Can’t I Just Stay in Bed???
For some reason this is the one thing I find myself constantly uttering every morning the alarm clock rouses me from my slumber. Today was worse than usually mostly because its cold and rainy out and the last thing I possibly wanted to do is crawl out of bed and face the day, but being one who is still owned by the ill-fated JOB, I must drag myself from my warm and cozy cocoon and start the day.
“Why do I do this?” I ask myself. “Cause I need the money,” I tell myself. On the outside I may look like I have it made. Nice house, decent cars, good paying jobs, yet I find myself unhappy most days, mostly because I carry around more debt than most could even imagine. I’ve felt the embarrassment of trying to use a card that I thought had space left, only to receive the denied msg. I don’t buy new clothes mostly cause I can’t afford to. We don’t go out to dinner because we can’t afford it. We are stuck in jobs we hate because we can’t afford a damn thing.
While I am lucky that I get to work with a good group of people, the job itself is underwhelming mostly because we constantly find ourselves getting saddled with additional tasks that are outside the scope of our project. But since we all know better, we take on the tasks with a fake smile cause we know it’s the one thing that keeps us all employed just a little bit longer cause in the world if IT contracts, you always run the risk of being here one day then gone the next.
On the other hand, my husband is not as lucky as I am. While he does have a permanent FT job, he constantly finds himself saddled with more tasks than one person can get done in a given day. Combine that with a co-worker who believes, in their own twisted little mind, that they are you manager by micro-managing every little task you are given and its enough to make life miserable. A few nights ago, hubby received a call from said person on his work cell with a briefing for the next days tasks. We still do not know what the purpose of the call was, except to be an irritant at a time when you’re supposed to be home relaxing and not thinking about work.
This daily level of frustration has caused me to branch out and look for other money-making opportunities. I have been an Avon rep, I’ve sold on eBay, Amazon and Etsy, and I have also expanded my knowledge in the Internet Marketing realm but the one problem I always run into is I keep spreading myself too thin which results in an overwhelming feeling that paralyzes me from doing anything at all.
In an effort to turn over a new leaf, I made paying down the debt my primary new years resolution. While I have tried to do this many times in the past, I always found myself charging back up the free space that my monthly payments had created. Instead of struggling in this task alone, I finally took it upon myself to download David Ramsey’s Personal Finance Software with the Debt Snowball tool. While I am just starting out, I find that this tool has helped greatly in giving me the direction I so desperately needed when it came to my bills.
But since the future of my job is still so unstable, I realized I still needed to find a way to supplement my income, even if it was something as simple as $20 a week. In order to achieve that goal I realized I needed to take a new approach to marketing my Etsy store. Due to my new years resolution, I could no longer continue on the path of spending money I don’t have just to gain exposure for my shop. After some thought, I realized I could use my Internet Marketing skills to promote my shop. I can only hope that with the right amount of effort, my shop will help to deliver a steady stream of income for years to come.
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