Nov 02 2008
Do what you Love
During the day I normally work as a Tucson civil designer and then come home, take a break. Once the kids are in bed I begin my marketing strategies, seo research, content creation and other tasks for a few websites I run. Some nights run into late hours, this is sometimes what it takes to get ahead in life. I am also about a month away from earning my Insurance property and casualty liscense, another field I continue transitioning toward online and offline. Between the few projects I work on, I feel it is time to move from doing this in the evenings and weekends to working on these projects full-time. I have a wife and kids so I feel it’s important to completely share the time in the evening and weekends with them.
With this in mind I let my employer know I was going part-time starting asap. He was surprised to find this out. He’s the type of boss who expects you to only work for him because he fears that splitting one’s focus between jobs will effect performance. I’ve been doing this for years. Seeing that he was surprised and that I’ve survived two huge layoffs proves I do my job the way he expects me too. The question I have is, “what effects a person’s focus more?, a second job or figuring out a way to support their family’s financial needs”. A few years ago before I began earning a second income online, I remember when this was an issue. That is what brought me into the world of marketing in the first place. In the beginning there was a drop ship company.
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Last week I found an office space rental and set up to rent it for a full year. My temporary schedule will be set to where I will be working five hour mornings at the design office and the rest of the day in the new office until the end of the day. This will go on hopefully for no longer than six months until I feel comfortable to fully break off into my own full time business. If my current employer does decide to let me go, I have already planned for this by saving backup funds as well as building other part-time career connections. Just like chess, the better you plan your moves, the better the outcome.
