Lately I've been wishing there was a forum on Mothering for unjobbers to share their tips, support, encouragement, etc. However, the next best thing is a tribe. So here we go!
I've been inching closer to the unjobbing route ever since last fall when I became incredibly burnt out on our current work. We work at home building websites, designing graphics, etc, etc. And it just isn't what it should be. The things people expect us to do alongside what they pay us to do is a little ridiculous. It's been a discouragement. And instead of it being the fun that it used to be of us running our own business, working from home, etc it is a miserable burden. Having a "9-5" cubicle job wouldn't feel much different at this point. It has literally sucked the life from me.
We are moving towards having different sources of income instead of just the one so that we do not have to rely solely on it. For starters we're making stuff to sell and there is so much fulfillment in that. More than I've felt in years.
And the less money we need the more freedom we have/the less we are controlled. For years we've been fairly efficient when it comes to buying as many things second hand as possible, being resourceful, sparing our resources, etc. So we've already got that down pretty well and continue to improve upon it. We've also (finally) started a garden and I'm sure that will help too.
The quality time we again have to take care of/enjoy our own life instead of dealing with petty, meaningless problems has been very rewarding. It has had me thinking, "so this is what life was meant to be like". And even then I feel that we are still miles away from being close to what life was intended to be.
But we're getting there.
Does anyone else have an unjobbing story to share? I'd love to hear it.
I've been inching closer to the unjobbing route ever since last fall when I became incredibly burnt out on our current work. We work at home building websites, designing graphics, etc, etc. And it just isn't what it should be. The things people expect us to do alongside what they pay us to do is a little ridiculous. It's been a discouragement. And instead of it being the fun that it used to be of us running our own business, working from home, etc it is a miserable burden. Having a "9-5" cubicle job wouldn't feel much different at this point. It has literally sucked the life from me.
We are moving towards having different sources of income instead of just the one so that we do not have to rely solely on it. For starters we're making stuff to sell and there is so much fulfillment in that. More than I've felt in years.
And the less money we need the more freedom we have/the less we are controlled. For years we've been fairly efficient when it comes to buying as many things second hand as possible, being resourceful, sparing our resources, etc. So we've already got that down pretty well and continue to improve upon it. We've also (finally) started a garden and I'm sure that will help too.
The quality time we again have to take care of/enjoy our own life instead of dealing with petty, meaningless problems has been very rewarding. It has had me thinking, "so this is what life was meant to be like". And even then I feel that we are still miles away from being close to what life was intended to be.
But we're getting there.
Does anyone else have an unjobbing story to share? I'd love to hear it.
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