Hey everyone! reviving this topic because I can really use it. I was scared before, of failure, but I am not anymore.
I really need to figure something out STAT. Nothing compares to the fear of being evicted in a foreign country even if you have friends. (when your closest family is 7h away by bus you can't pay for because you're starving).
There is another community I shared this online and got shredded of how I should do something certain- like Uber eats or sell plasma and relying on things like art comissions is irresponsible. I don't live in the States but in a 'third-world' country. Plasma isn't paid. Blood isn't paid. I don't own car or drivers license. I used to clean apartments but I have sciatica from the combination of that and lockdown in 2020- so still wondering about that. There was chance of cleaning 4h daily in my city- I don't my back can handle that after my depression spell, I barely walked to the store today.
So to quote Station 19, there are no sane options here,
I have a client which as we saw can be great or awful. If all goes well with her I get enough for my landlord and bills. I have mini payment that covers food if I'm scrappy. My bus is now paid til 26th, as well as my phone. I want to try to make 1000$ extra just in case -once upon a time that seemed a big sum but not so much now.
The PLAN:
-100$ from Humanatic and mini gigs
-200$ from art (mini 10$ commissions on reddit, facebook, else?) + etsy store with printable collage sheets, planner printables promoted with blog, youtube, insta, making hand-drawn cards and bookmarks of my city and promoting on local tourist facebook group and my ballet studio(there with ballet theme obviously)
-300$- direct virtual assistant clients (transcription, calendar, blog, newsletter management etc. Possibly paid by hour packages or biweekly, found on Elance, Freelancer, Facebook groups. Hopefully.
-200$ more- not a clue ????
Any ideas more? Additional sites? Opinions on the plan?
To be fair, last time I did an art commission was a year ago, last time I drew few months ago. Trying to sell jewelry and planner keychains on Etsy would have been easier, but I have nothing to invest, that's what it is. Neither have I consistently do all those things while working on my main client work( I can do that 4h/day, last time I needed 10h/day so that I can catch up from my depression breakdown)- so I can spend 4-5 h daily on the above mentioned things.
I know it would be easier if it was only one thing specifically, but none of these is developed so I feel uncertain putting all my eggs in one basket.
I mean maybe I try and I crash grandiously but my client pays me and I'm still fine. Maybe I'm not fine at all, but I have given this everything I've got,
Really, what else is there? I will also dedicate 3 mornings few hours for looking for local non-cleaning jobs that I can get, but I wouldn't expect first pay on time if I do get something- most jobs here pay monthly. And I need to have 1000$ made next month to pay everything before the month ends, If everything in this plans works- I would have made 2000$... so is it really this crazy to try?
