autotext because I work in Word. 

I think developing speed takes having the same dictator, but I definitely think you are on the right path! 

I'll sometimes see the same name pop up at different companies?      Why do they not stay?   LOL

It is so easy to blame the MT that's why!  I also have a list of recruiters I think are the pits!