Anyone not having a stable job...how do you handle it psychologically?

Trying to make it as a visual artist is difficult...there are months where i am okay and then months where I barely make it. And it's not that I'm a big spender... The psychological ups and downs that come with this instability and insecurity is something serious really. There comes days where i think life would be so much easier if I had a regular job....

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Nebula · 41-45, F

Maybe you could find some sort of passive income to help you feel more stable.

being · 36-40, F

@Nebula do you have any idea how though?

Nebula · 41-45, F

@being investments are one way

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

@being do you have any talents you can exploit? What resources do you have? One thing I do is flip furniture because one of my resources is people throwing away free non broken furniture

ABCDEF7 · M

If you can get something like, regular clients or like long term contracts, there will be some element of instability that can concern you. For me, when I got opportunity, I switched to regular job. In my domain there are ways where you can people subscribe to your services, that can also give you sense of some security. If I ever looses the job, I will be trying that.

What I feel is that you have to be more enthusiastic, in a way aggressive towards the growth of your business, and try to build some assets to ensure some passive income.

Best Wishes :)

being · 36-40, F

@ABCDEF7 yes, i might need to get more enthusiastic/aggressive for sometime, i get that and i am for once willing to do it!

ABCDEF7 · M

@being All the Best !!

TryingtoLava

Regular jobs arnt for peeps like us missy <3

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being · 36-40, F

@assemblingaknob your last sentence is incredibly spot on 🤗

assemblingaknob · 26-30, F

@being I really don't want you to feel discouraged just because you don't work a conventional job. But yeah passive income is important. I'm saving up for passive income too do that a few years down the line I can invest in real estate. Some banks also offer saving accounts that use your money for businesses and add a certain percentage of their profit to your account because technically you're an investor. So yeah you gotta look into your options and I hope we can make it through.

being · 36-40, F

@assemblingaknob well it's not that we have many options 😂 but thanks for insisting, i need to look into that some time now.....

assemblingaknob · 26-30, F

Passive income.
But I'm not an expert at investing. So....you gotta do some research but side income is very important. You'd feel the same with a regular job btw because now 1 source of income will not leave you with clothes on your back.

Timeforsun · 51-55, F

I have a regular job and to be honest with you, I have times of stressful instability where I just don't know how secure my job actually is. At times, I'm riding an emotional rollercoaster.

being · 36-40, F

@Timeforsun thank you....it helps me with the perspective.. for sure there are stressful moments anywhere.
But then again.. it's a bit more relaxed knowing the paycheck isn't for the next xxx months but just for this current one...ugh

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

Okay technically my job isn’t super stable because my money isn’t guaranteed. I make it because I have a savings I created by doing the 20/30/50 rule

SW-User

Sold the business and re trained

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