My 'work from home infomercial phone order taker' job is still what I am doing today. And I no longer hate it. It is important to note I have not taken a infomercial phone order call since September. Could that be why I no longer hate my job? Maybe. But realistically, I've learned to adjust my expectations not only for the job but for me. I've also begun to diversify and know I will never allow myself to be stuck in a position of relying on one source of income.
Am I back to the income level I earned as a real estate agent? Not hardly. I'm not sure I will ever be at that level again but I've come to terms with it and am slowly but surely changing my life habits to adjust to the much reduced income. Don't get me wrong, I am terribly unhappy with the amount of money I am making and I am barely covering the bills but I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel and I do believe I will eventually come through this.
About the job. While I keep calling it a job I am technically self-employed. Back in August the company I contract with offered me the opportunity to start on a new project. I jumped at the chance. Since then, I went through a certification program and have been doing consulting work as a contractor for a very large Internet site. I spend my day discussing business strategies with Internet entrepreneurs. I love what I do. It makes me think, allows me to 'meet' new people and gives me the opportunity to not have to be bound to a script selling infomercial products.
The infomercial calls will always be there if I need them. As I've said in the past, the pay is decent. I know now that had I dismissed the infomercial calls as boring, below me, or pedestrian, I would never have been offered the project I now so enjoy. Sometimes you have to do things you dislike to get something better.
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