Comments on: Needing Advice on Decisions

By: Jendi

Jendi — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:49:50 +0000

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By: Sunny

Sunny — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:40:13 +0000

Another thought is that during the tutoring down time in December is when retail is looking for more part time help…could help in a pinch.

So if you drop everything but freelance and tutoring (and do the holiday retailing)…you said you’d need several months to get the freelance going, so maybe it’d be going better by summer when tutoring slows down again?
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By: Sunny

Sunny — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:32:59 +0000

Hi Kara, I hate that you have to make this decision. I cant say I have any answers. Are you a Tutor 1, 2, or 3? Its nice that they increased our hours now. Is it the scheduling that keeps you from getting better hours? I tutor some in the morning (usually pretty slow = not as much pay) and some in the early afternoon (steady stream of students = more pay). IF (that’s “if”) you keep tutoring, could you schedule all your hours consecutively on 1 or 2 days of the week and leave the rest of the week for freelance or whatever?

I dont know your schedule or how set your freelance hours are. Maybe you could freelance all morning, and if you’re a tutor 2/3, schedule the tutoring from like noon to 6 on three days of the week (one of them on saturday?) and see if you can do the office job 3 days a week for 5 hours a day instead of 3. Then you could do a little more freelance in the evening if you wanted to.

Another thought…do you make more money per hour with the office job or with tutoring? You work 15 hours a week in the office…would it be more pay to tutor the scheduled 18 hours and then float on top of that? I know the problem of seasonal tutor, though. That and they could drop our hours at any time.

It’s hard to know what to do, and with the economy like it is, you may have to bite the bullet and do what it takes to survive for the next several months to a year. Can you sell your home and get something more affordable? I know you’re already frugal.

Also check out some of the freelancing websites (email me if you want specific ones) and do some freelancing that way as well.

((hugs))
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By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:53:59 +0000

I'm still here, and I'm praying for you! I'm kind of stuck between what to do with my freelance business, too, so I totally understand! .-= Katie´s last blog ..The Steps of a Good Man (or a Little Girl) =-.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:17:40 +0000

I'm so glad God protected you in that accident and made it work out for good. I will pray that God makes it very clear to know what direction to take. .-= Dianne´s last blog ..G Tube Surgery =-.

By: Cyndi L.

Cyndi L. — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:40:11 +0000

Hey Kara! I will be praying for you- for God to make your job path clear. My opinion- being very entreprenuerial is for you to free-lance full time. But you have to find a way for that to pay your bills. Market, market, market! .-= Cyndi L.´s last blog ..Book Review: When Love Blooms =-.