“This is going to be fun!” declared little Isabella.
Some conversations lead to paid work, others lead to clarification. I’ve been tutoring with Tutor Doctor Calgary, and they recently advertised for an educational consultant/office assistant. So yesterday I chatted about the possibilities with Ollie and realized that the consulting work would be more of what I’m doing with the books and music: sales, bookings, customer care, etc. If I’m going to take another job, I’d like it to be something more predictable, something where I basically show up and do what someone asks me to do—and something more cohesive and stable than tutoring, which involves going from house to house. I like the Tutor Doctor philosophy of house calls, but I can’t commit to more of it right now. That said, I will probably contract to give them some admin support in the near future.
As long as I’m freelancing and networking, instead of learning a new system, I will keep growing with what I know: the books and music.
That said, I have found some work that I can (mostly) just show up for: teaching music for Keys to Music. Isabella is one of my new students and she’s right: this is going to will be fun!
p.s. Karen Greenstreet says self-employment is “the best lifestyle I know.” Then she qualifies that statement: “But it is hard work, plain and simple.” It’s The Hardest Way to Make Easy Money.
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