I’ll admit, I’m not great with social media. I quite often forget to make regular updates or hold onto the “I’ll do it when I reach ‘X goal marker’,” which I often don’t get to. And then of course there’s the vicious cycle of “no one’s looking at this anyways, you’re talking to nobody” but because you don’t update, the algorithms don’t show you to anyone. Next thing I know, more than a year has passed since I last thought to even open the site. So I’m going to give a quick update that no one asked for.
I have spent way too much money on plants that I kill, and then more money replacing them. I’m getting better though. I think. I have made some slight changes to the house, but honestly…I’m way behind on the regular maintenance and the required updates. I did manage to do a little painting and a little cleanup. Not nearly enough. I refinanced the house to pull some equity for plumbing upgrades and bathroom renovations. I then quit my job immediately and thought now is the perfect time to work on my businesses!
*Spoiler, it’s been several months and I’ve just been burning through the money that was specifically for the VERY necessary plumbing repairs. Also, this is like a secret to everyone in my life. They all think that I’m just “working from home” for the toxic job because they’re not always the most supportive…and I get it…but I also really hate working in an office for a bunch of rich bastards.
But this lack of growth in my hustles makes me wonder if I’m just a wheel-spinner; never meant to do more than spin my wheels on any project I pick up. It feels like there are always a few elements vital to completing it that are just out of reach for me, and remain out of reach almost indefinitely. Sure, I made the conscious choice to quit my job and focus on my own hustles. I felt very confident that this would be the perfect time and opportunity to move forward on them with success. But on the wheels spin; picking up and dropping projects to try and find something…anything that generates the income I need and keeps me from having to go back to an office.
I won’t bore the void with all of the details of how nothing has been working. Those won’t be fun to hear until I’m filthy rich and then it’s a great “boostraps” story. What I will say, I’m going to expand some aspects of my hustles that I had planned on taking up at a later point. Hopefully, I can stop spinning the wheels and finally get back on the road.
