Steemitzombies: Let me Resurrect my Informal Intro Post
So this was my unofficial introduction post in February. If you haven't been following me then well this is your chance to get to know a bit about me.
Post date: 2 months ago
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I just want to resurrect this as a steemitzombies entry because hey, it's an unappreciated post. Haha. And I just want to share my experience too even though it's not all good (?). Work is work. Yeah so enjoy reading!
Link to original post is the title below.
My First Time Working Two Jobs Ever and more! - (MY-NICHE contest entry)
I've never had two official jobs before so when I did it last year boy was it an experience to remember. The jobs I did one after the other was being a seasonal BPO agent (night shift) and a real estate agent (day shift). (This was my not so official introduction here on Steemit.)
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In August of 2017 I was still working as a real estate agent. I did online marketing, flyering, booth manning and other things everyday. However since I have not sold anything at that point, and the allowance was very low from what I was usually getting on other jobs, I decided to have two jobs.
Being a property consultant (for amazing resort-type condo communities) is hard enough, add being a call center agent and voila! Good luck to having any good and quality sleep. Hahaha. dies
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I have been working in the BPO industry for several years before I decided to switch to real estate in Dec 2016 for a new challenge. The opportunity to earn commission on top of helping people acquire a new home or commercial unit is a welcome experience. The call center job was easy peasy at this point because I am used to it but the hardest part of having two jobs is getting enough sleep and scheduling!
Oh dear god, I almost didn't have any social life from having two jobs. I had to schedule everything and I couldn't move freely because of my time constraints. What, I won't be sleeping anymore? Hahaha. Good thing I don't have any kids! It got to the point where I was sleeping anywhere and everywhere I could get the chance to sleep.
On a bus and in jeepneys going home? I'll have my shut eye on the way thank you. Waiting in line at the bank? I'll put on my shades and sleep a bit. Traveling to work? I'll close my eyes to rest. The best part is sleeping in the BPO sleeping quarters. Hahaha. I was officially finally sleeping at my workplace. Wow. That's another first.
I slept at the office quarters because I won't have enough time to sleep and travel to and from my real estate work. After night shift if I had manning scheduled in the day, I would go sleep a few hours then go to man the property site or booth and such. Good thing the sites were all near where I worked night shift, just a few minutes away as opposed to where I live. It takes me an hour or more to get to the sites from where I live and it takes another hour or so too to get from my BPO workplace to our home.
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And the reason I am thankful I could sleep there after a night shift is because they also have a shower room. Oh joy! It's the first call center I worked for that had a shower room, plus a rain style kind of shower head to boot! You know, that big enough square thingy that rains down on you as you take a bath. Who wouldn't like sleeping there after work from both jobs? Of course I also had to bring at least 2 sets of clothes to wear to work.
Anyway during this period, from August 2017 to the first week of January this year, I was still able to do things I didn't think I would. Imagine, I was able to enroll in a new meditation class! Do you think I was getting any sleep at this point? Hahahaha.
I don't do meditation regularly and won't say I am an expert on it but I was curious enough to try a South Korean meditation class for the first time. One day while I was going home after the night shift I saw a bright yellow flyer from a Korean store I usually pass by going to the bus stop home. So I went to where the class is held before going home because it was just within the area and after the intro class decided to sign up for a month because hey, I felt like I needed it.
Having two jobs, one being a stressful and pressure-filled selling job, makes one do such things. It did help me but having enough sleep was more important to me so after a month of doing it, I stopped. It is a time intensive/demanding meditation thus I had to give it up. It also didn't resonate well with me so I didn't feel any big loss over not continuing it.
Aside from that I also joined a Comic Con as a seller for the first time! Omg. Don't ask me if I got late to anywhere okay?
(My pic inside Bayanihan Center during Komikon XIII)
I am a freelance artist so I join bazaars or sell artwork online or at art selling venues whenever I can. I have a degree in Fine Arts too. So there. My, this has become an introduceyourself post hasn't it? Now you know what else I do for a living. Haha.
Honestly I don't know how I survived having two jobs + freelance design work. I had to compromise a lot of things from both jobs and my social life just to be alert and "alive" while I was working. Oh and by the way, I don't drink coffee. All those months I only drank coffee once when I really really needed to be awake.
I rarely drink softdrinks too. Lol.
If I had to do it all over again though, I probably won't. I'll just go back to do freelance designing with my real estate agent job for the meantime. Good thing I saw the My-Niche contest so I can share my story.
How about you? Ever had two jobs at the same time? Do share in the comments if you like.
XOXO,
@artgirl
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@artgirl is a freelance artist and also a sales person. Currently an agent for resort-type condo communities in Metro Manila.
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Hindi ko keri yang ganyan gosh dilikado yan kung nagddrive ka pa ng sariling sasakyan at bigla ka nakaidlip sa antok at pagod. Naalala ko si @sam-muffins
Haha naku shempre ndi ako nagddrive so keribels lang. 😂 Nasanay n yata ako kaya lagi ako ndi natutulog s oras. Awww.
Need to stop the habit omg.
Ahh nice to get to know you at last ;) Seriously though I feel your pain and truth is, it is not just the stress of working two jobs that fatigues you it is the fact that working multiple jobs you don't really like kills you inside.
I am lucky in my life in so much I never really had to work at anything I did not at least find interesting. Sadly not everyone has the same experience.
Glad it is an experience that is in hindsight though.
Thanks for sharing again.
Huh. Well you haven't been reading my old posts maybe. I feel like I have a stalker... Hmmm.
Nay, I am not a stalker. I am just a friendly sort, but I neither pry nor insist and will always give space if needed.
We are both relatively new to the platform so it behooves us to find the best ways of getting to know the people and the platform anyway we can.
Does that sound like a fair deal? :)
Yeah you can do what you like. :)
I tend to anyway... within reason of course. ;)
I missed your intro post the first time around so it was great to read now :) I've done the 2 job tango before and I know it is definitely NOT easy! congrats on all your hard work and nice #steemitzombie!
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Ehehe. Thank you!