I’m going to have to work more.
Not because I want to, but because I have to. We don’t have enough income. Expenses continue to rise, but our income hasn’t been keeping up.
In my mind, this means I’ll be working all the time, but this is not really true.
In my mind, this means I’ll never see my family, but this is not true.
I do need to work Saturdays.
And I do need to work at night (on top of already working M-F).
I don’t want to, but I’m going to have to.
So what am I going to do?
I want to do something I enjoy.
I want to do something different.
On the other hand, I own a business scanning ultrasounds, and this pays the best. And I do enjoy this when I realize that I’m helping other people. I’m like the middle man. I’m the worker in between the ordering physician and the patient’s diagnosis. The patient has a problem and I’m the one to help them find out what it is. It’s a good job. It’s helpful and its needed.
Sometimes, I feel burned out. I’ve been scanning for over 16 years. But I love being independent and I love helping others. There’s a need. People are sick. It’s helpful.
I wish I could do it full-time and make plenty of money. It’s possible, but it’s also difficult.
New physician practices are not that easy to come by.
I also have Ray.
He’s supposed to be working on lining up some screenings for me. I’m not sure this will work out, and I don’t really like having to rely on someone else for business. This place an area of my business in one guy’s hands. If he doesn’t set something up, no income for me that day.
It has the potential to pay more, but it could be less reliable.
Still, I’m going to give it a chance.
All I know, is that this year is the year, Lord willing, that I turn my income around.
I’ve been making positive life change since July 2016. Getting our finances back on track is the last thing to fix, right now, I feel like.
I have a great marriage, a great family, I’m studying God’s Word daily, I’m meeting with a couple of godly guys once a week, I’ve lost weight, I’m exercising, I’m reading…I just need to fix our finances. I’m going to have to do whatever it takes to increase our income. I’m going to have to work more.
Driving for Lyft?
I may start driving for Lyft.
There’s several things I like about this idea…you totally control when you work and when you don’t (providing there’s work available when you want to work), I love to drive, I love being out and about, and I love meeting people. Sounds like it’s something I would really enjoy.
I’m going to have to give it a shot.
I could also see about working at Crossroads on Saturdays.
Ray is supposed to line up some screenings for Saturdays, but whether he’ll be able to is still yet to be seen. Only time will tell.
But I could possibly scan on Saturday mornings…either at Crossroads or screenings thru Ray.
Screenings have the biggest potential for income.
Diagnostics are probably second.
Lyft driving would be third.
Lyft driving would pay near as well, but it’s something different than I’ve been doing all day every day for the past 16 years, and it’s something that I think I would enjoy.
I want to do something I enjoy.
I still want to develop an online business too, but I need income now. Like this month. I feel like an online business is going to take a while to generate some income.
I did hear a story on Side Hustle School recently about a guy that was reselling—buying stuff on clearance at places like Walmart and reselling it online for a profit. This is very intriguing to me. I was watching my wife and daughters shop during Christmas and realizing how much people love to shop. It’s like a frenzy. People spend tons of money buying stuff. All kinds of stuff. Can I get in on this?!?
It’s worth checking out.
I gotta do something to earn more money. It’s just a fact. Our expenses are overpowering us right now.