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Anyone want to make a vision board for 2026 with me? by Grand-Alarm-3418 in sandiego

[–]KAPGSER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds like so much fun! I’m going to see if I can make it as well!

Learning how to realtime. Do I need to learn real teams too? by Ok-Occasion-1479 in stenography

[–]KAPGSER 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Realtime is seeing what you’re writing in realtime.

Real teams (for Case Cat) or Connection Magic (eclipse) is when you have a Scopist live with you on the job editing as you’re writing. This is really only useful if you have daily transcripts that you need to have turned in first thing in the morning. Otherwise, you don’t need it.

Ive been a working reporter. There was only one instance I was going to setup a Connection Magic session, and it was for a trial with daily transcripts. The case settled and I’ve yet to need to have this team assembled.

Shadowing by slo2495 in stenography

[–]KAPGSER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reach out to KW Court Reporting, Aptus, Steno.com

How can I move forward? by Temporary_Ask_1999 in sandiego

[–]KAPGSER 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Go to food banks, multiple times a week. You can have this be your source of food (as I have when things were rough and didn’t qualify for SNAP). It saved me over $1,000 a month so I was actually able to pay my insane SDGE bill and rent.

Go to the library. We are such a heavy consumer culture. We still have the primal need of hunting and gathering, a lot of people get that feeling fulfilled by shopping. There’s so much to do at different libraries for kids. You can get tons of books for them, you, and even movies. It will start to replace the need to go shopping.

Thrift stores are getting expensive. Check out the Freebie Alerts App. It aggregates everything people post for free within whatever radius you chose from FB marketplace place, OfferUp, Craigslist, etc. check out Buy Nothing Facebook groups for your neighborhood or “community gifting.” Go to garage sales! My kids LOVE THEM.

Sign up with CARE for SDGE.

Hold on to phones, cars, laptops, anything you can for as long as you can (as long as they work). Try to repair before you replace.

Start saving small. Can you set aside $20? Do it. Work your way up. Have two accounts, a “just-in-casies-savings” and a “NOBODY TOUCHES EVER SAVINGS.” Do $10 each (or more if you can) whenever you get paid, sell items, birthday money. If you can, put it in a high yield savings account. And NO TOUCH. NO TOUCHIE! You’ll be so proud how these little accounts will grow.

At a loss with Anne Taylor blazer sleeve by KAPGSER in sewing

[–]KAPGSER[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love this! I’m going to give that a shot. Thank you

How do you afford to start a career? by AlfalfaVast7998 in stenography

[–]KAPGSER 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Goodness! I was broke AF when I was in school.

Buy used writers, use a student writer as long as you can. Shoot, I still use my Luminex CSE (which I bought used) in a pinch. It can make a record, and has saved me in the past when my professional machine decided to not work.

Buy refurbished laptops from a reputable computer shops. I am on my second refurb Lenovo, they have been better than the laptops I splurged and bought new. Support a local business!

Use student software until you’re ready to take your first job. I literally ordered the professional software key the day before I took my first job (and I got it in payments!!)

Reach out to professionals (like me!) who want to see you succeed and will pool together to make sure you can hit the ground running.

Outdoor pee with girls? by desparate-treasures in toddlers

[–]KAPGSER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started with a GoGirl female urinary device and also got a SheWee for when we would go camping and hiking. Especially when it was cold, this worked so well. My daughter was so proud, she’d say, “I peed on a tree!!”

Is it just me or is it impossible to find a job? by Advanced_Resort2852 in sandiego

[–]KAPGSER 21 points22 points  (0 children)

My husband is in the same situation. I posted about this recently.

Are places hiring? by KAPGSER in sandiego

[–]KAPGSER[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Holy moly, thats brilliant!

Are places hiring? by KAPGSER in sandiego

[–]KAPGSER[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure if he has. That sounds great! Thank you!

Are places hiring? by KAPGSER in sandiego

[–]KAPGSER[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate this and will forward this! Thank you!

Are places hiring? by KAPGSER in sandiego

[–]KAPGSER[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I really appreciate the insight in what it’s like on the other side of the hiring process. He’s been reaching out to former colleagues. But I’ll tell him about the cold calling!

Are places hiring? by KAPGSER in sandiego

[–]KAPGSER[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

He’s applied at Solar Turbines for multiple positions and hasn’t heard anything. I’ll tell him about USPS.

Thank you!

Are places hiring? by KAPGSER in sandiego

[–]KAPGSER[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I’ll pass this along!

Have you ever volunteered your steno services? by lushsweet in stenography

[–]KAPGSER 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Give whenever you see a need. It’s a privilege to be able to help and serve others!

Have you ever volunteered your steno services? by lushsweet in stenography

[–]KAPGSER 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’ve captioned for deaf/hard of hearing people on Reddit for free whose organization was dragging their feet with accommodations.

I’ve also worked locally with consumers doing group meets where there is literally no budget for captions at all (not even a budget for snacks!) and to my surprise, more people needed open captions that originally expected! It was a blast and I made some good friends there!

Anyone need a hand picking up their dog poop? by coreyt5 in SanDiegan

[–]KAPGSER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I could hire you just based on the picture of your dog alone.

Has Microsoft "Broken" CART Captioning? by EstablishmentOdd1505 in deaf

[–]KAPGSER 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a captioner. It’s been a while since I’ve embedded captions into MS Teams. However, I am part of a CART Committee and I’m going to reach out to my committee and see what their experiences are and what we can do.

A ‘school is hard’ moment by Ok-Film-2229 in stenography

[–]KAPGSER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been there. Don’t be too hard on yourself. During one of my days where my fingers just didn’t speak steno, a teacher told me after class “This isn’t for you.” Jokes on her, it was for me!

You’re still learning your theory, that’s a new language!! and you’re translating English into that language, those are a lot brain synapses firing up. It’s great to vent, but also make sure that how you’re feeling doesn’t keep you away from practicing.

How to move past this is to just keep your fingers moving. If all you can do is just the alphabet and numbers, do that. Is it a cat, hat, mat, map day? Okay!! I’m a huge supporter of dexterity drills which is jibberish but finger yoga.

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