To those who follow me on RoyalRoad I am sorry I am so far behind. I hoped that starting writing as a side hustle would go smoother. I tend to get busy with the oddest things or helping my children, leaving me with no energy to think later.
It doesn’t really help that my day job keeps me on call 24/7 so I never know when they are going to need me for hours. That in itself is pretty stressful making me think “If I want to relax I better do it now.“
I guess that is the entire point of my side hustle, though. That is to get to a point where I can just write stories and be happy living off that income. In a way, it is like a mud trap.
Each foot I stick in causes me to sink and the more I struggle the more it pulls me down. I swear if I didn’t have responsibilities I would just left already and started writing full time living off of my savings. Then getting a part-time job to pursue it.
I enjoy my job except for the time it demands. If it was just 40 hours a week 9-5 that would be greeaaatt! But really, it is 9-5 plus 1 or 2 hours whenever we need you and 8 hours on Saturday night. Kinda B.S. To rant just a bit, the account is priced at 5 FTE (Full-time employees.) 2 people retired, and they fired another. When they knew the other two were retiring, they changed my status to exempt so I could no longer claim overtime. Sure they gave me a 1k raise, but an extra 20 hours of work a week is not worth only 1k a year.
TLDR; Sorry for the delay. Don’t give up on me yet and be patient. Being a single parent is hard with a full-time+ job and no handouts. And responsibilities suck.
Regards,
1Crash