Taking on extra jobs

Increasing the snowball.

Today I accepted the seasonal position I had previously written about. It was actually a job I worked last Summer but was on the fence about doing again this year. Not because we don’t need the money, because we mostly certainly do! I simply needed to be smarter when it came to negotiating the position. This year I said no to being on salary and also when presented with the hourly wage, held my ground for more. I also wanted to have some regular hours rather than just being on call. While in the end I won’t necessarily make more money from this job for the season, I will be working a lot less hours. Less hours at the seasonal job means that my regular part time job and also my growing business, won’t be negatively effected as they were last year. Since we have been managing for the past 6 months without the pay from this seasonal job, it will all be applied to our snowball.

My husband is also doing his part. While he can’t take on another job, he has managed to take on some extra work within the company he works for.  I’m proud of him as he already works a crazy amount of hours.

One thing life has taught me is that while it can be extremely easy to make up a million reasons why you can’t earn more, there are usually ways that you actually can do so. There are times you may just need to get a little creative. For me I faced the issue of not being able to be away from home for extended periods of time. Not because I’m not capable, but as I’ve mentioned before, our senior dogs with senior bladders can no longer handle me being away for extended periods of time. Finding an extra job I can primarily do from home was the perfect solution.

Have you ever thought about what you could do to increase your snowball?  While working an extra job or extra hours (especially at this stage in life!) is seldom fun, remember that it doesn’t need to be forever!  And that is exactly what keeps me going!