Building a tiny drinks stall
Hannah
My drinks stall sold thirty-seven cups. I had only bought thirty. For a moment I was pleased with the money on the screen. Then I looked at the stock counter.…
Economics
The hour I lost on question four does not belong to question five
Wednesday night, and question four on the Maths paper has already eaten forty minutes. The working cover half a page now. Crossed-out lines. A second method I start and abandon.…
Opportunity cost sat under the sketchbook again
Tuesday night, and my Business notes are open to opportunity cost. The definition look neat: the next best alternative you give up when you choose something else. On the worksheet…
Added value showed up after the third coat of colour
Wednesday night, and the Business worksheet on added value is open next to a finished badge design I still not pack. The textbook example is a wooden chair. Mine is…
Six thousand yuan arrived before the price list did
Sunday night, and I finally add the commission transfers the way Business tell us to add a column of numbers. Not because I need a victory lap. I need to…
They wanted the drawing I could still change
Tuesday night, and a message come in about a character I already draw twice. It is a small commission, the anime-style kind people put on a badge or a keychain,…
They called the company a target, which is not how I usually look at one
Monday night, and I go back through the Bank of America virtual internship I finish on The Forage, because the slides still sit in a folder named as if they…
The cheaper copy came with answers I did not ask for
Friday night, and I finally buy the anthology I have been borrowing from the library in pieces. The shop have a new one with a stiff spine, and a used…
The holiday in the textbook is not the choice I actually have
The Business book use a holiday again. Two weeks at the beach, or a new laptop, and you cannot have both, which is how they introduce opportunity cost. I copy…
UK rates stayed at 3.75%. The next move might be up, not down.
In December the Bank of England cut Bank Rate to 3.75%, and the news sound like a door opening. I remember the tone more than I remember any graph. It…