Struggling to find time to make money blogging
I’ve been finding it increasingly difficult to keep this blog updated. It’s ironic because at this time of year (Christmas and New Year), people are supposed to have extended amounts of free time. For me, as a foreigner working for a newspaper in Thailand, it’s been the complete opposite.
Those of you who work from home will be horrified to learn that, yes, I worked all day Christmas Day in my office. I will also be at work the morning of New Year’s Eve and the afternoon of New Year’s Day. Am I to expect double time? Triple time? Nope. I am not being paid anything other than my usual salary and I’m working my fingers to the bone.
I enjoy my job thoroughly, but am giving some serious thought to the idea of taking some time off once my contract runs out. I sincerely doubt I will ever go through with working from home entirely, but the temptation is there.
What’s most important for me at this stage in my life is that I enjoy what I am doing, both in and out of work. For this reason alone, I have cut back on a lot of my freelance and part-time work. I’ve been turning down or passing over paid gigs because when I hit 25 last month, I realized that all I did was work.
Since I cut back on my workload, things have been great. I have more time for my girlfriend, for promoting parties, DJing and just enjoying the time I have. I could stay at home all the time and work myself to death. Sure, I’d make tons of money, but I’d miss out on so much more.
However, with age comes responsibility. I am taking the first steps to buying a house. If I have a mortgage, things will have to change and I will have to focus on work a little more.
I feel like I’m at a crossroads at the moment. Have you ever found yourself in this situation, caught between adulthood and childhood, responsibility and freedom?
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Digg it for goodness sake! Stumble your heart out!
I found a day job a year and a half ago. I got my university (M.Sc) degree two months ago. But none of this events was the end of my childhood. The moment I think my childhood ended was half year ago when I moved from home to live with my fiancee. Until that moment I spent most of the money I earned to buy things I wanted, not the things I need (food, electricity bills and stuff like that). You say:
What do you mean? Is it that the bank won’t lend you the money if you don’t have a day job and earn cash on your own? Or is it because the day job is more “steady” source of money than your own projects?
What I mean is that I wouldn’t be able to slack off on making money, or else I’d lose my house.
Hi Angel – next time you ban my IP, I’d be grateful if you’d let me know why. It took a long time for me to work out considering I didn’t know how to access your blog anonymously.
As for your dilemma – I can vaguely remember being that young.
In the past, I have taken jobs that offered more money and little job satisfaction and if I had to turn back the clock, I would have been much better off doing what I enjoyed most.
I know 6 times your current salary must be tempting, but you might find yourself making much more in a few years time if you continue to do what you love doing most.
Do you absolutely have to buy a house now? It’s nice to own your own home, but not if you become a prisoner in it because finances are tight. And you are still very young.
Are you planning to buy a house in Thailand? If you are I would suggest you tread very carefully. As a fellow foreigner, we cannot own the land the house is built on, so your girlfriend would need to own the land and you can own the house. If you 2 were to break up, things could get very messy.
Your IP isn’t banned.
Patiently waiting to see how you’re doing…
I’m doing OK just using my time on other online projects.
Keep writing content. Don’t slack.
What other online projects??