My Addiction To Working!
I have an addiction, An Addiction to working. Every time things calm down in my life, I Start to add new projects. While this is getting me closer to all of my goals, it's also causing me a lot of stress. I realize that as one person I can't possibly do all of this, All the time.
Rushing!
One thing that is incredibly time-consuming Is my shirt business.
- Diversifying to a lot of platforms, So I get the best "Bang For My buck." When it comes to designs.
- Uploading the max a day on Merch by Amazon. I'm at the 4,000 tier. So that's 80 a day, Which is BRUTAL.
Sadly, as far as I know, There is no bulk way to upload to all or even the best print on demand sites at once. Which makes it a lot of tedious work hours, Considering I have thousands of designs.
While many other Merch sellers, Spend hours researching And making the designs, I have found my best method, Is to rush through the uploads then adjust as necessary to hit my sales goals. My two employees work hard to keep up with the design count I need; I also have been using outside sources to help me get even more designs. I'm at 2,800 designs now And max out at 4,000. With 80 uploads a day, In about two weeks I'll be maxed out, Which I couldn't be more excited to get a small break.
My Part Time Job
I love my job; It's so fun. I work there because of the workout, But eventually, as the weather gets better, I'll be better off playing outside instead. Plus it makes for Fun Steemit posts!
But it's hard sometimes. Being self-employed can be lonely if you don't push yourself to be out with people on a regular basis.
So working this part-time job has been a blast, But sadly because it's a graveyard shift, I'm stuck having a bizarre and exhausting sleep schedule. Sometimes I really can't decide if the benefits outweigh the bad.
Originally I only was going to work there for a month or two, But it's starting to be long term.
Deep down I know if I stay much longer, I'll be putting my larger goals in life, at risk.
So this year will probably get bizarre when I cut ties with one of my favorite aspects of my day.
Steemit!
A big reason I am excited about the break from my shirt uploading, And leaving my job, Is of course Steemit.
I can't wait to spend even more time on here. And it's my favorite part of a day, is when I'm reading, writing or enjoying posts. And I love all the dimensions Steemit is taking with the Dtube and Steepshot. But it's kind of bad at times because it gives me an excuse to be on Steemit more lol. I'm glad I consider it as part of my job, Which makes it much more "Justifiable" to be on here all day!
You need to cool it! Relax a bit
It's been long I last read your post @kaylinart and it's good reading your post again.
Reading this post I can see that you're a workaholic and you strive to be the best in whatever you're doing even though you sometimes overwork and stress out yourself.
From your merchandise work, the shirt business, part time job and steemit blogging, I must say you're really trying.
Today's post is motivational for me cus it shows me somebody who works really hard and not lazying around at all and it makes me feel like if she can do it then I can
But then, pls try not to over work yourself too much. A little rest and health diet will be good for you too.
Once again, it's nice hearing from you again.
Happy Steeming
Great post like always..From my observation, all workaholics fall into three categories:
I. Those who truly love their jobs ( and never consider retirement )
II. Those who are under tremendous economic pressure ( and have to work hard to pay mortgage/children's tuition/etc. )
III. Those who suffer bad marriages. Usually women.
I also have a similar personality - "the ants in the pants" syndrome where I get nervous if I don't stay busy. It's a double edged sword though - in the same time that it makes me very productive- it also makes it easy for me to over do certain things. Spring will be nice for you. Imagine sitting in the sunshine at a cafe sipping on a Late and working on Steemit - now that's what I call life quality
Right? I have the same feelings exactly! It drives me crazy! Lol.
That definitely is life quality! That would be the the best! But as always it's important to diversify your income.
I agree no matter what it's always good to diversify. I was wondering, it seems that a lot of your work (except for UPS) you could do as long as you have internet connect right ? Doesn't that theoretically mean that you could be anywhere you want and work ? That for me would be the ultimate freedom
You are workaholic ...this is good thing.....Success is no accident....... It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.
Exactly! hehe :) I am. I just need to take breaks more often.
That's awesome though, it's definitely going to pay off for you if it hasn't already. Be sure to take some me time every once in a while to regroup though, you'll come back stronger than before!
I'd love to know what platforms you diversify on, care to elaborate?
It's slowly starting to pay off big time hehe ;)
I need to do that a little more often hehe.
Well with shirt platforms my favorite are Merch By Amazon, Teepublic, Etsy and Redbubble :)
Nice, make that money and set yourself up!
Do you blog anywhere other than steemit?
I recently got in to running but seem to get a bad knee when I do too much... so I need to get that sorted to get the full benefits. And yes, running is absolutely a form or meditation (ideally you would do that too) and I would say more of a mental game than anything. And it's easy to do, no equipment needed etc. I guess it all comes down to the individual and what works for them... but definitely worth a try!
I have been tracking all valuable users' post on Hot & Trending section for a couple of months now but this is the first time I saw your post and the first impression is that there's no bar to learning. You being 24 and me being 37 and still, I have plenty things to learn and know from people like you. Steemit is just because of you guys. Steemit as a platform is so rich and is full of all knowledgeable guys, artists, bloggers, crypto-lovers and the list goes on - they are enriching this community day by day.
I feel myself the luckiest one among many of my haters and friends, family, relatives to have found this as a boon and I won't leave any opportunity to make myself stronger, knowledgeable
I noticed you haven’t posted for a little while. I figured you took a day off or you are up to something big.
Wow you are busy!
yes :) Trying to get caught up on everything! I want to spend more and more time on here hehe.
Yay glad you will be steeming even more in the near future :) you are such a hard worker and it definitely pays off, but I’m glad you will be considering giving yourself a little time off ❤️