Hey all,
I’m a bit lost at this moment in life. I read MFL and Unscripted towards the end of last year and many things resonated with me. I have been a freelancer for my entire career, and after about 5yrs of working in an office I created a pathway to be able to work from home which allowed me to expand my client base and also work on multiple projects at one time.
I work in hollywood in the film industry. I am a union worker. Half of my income is from W2 union work and the other half is from self employed 1099. I keep my union gig as sorta my 9-5 if you will, however that work only takes me about 3-4 hrs per day. So I’m always hustling for 1099 work on the side to bring in more income.
My goal in life has always been to not work for someone else. Not be tied to an external income source. I think my family and friends always thought I was crazy, but I knew there had to be another way. After reading MFL I knew I could never go back to what I’de been before and continue pursue my time for money.
My career has been very successful, and make good money working for some of the largest film studios, and I make a decent amount doing my own thing on the side. Yet here I am. Struggling. They say when it rains it pours and for me that is true. However I cannot get over the fact that I allowed myself to be in this situation to begin with. It shouldn’t matter how much it rains, I should have been prepared.
I am currently going through so major personal life changes which has caused me to move out of my home that I own. So now I am renting an apartment, and paying for my mortgage. Add in this COVID drama and now I am out of work and will be for probably at least the next 6 months if things returned to normal tomorrow. I have put my house on the market to sell, so that will be a big weight lifted off my shoulders. In the meantime I am working on a course in my area of expertise and I am trying to work with a few colleges to implement this course into part of their curriculum. This is not my long term plan, this is just an effort to start some stream of income that will be additional to my slow lane job. I also just started a 3D home tour business and I have that up and running as well. I just need to get my advertising squared away. I own 1 duplex in another state, and my goal is to expand more into real estate in the future.
My problem is I am just lost right now on what direction to go, or how to even go there; professionally. I See many of you involved in marketing, copywriting, sales, web design, ect and I know nothing about any of these things for the most part. My career is very specialized and this CORNA virus has been a huge smack in the face for me as all of my income is directly tied to someone else and I am so specialized in what I do that I cannot expand very easily. I’m kicking myself for ever being so blind as to allow this to happen. I keep seeing the word “value” pop up, and so that is what I’ve been searching for. How can I add value. I know no one can tell me how to add value and thats not even what I’m asking. I’m just not sure where to go. I’ve never felt this lost in my professional life before. It’s a very uneasy time. Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
I apologize for the long, rather vague post.
Josh
I’m a bit lost at this moment in life. I read MFL and Unscripted towards the end of last year and many things resonated with me. I have been a freelancer for my entire career, and after about 5yrs of working in an office I created a pathway to be able to work from home which allowed me to expand my client base and also work on multiple projects at one time.
I work in hollywood in the film industry. I am a union worker. Half of my income is from W2 union work and the other half is from self employed 1099. I keep my union gig as sorta my 9-5 if you will, however that work only takes me about 3-4 hrs per day. So I’m always hustling for 1099 work on the side to bring in more income.
My goal in life has always been to not work for someone else. Not be tied to an external income source. I think my family and friends always thought I was crazy, but I knew there had to be another way. After reading MFL I knew I could never go back to what I’de been before and continue pursue my time for money.
My career has been very successful, and make good money working for some of the largest film studios, and I make a decent amount doing my own thing on the side. Yet here I am. Struggling. They say when it rains it pours and for me that is true. However I cannot get over the fact that I allowed myself to be in this situation to begin with. It shouldn’t matter how much it rains, I should have been prepared.
I am currently going through so major personal life changes which has caused me to move out of my home that I own. So now I am renting an apartment, and paying for my mortgage. Add in this COVID drama and now I am out of work and will be for probably at least the next 6 months if things returned to normal tomorrow. I have put my house on the market to sell, so that will be a big weight lifted off my shoulders. In the meantime I am working on a course in my area of expertise and I am trying to work with a few colleges to implement this course into part of their curriculum. This is not my long term plan, this is just an effort to start some stream of income that will be additional to my slow lane job. I also just started a 3D home tour business and I have that up and running as well. I just need to get my advertising squared away. I own 1 duplex in another state, and my goal is to expand more into real estate in the future.
My problem is I am just lost right now on what direction to go, or how to even go there; professionally. I See many of you involved in marketing, copywriting, sales, web design, ect and I know nothing about any of these things for the most part. My career is very specialized and this CORNA virus has been a huge smack in the face for me as all of my income is directly tied to someone else and I am so specialized in what I do that I cannot expand very easily. I’m kicking myself for ever being so blind as to allow this to happen. I keep seeing the word “value” pop up, and so that is what I’ve been searching for. How can I add value. I know no one can tell me how to add value and thats not even what I’m asking. I’m just not sure where to go. I’ve never felt this lost in my professional life before. It’s a very uneasy time. Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
I apologize for the long, rather vague post.
Josh
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