In the modern society where we live there are two kinds of people, those with and those without. When you find yourself without, you do anything you can to be one who is with. Did I lose you yet? Well, what I’m talking about is a job. Many of us in this country and in this world including myself are facing hardships like never before and there are very few avenues in which to regain what we lost. Many of us are turning towards technology to help out. Everyone says there is tons of money on the internet but most of those people just want to take your money and promise you can do it too but with no results. That’s where Mechanical Turk comes in. No, you won’t become rich over night or even in doing this for years but I can tell you one thing, having that extra 10 bucks in your pocket does and will come in handy when you need to put gas in the car when you finally get the job interview you’ve been waiting for after 6 months of just trying to keep a roof over your head. Even if you’re not struggling like some people are, when was it ever a bad thing to have a few extra bucks that didn’t come out of your weekly paycheck? Or maybe you can give your little boy a little bonus for doing chores without it coming out of your pocket. While I’m no different than anyone else who is scraping together a few extra bucks, I sure am glad that there are a few resources out there to make it a little easier and not to rob us of our wallets and our time.

I have travelled around the world and have been with different individuals, groups, societies and cultures. I have found out that we are divided in many aspects of life. The only thing that could probably unite humanity in its humblest sense is love which is the catalyst towards understanding. For when one loves, understanding seems to be more present than those who does not love nor care about others. And when there is understanding, is there anything left to question? Problems arises, because there are questions which are not answered. But understanding it all whether it is known or unknown, relives anthing or anyone the need to be answered. Understanding results in the acceptance of all things. When one learns to accept all things, it comes back again to understanding, which in turn, will again results into love. And the cycle continues like all things that is eternal. Therefore, love begets understanding, and understanding begets acceptance and then going backwards, acceptance results to understanding, then understanding results into love. This is the basic need of human relationships and with these, the world may end up a happy world after all. This is the eternal cycle of life. Where all things begin, and all things end but the end is the start of the beginning…

I am an old woman now, but I was once a beautiful fashion model, living in one of the North’s most populous cities and enjoying life to the fullest. Foolishly, as young and desirable females can sometimes be, I fell in love with a married man who said he loved me back. He may have, but he also loved his wife and he could not leave her, nor did he. When I came to my senses, I was lucky enough to find another love with no baggage and to whom I hitched myself, physically and legally. However, that past life in the Northeast did not prepare me for living in a hurricane zone: the roar, the flooding, the shaking house or the damage they cause to it. I am totally terrified of them, but my choice was to live alone, sans Naval Officer husband, or move to the tropics with him. So, here I am, stiffened with fear six months out of each year. I found Amazon Mechanical Turk work, thanks to the information on my internet server’s home page. Believe it or not, it saved my sanity during several storm aftermaths when, after power was restored, I was able to stick myself in front of my computer and wile away the hours by taking surveys, writing stories, giving advice from experience and making some extra cash doing it. I am thankful that for the other six months of each year, I am not digging myself out of a snow bank.

My friend told me about Mechanical Turk about 5 years ago. My wife and I both spend a fair amount of time on the computer and were interested in making money while at home. Since it happened to be around Christmas time when we created our Turk accounts we really just expected to make enough money to buy a present or 2 off of Amazon. At the time we were taking HITs initially they were pretty mundane tasks, such as identifying CD covers or labeling streets. All in all I think we made about $30 for a couple weeks of work, taking shifts while watching a movie or making dinner. After our first encounter we were kind of burnt out because the limited HITs were being battled for by so many people, we had to have cat like reflexes to accept one before it was claimed by someone else. I’ve just recently come back to check out how it’s evolved since reading about it again. This time around we’ve only made a couple of dollars but it’s a much more laid back and interesting experience. The HITs are taken from a wide range of companies and individuals now, some are still a little mundane but some require critical thinking, creativity and intensive attention to detail. For me, the experience has been mostly positive and I think more kinds of this type of work will become more common in the future. I look forward to continuing to work with Mechanical Turk through this Christmas!

I am from turkey and have lived in united states for 12 years and i am political science student. I have traveled all over united states and seen many beautiful places and land marks. Recently i was told about couple sites that would pay to do work online and the best one being mturk so i decided to give this a try and this is my second week of using mturk and i am learning a lot about different company’s and people here and how i can help others with my ideas and make little money doing so. As extra work on top of my summer job mturk provides fun environment to work in. I will tell others about this great site.

