Due to life happening at the speed of life, it has been awhile since I’ve made any status updates. Let’s dive right in shall we.
Jobs
- The day job
- The other day job
- The other, other day job
That list looks a bit confusing I know, let me explain. While I am still doing freelance IT work, I took over the day to day operations of two other businesses. If you’re keeping score at home, that’s three businesses to run. Three sets of books to keep track of. So many bank accounts.
The freelance IT work is still the largest income stream. As mentioned in a previous post though, that income can vary pretty wildly. Last year I was working as a delivery driver to try and smooth out some of the valleys in the income graph. Last fall I started another business for managing the day-to-day operations of other people’s businesses. While this does cut into the IT work a bit, it’s a fairly steady stream of income that helps so much with keeping a budget. This would be the other day job. I know the list above has a third entry of the other, other day job, but really that’s just the third business that my second business manages. Confusing? I know.
Other Streams
I mentioned in this post that I was also putting a significant portion of my income into the market. Turns out, that was unsustainable. I made it until about September until I had to start pulling money back out to cover bills. I would love to be able to get back to a point where I can put that much into the market, but first I think I’m going to need a hefty cushion in savings to really start hammering at that again.
As it currently stands I am holding stock in two companies and one bond backed security. My average dividend peprcentage is currently sitting a little north of 15%, so hopefully in time this will pay off.
Building streams 