That’s completely understandable, but I work from home. I don’t get “alone time” at the office, nor do I get to escape from work at home. I started doing b2b work but the problem is that once you get paid for every single hour you work, it gets harder to say no to extra work.
It’s all for them though. There’s still over a decade till the oldest is old enough to move out and by then I’d like to own at least one home per child so they don’t have to feel like slaves like I did in my first crappy job living in my first rental apartment. Of course I’ll have to figure out how to raise them in such a manner that they won’t take everything for granted. I know I would’ve squandered any windfall when I was 20.
Heh - I also work from home and don’t get alone time (now that they’ve moved in with me), but I very much prefer my family to my co-workers. What is B2B work?
I did work a job where I got no PTO but also no penalty for time off. I know the “if I’m not working I’m not making money” struggle. It sucks and, in retrospect, seems like a scam.
I’ve also made investment accounts for my kid, though I only have the one. Teaching them to appreciate it is definitely important to me, but their world will be so different from my own at that age, if it’s even functional, that I haven’t put too much thought into it yet. At this juncture I think they barely know what money is.
Also, nothing I said was meant to be judgemental. I recently said, in another post, that every parent needs a break sometimes. No criticism to you for wanting time off; though I did miss my kid last time I had some, I was grateful for the period of relaxation I had.
Business to business. Instead of having fixed hours and an employment contract, I bill out the hours as a business and then pay my own salary. Comes with tax benefits if you’re savvy and flexibility that can bite you in the ass or be great.
That’s completely understandable, but I work from home. I don’t get “alone time” at the office, nor do I get to escape from work at home. I started doing b2b work but the problem is that once you get paid for every single hour you work, it gets harder to say no to extra work.
It’s all for them though. There’s still over a decade till the oldest is old enough to move out and by then I’d like to own at least one home per child so they don’t have to feel like slaves like I did in my first crappy job living in my first rental apartment. Of course I’ll have to figure out how to raise them in such a manner that they won’t take everything for granted. I know I would’ve squandered any windfall when I was 20.
Heh - I also work from home and don’t get alone time (now that they’ve moved in with me), but I very much prefer my family to my co-workers. What is B2B work?
I did work a job where I got no PTO but also no penalty for time off. I know the “if I’m not working I’m not making money” struggle. It sucks and, in retrospect, seems like a scam.
I’ve also made investment accounts for my kid, though I only have the one. Teaching them to appreciate it is definitely important to me, but their world will be so different from my own at that age, if it’s even functional, that I haven’t put too much thought into it yet. At this juncture I think they barely know what money is.
Also, nothing I said was meant to be judgemental. I recently said, in another post, that every parent needs a break sometimes. No criticism to you for wanting time off; though I did miss my kid last time I had some, I was grateful for the period of relaxation I had.
Business to business. Instead of having fixed hours and an employment contract, I bill out the hours as a business and then pay my own salary. Comes with tax benefits if you’re savvy and flexibility that can bite you in the ass or be great.
Gotcha, thank you for the answer. A long time ago, someone recommended that I do that, but I never pursued it.