by Hope
Happy New Years Eve, BAD Community!
Going into 2025 with a lot of insecurity as far as work goes. On December 19th, my full time client once again changed his mind as far as the full time role goes. And frankly, the roller coaster of his commitment and backing off has worn me out. He’s offered me some part time work for January. But I’m just not sure I trust him to pay me at this point.
However, I did secure health and dental insurance for myself and my younger two children – Beauty and Gymnast. Woot, woot! I appreciate everyone’s input, specifically the link to the Georgia Access site.
Monthly cost: $84 for now with my variable income being cut so drastically.
Coverage starts tomorrow. And I will be working on finding providers and setting up preventative care appointments.
I wrote last summer about habit stacking. With some down time going into the new year, I am planning to pick back up my self work – a new counselor, a new calendar to keep me on track, and the open-ness to accept whatever comes for me in the new year.
It’s taken me a long time to realize that I cannot plan for “work” – it comes and goes, both as a contractor and employee, but I can plan for the in-between, the improvement of myself, and how I handle the challenges.
My self worth should not, cannot, and will not be tied to my work. My identity can no longer be wrapped up in being a mom now that my kids are grown and on their own.
2025 is going to be the year of reinvention for me. Time to shed the old and embrace the new…whatever that might be.
Hope is a creative, solutions-focused business manager helping clients grow their business and work more efficiently by leveraging expertise in project management, digital marketing, & tech solutions. She’s recently become an empty nester as her 5 foster/adoptive kids have spread their wings. She lives with her 3 dogs in a small town in NE Georgia and prefers the mountains to the beaches any day. She struggles with the travel bug and is doing her best to help each of her kids as their finish schooling and become independent (but it’s hard!) She has run her own consulting company for almost twenty years! Hope began sharing her journey with the BAD community in the Spring of 2015 and feels like she has finally in a place to really focus on making wise financial decisions.
