I've been thinking about work and moving. Even though I'm working basically 100% remote, it's still not guaranteed that I can keep my job when I move out of state. Even if I can keep it, my workload has increased to impossible levels and I'm burning out regularly, so not sure if I even want to keep it.
Have been seriously contemplating if I just want to ditch healthcare entirely and open a specialty tea and coffee roasting business.
@CarrieLikesCoffee I understand! Mine would be a little tea cafe with a resident cat and a shelf or 2 of local crafty items. I’m ditching corporate life early without a plan (51 work days left & counting) and I’m not sure I can open a business but I’m giving myself the space to decide where I want to go. I’m absolutely positive that I no longer want to be an accountant.
@Yarnchick We're planning to move to an area with a lot of local artists, so I had a similar thought of dedicating part a of shop to local artisans or hosting art and craft events.
Also considered opening a books, gifts, and crafting shop so I could have a shop cat.
Another thing I was considering (while figuring out the rest) is to do something with all the technical skills I've picked up from my job. It's amazing how many people need help with just basic things in Excel or PowerPoint.
@CarrieLikesCoffee @Yarnchick I've heard mixed opinions and varied success on this, albeit from from voice-overs, but would something like Fiver or equivalent be somewhere to offer your Excel/PowerPoint skills?
@Clavius_42 @Yarnchick I've thought about Fiver, but also heard that the $$ is often not enough for the amount of work and for what people expect you to do.
The other thing I've thought about is doing freelance office assistant type work. Sometimes people just need someone to do a couple of hours of work and it's cheaper for them to pay a freelancer when they need to rather than hire someone
@CarrieLikesCoffee you have a lot of good ideas going there and you’ll figure out what works best for you😊 Having that interim plan to transition will help immensely with day to day expenses.