I'm on week 14 of working a full-time job doing essential services government contracting (fully remote though for a friends company), 15-20 hours a week managing the finances of a startup radio station (as an executive staff of the nonprofit station and partial owner of the s-corp that runs the commercial station), and 10+ hours a week running my own business.
And I need to figure out how to not die from the stress. I can't handle these kind of hours and stress; I'm not 25 anymore. What is the secret?
Some context:
My own business was previously my full time gig, a bootstrapped operation with just a few contractors. The demand for the content (personal finance media) has gone up in the current economic crisis and I'm doing my best to SERVE my audience, but about half my revenue is gone - retail sales of books and stickers and speaking fees. That means I'm breaking even on my own business, and taking no salary from it, just paying contractors and overhead. Luckily I have two other jobs paying my bills.
And...well...I just can't do this anymore. I'm falling apart. I can't stay focused on anything, really. My performance has gone down at all my gigs. My health is suffering.
My coping mechanisms (a bike commute and ~1 hour of figure skating a day) are gone.
The stress is higher than ever- our revenue is down at the radio station as underwriters have to pause, I've applied for so many loans and grants (no PPP yet...) and I had to lay off two staff members. But we still have to operate 24/7 as a radio signal. The plan was to bring me up to full-time last month so I could stop working my other job, but we don't have the finances to do that now.
I have a disease that is exacerbated by stress, and it's also 99% dormant for me by treatment with an immunosuppressant- but that immunosuppressant means I'm not sure I'm going to be able to travel again or even go into the office or studio or go skating for another 6-9+ months. Immunosuppressed people are the last to be allowed to reintegrate.
I don't know what to do. Quitting my job at the radio station would be the "obvious" solution, but it is the thing I like doing the most, am the best at, and the area with the most entrepreneurial. It supports my own business. But it is the biggest uncertainty. My "day job" is rather stable as it is part of government contracting. But as we know - slowlane is a false feeling of stability.
How do people work these many hours? What can I do? What would you do?
extra: My liquid cash emergency fund right now is only equivalent to about 10 months of my average expenses, though my expenses should stay roughly steady through the end of the year (locked in rental contract, health insurance locked in and out of pocket maximum met).
And I need to figure out how to not die from the stress. I can't handle these kind of hours and stress; I'm not 25 anymore. What is the secret?
Some context:
My own business was previously my full time gig, a bootstrapped operation with just a few contractors. The demand for the content (personal finance media) has gone up in the current economic crisis and I'm doing my best to SERVE my audience, but about half my revenue is gone - retail sales of books and stickers and speaking fees. That means I'm breaking even on my own business, and taking no salary from it, just paying contractors and overhead. Luckily I have two other jobs paying my bills.
And...well...I just can't do this anymore. I'm falling apart. I can't stay focused on anything, really. My performance has gone down at all my gigs. My health is suffering.
My coping mechanisms (a bike commute and ~1 hour of figure skating a day) are gone.
The stress is higher than ever- our revenue is down at the radio station as underwriters have to pause, I've applied for so many loans and grants (no PPP yet...) and I had to lay off two staff members. But we still have to operate 24/7 as a radio signal. The plan was to bring me up to full-time last month so I could stop working my other job, but we don't have the finances to do that now.
I have a disease that is exacerbated by stress, and it's also 99% dormant for me by treatment with an immunosuppressant- but that immunosuppressant means I'm not sure I'm going to be able to travel again or even go into the office or studio or go skating for another 6-9+ months. Immunosuppressed people are the last to be allowed to reintegrate.
I don't know what to do. Quitting my job at the radio station would be the "obvious" solution, but it is the thing I like doing the most, am the best at, and the area with the most entrepreneurial. It supports my own business. But it is the biggest uncertainty. My "day job" is rather stable as it is part of government contracting. But as we know - slowlane is a false feeling of stability.
How do people work these many hours? What can I do? What would you do?
extra: My liquid cash emergency fund right now is only equivalent to about 10 months of my average expenses, though my expenses should stay roughly steady through the end of the year (locked in rental contract, health insurance locked in and out of pocket maximum met).
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