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Hello, darlings!

Well, it must be the final week of the month, because here's another answers post!

Now, if you were here for the post I made last week, you know this one particular answers post is a little different than all the others. That's because, rather than ask you some serious question and then gather your answers, I asked you all to provide advice and insight on a specific topic. I requested that you send in your best advice, tips, tricks and suggestions to help those just dipping their feet into the wonderful world of self-employed courier jobs. And the least I can say is that, true to form, you delivered. I had so many good answers sent in that I may actually save some of them up to either make a second instalment or in the event that I actually meet a rookie courier driver at some point in the future! In the meantime, here are my picks for the week:

Hello, my dears!

Well, I promised you last week that there would be a fresh new blog post waiting for you when you logged on this week, so never let it be said that I don't keep my promises!
(Of course, there tends to be a new post every week, regardless, but that's beside the point!)

Hello, dears!

Well, here we are - the end of another month. And, as ever, you lot proved to be the best readership an old girl could ask for!

If you haven't been paying attention (which I hope you have), we have been dedicating this month's posts to amusing or interesting stories about courier work, delivery, and corporate or self-employed courier jobs. In previous posts, we've learned about a couple getting together as a result of parcel delivery and a young man being found by a talent agent on the course of a courier job.

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Well – this is quite exciting! Do you remember how, last week, I challenged you to share stories that showed a different side of courier jobs? Well, I've already received quite a few – and may I say, you lot got the spirit of the exercise down pat!

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Well, I told you on the last post to stay tuned, and here’s why – more exciting news from Camp Gertie! I was really having to hold back not to spill the beans last time, but Stevie had asked me to wait until he had finished sorting out a couple of things, so I had to curb my enthusiasm. Now, however, I can say it – Stevie has opened his own delivery service!

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This is one of those very, very rare posts where we have a change of plans (mostly because there is no plan to begin with, but there you have it!). The thing is, as eagle-eyed viewers might have spotted at the end of the last post, I was planning to do a fan interaction segment, where we discussed the importance of road safety for both corporate and self employed courier jobs. But as I was getting ready to start fielding your entries (which I was sure would be plenty, and were!) I got a very kind offer that I could not refuse.

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Well, I’m excited – after however many years of blogging for all you lovely dears, I am finally going to get to pry into your lives! I can’t wait for the gossip! *Giggle*

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You know, a thought struck me today. As I was thinking about subjects to give my opinion on for the blog, I realised that for all we talk about self-employed courier jobs and everything around them, we have never really discussed motivations, have we?

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Today we will be talking about career alternatives for people with self-employed courier jobs. You know, things they would be qualified or skilled for should their career go bottoms-up for some reason. While we did something similar a while back, it got such a huge response I thought it needed an update. This is not what my darlings think of this subject (although I do care what you think, you know that!), but rather a few ideas that old Gertie came up with herself.

Hello, my lovelies!

So, here we are as always...the post after the last one 

Now, if you recall, last time I asked you to share your most challenging moments working on self-employed courier jobs. After I had written and posted the request, I began to worry that the subject might be a little too personal to share openly with the other readers – I wouldn’t have blamed you if you didn’t want to tell me your most vulnerable memories of working your self-employed courier jobs!