My income varies so wildly that I can earn $15k one month and $1k the next. I have multiple projects and sometimes a product goes viral and does really well.
Due to how my income goes up and down constantly, I generally just feel poor and in constant struggle mode.
The project I’m most passionate about also does the least well financially. I’m not super ambitious, I started my company to try to make a difference. I’m thinking of getting a job again after 8 years of being self-employed.
Anyone relate?
I married a more risk averse woman.
We worked while she got a degree. Once she landed a great job I focused on making my own businesses while keeping my wage job.
The first month my business paid as much as my wage job I quit my job immediately and focused on my business.
Ups and downs for a while, but we were very comfy with her job. Then my job hit the jackpot during COVID and I made more in 2 years than she will in 15 at her STEM career.
Now I make less per year than when I had my job, but I saved up and I’m still paying half of all the bills while I look for the next thing.