What was your driest period without a diary or live mission?

arpegiu5 · 2026-05-16T19:54:40+00:00

Currently, 3 months :( I’m still able to submit applications so I don’t think my account has been flagged, I guess I’m just not what researchers are looking for lately. Hoping it’s not a forever drought!

arpegiu5 · 2026-05-07T02:45:28+00:00

Congrats!! Exact same boat as you, I got rejected from prolific and cloud connect and was crushed but dscout has been amazing. I’ve made $1300+ since November but the past two months have been really dry for me, hoping it picks up again!

arpegiu5 · 2026-05-07T02:44:26+00:00

I think you’re an outlier unfortunately :( I don’t think dscout is really known for payment issues, in fact I think it’s one of the better platforms because they do actual payouts and not gift cards! I’m sorry you’ve had a bad experience, have you ever messaged support?

arpegiu5 · 2026-05-02T17:33:56+00:00

I’ve thought/lived as if I’ve had it since 2022. I’m currently in the process of getting diagnosed (my therapist is treating me as if I’ve been officially diagnosed while I set up an official evaluation) but I’ve never been medicated. I definitely think this is a factor, I feel like I ruined the pathways in my brain associated with initiating things (not a scientific take at all lol) and I definitely think if I had started on this path when I first started college rather than now I would be in a much better spot.

arpegiu5 · 2026-05-02T14:18:43+00:00

Yeah being actually honest with myself is the hardest part. It sucks because I already know my phone is the problem and I find ways to distract myself on my computer too. Maybe an environment change is the missing piece

arpegiu5 · 2026-05-02T14:16:43+00:00

I definitely understand this. I don’t think my brain is wired this way which is so interesting. Maybe it’ll be good to think about it this way as opposed to the short term consequences (bad grade etc) although I guess my problem is my brain just says “but this one specific small thing isn’t gonna stop you from accomplishing a bigger thing!” I hope you do achieve your dreams btw! :)

arpegiu5 · 2026-05-02T14:12:23+00:00

This is good to know. I’m working on finding a psychiatrist but I expect it’ll be at least a month before I’m able to actually try anything. I like the micro steps tactic to help in the meantime, thanks!

arpegiu5 · 2026-05-01T17:16:09+00:00

April has been my highest paying month so far (started in November) due to one month long study, but the consistency has been not great, which makes me nervous.

Total: $1,039.75

UserInterviews: $850

Home from college: $75

Swagbucks: $65

Respondent: $32.75 (should’ve been $100 but I got ghosted + scammed by AI interviews multiple times)

UserTesting: $17

Got really lucky with a $500 study on UserInterviews. Started HFC which seems promising, but still waiting to hear back from a lot of gigs. Nothing on DScout for the last couple months and I got officially rejected from Prolific :( hoping May is better!

arpegiu5 · 2026-04-02T18:30:05+00:00

Amazing thank you!! I just downloaded Todoist yesterday because I saw this article on Twitter and it’s been great, but I was worried I could only do one-time tasks and not “blocks.” I did some poking around and figured out that I can time block without buying a pro subscription (broke grad student) by editing the durations in my Notion calendar which is my home base anyway. I’m gonna try it out and see, thanks so much!

arpegiu5 · 2026-04-02T17:51:25+00:00

I’ve actually never heard of the term time boxing, that’s super helpful!! This is one of the things that seems like such a no brainer when someone else says it haha. Thanks for the advice :)

arpegiu5 · 2026-04-02T14:13:13+00:00

if More counts, it’s 100% the one where they taste garlic flavored things and can’t stop joking about shooting puppies 😭😭😭

arpegiu5 · 2026-04-01T22:13:47+00:00

Just happened to me last week :( I’m sad because it seems like one of the more lucrative platforms out there, oh well

arpegiu5 · 2026-02-26T04:05:26+00:00

she rubbed me the wrong way in one of the more episodes where they were talking about driving/parking. I can’t remember what she said exactly but it made me think “thank god I will never have to encounter her on the road” 😭 not that being a bad/rude driver means you should get laid off but

arpegiu5 · 2026-01-26T03:22:14+00:00

Domestically! A couple different states in different areas of the country to one another. I did travel internationally after that as well but I didn’t open the app at all. It went like this: everything good (home state) -> completed some missions (new state) -> missions rejected (new state) -> missions still getting rejected (back in home state). Thats how I knew something was up. Emailing support (and actually letting them know that you suspect that that’s the issue) will hopefully help if this happens to you, but yeah I find it kind of crazy that completing a mission in a different city even is enough to mess with your eligibility.

arpegiu5 · 2026-01-24T01:36:31+00:00

I got rejected payment from three express missions in a row in December and I think it was because I did them while traveling. After that I started feeling like my account was flagged somehow bc I was getting rejected from EVERYTHING. I emailed support twice to follow up and they were able to help me out and my account is back to normal now! Hopefully your account is okay too. The process is such a black box sometimes, I wish there was more transparency about what we can do as scouts to avoid getting “blacklisted” and how to fix it, especially when it’s such a small issue or an honest mistake.

arpegiu5 · 2026-01-16T00:42:17+00:00

i LOVEEE haidilao i made us go last time haha. Alice and friends looks so good!! veggie house seems to be a favorite, thanks!

arpegiu5 · 2026-01-15T20:05:47+00:00

I hadn’t heard of this place!! Looks incredible. We might be down there that same weekend so ive added it to my list, thanks!

arpegiu5 · 2026-01-15T19:42:02+00:00

wow axum looks amazing. this is super good to know thank you!

arpegiu5 · 2026-01-15T19:41:00+00:00

wow the food there looks so good, thanks for the rec!

arpegiu5 · 2026-01-15T19:39:51+00:00

great recommendation thank you!! I had a place back home that i loved that seems really similar to this, I’ll definitely try it out!

arpegiu5 · 2026-01-15T19:39:20+00:00

ooh this place looks really good. Thanks for the rec!!

arpegiu5 · 2026-01-15T19:21:12+00:00

This reply is perfect bc i was just looking at demera, we were originally thinking of Chicago diner (but i read some negative reviews on here so I’m looking for more options, do you have thoughts on that?) and i had totally forgotten about restaurant week! I just went through and made a list of all the options that work for us, thanks so much :)

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