Mixed Feelings About Life As I Live It

[Alison] I found out last week that I am being offered more hours at work until the end of the year, and I confess to mixed feelings about the change. It's not about the proofreading work. I know the client's account and can provide backup to the team very well. It's this dream I have about financial freedom. On the one hand, with a lot of my money tied up in houses, I have been struggling financially and have less reserves than I did before. When I began learning and investing in real estate, I was working 40 hours a week so that paid the bills. Rents from my Syracuse houses were extra cash.

Then, as there was less work, I became very involved in the NYC and Big Apple REIAs, and began intensive learning from real estate gurus on different topics, traveling around the country. I noticed I became less effective as I had more time to pursue the real estate and my work-from-home tasks expanded to fill the time. I also wasn't particularly good at keeping the work promises I made to myself. So much else to do at home...

Going back to four (sometimes five) days a week, I will be forced to prioritize my time more tightly. Already, I see a difference in my effectiveness by having accountability partners (four individuals and my entrepreneur women's group). I thought I needed more than one (ha! ha! ha!) To report in weekly on the achievement of, or gap between, my goals and dreams and my actions, brings added commitment and passion to my vision. Oh, they also have my permission to kick my a** if I don't show forward progress, even if it's like a crab (one step forward, two steps back, three steps forward). Mistakes are fine in my world, especially new ones, because they mean action, stretching myself, boldness. I'll still get it done and reach my dreams, more financial resources and time, a louder voice in the world. Onward and upward...