A few years back,I read a book titled, “Memoirs of a Geisha”. My story is not so exotic, but still noteworthy. I was born to a man from the South and a woman from the North. Those two worlds were destined to collide and I was collateral damage. I spent my formative years (2-5) in a foster home, along with my sister. She was a wonderful person who protected me like a mother, although she was only 2 ½ years older than me. We were reunited with our mother who exhibited mental imbalances for the remainder of her life. She was also an alcoholic. I learned two valuable life lessons from my mother. Never drink and to be grateful for everything I got. I became an adult when I was able to truly forgive my mother. Many people who know me personally can’t believe I’m not an alcoholic, drug addicted person due to the traumas of my childhood, as well as adult life. I am about to have a very big birthday soon and can honestly say, “I love life, my children and my grandchildren.” I have always hated games (card games, board games, etc.) which is why I love Turking. I am able to use my mind and get paid a little for doing it. I can go on-line at 2am or 2 pm, whenever I want. I can choose the questions or tasks I want to work on. I could have droned on about all the horrible events that have happened in my life, but I choose (yes, CHOOSE) to dweel upon the positive. Adios, my fellow Turkers.

I have always been a bit of an insomniac. So I usually spend many a late nights or early mornings just wasting time sitting at my computer. I mostly click away and “stalk” people on social networking sites or I will visit all my favorite store’s websites to wishfully view the many beautiful clothes that I can’t afford. But now, on those many nights I can’t sleep or days I don’t have to work, I can sit in the comfort of my own home and use my computer time to make money! I always jump at any chance at all to make a bit of extra cash, so naturally I was super excited when I found out about this Mechanical Turk. It really passes the time, and it is almost like a game to see how much money I can make. I absolutely love it when I log in and my total earned has grown! I can’t wait for the day I have “turked” enough to actually withdraw the money I have spent so much time accumulating. I have also always been a strong believer in that I need to work puzzles such as sudoku or something similar to keep my mind strong, active, and healthy. I feel like some of the HITs will do that for me. Rewriting sentences or categorizing things keeps me thinking over the summer, when my mind would otherwise be going dead! As I slave away at my computer into the wee hours of the night I just keep in mind that even though it is just change I am making at the time, it will add up!

I like to find new ways to make money, so I put a request in google. There was alot webs sites that came up. One was, 25 unusual ways to make money. You could guess alot were USUAL, collect cans, beg, etc. The one stood out, Be a mechanical turk. I had never hear of this type of way to make money. I have spent alot of time avoiing scams, but after careful research. I did my first one and was hooked. The pay is really neat, some HITS go fast, some take awhile, but when you get rolling you can rack up some dough. It is relaxing to take my mind off the thousand applications I have in various stages of employer hands. Being a Mechanical Turk is just a small part of the fun, you get a lot of exposure to alot of different aspects of life. On various HITS you get to review different products, then either give your relevent opinion or provide information on the proucts. The best thing about being a Mechanical Turk is there no limit to the number of HITS you can do in a given day but some of the HITS have alloted number. They change the info, but the routine is the same. I really enjoy being a Mechanical Turk, it definitly fills time and add alittle to the bank.

I’d never won a fight in my life, even though I’d been in them every day from kindergarten through fourth grade. Every day, I got taunted, I lost my temper, I charged someone bigger than me, and I got beat down. So the awkward new seventh-grader at my day care saw this and thought kicking my ass would be a good way to gain acceptance. Never mind that I was four years younger. Well, when we faced off, he busted out the old Karate Kid crane kick. I scampered back from it, slipped on gravel and fell. He thought he’d won, even though he didn’t even touch me, and threw his hands in the air victoriously. I wasn’t going to let it go down like that. I got to my feet, leaped onto his back, and sunk my teeth in. He went down screaming – I didn’t even have to throw a punch. Even better, once the other kids saw I’d do what it took to win, I never got challenged again.

Hi!,im Paris(anonymous name) and my story is bout how I will meet the guy of my dreams. First, im a gay and i have a boyfriend living in the US. He’s a gay also. At first we start our conversing in Tagged.com, we’re friends only at the beggining. As a matter of fact i dont give much attention to him everytime i reply to his messages. Its because i have another boyfriend also in London. But as days then months to years come by, he’s still there keep on hanging. Then i decided to ask him if he has feelings for me then he said “yes”. Thats the start of our love affair, and everytime he writes to me his words are getting sweeter and full of passion even emotions. Thats why i fall in love with him now. And the more i love him now cause he will do the move that a gay or a guy havent done to me yet. He will come and visit me here in the Philippines this coming June 27, 2009. I hope it will turns out great cause ive been planning lots of stuff to do just to make him happy during his stay here. The only thing that bugs me now is if my parents would know bout this. Im sure they’ll scold me. Though they already know that im a gay but the idea of having a boyfriend at this age (19) and a boyfriend (33)?? huh!! i doubt if they will not be angry. I guess they will not accept the idea. But if it will not turns out great then its still fine cause i havent broke up yet with my other boyfriend. So i guess either way i will not loose.