Not that anyone really cares.... But I didn't take the 'spectacular' job I was contemplating. After really crunching the numbers, time away from home, wear and tear on the vehicle, it didn't make any sense. The payoff wasn't worth the investment basically.
Besides, someone here in the house, not saying any names.... COUGH>wife is a little spoiled at having me at her beckon call, lol.
So here we are!
It's all good.
Oh yeah, a question: Has anyone else had something that sounded to good to be true and realized otherwise?
ETA: when I said 'not that anyone cares', I didn't mean that in a 'poor me' kinda way, just that I know there wasn't anyone sitting at home wondering... "I wonder if J. took that job he was talking about a couple of weeks ago.." :)
Good for you! I'm glad you were able to make that decision - sometimes money blinds us to reality. :-)
Of course we care, J., we care deeply.
Congrats on your, um....realization?
I've noticed that what looks good, what works for other people, rarely works for me. And so I just keep marchin' to that beat that only I hear.
I think it's called, 'The Power Of Your Own Convictions'.
:)
Tehe.... Glad you chose home/family time (well worth it!)
And for your question my answer is my husbands family (hardy har har).
Sounds like you made an informed decision that works for your family.
Actually, in talking with our CPA yesterday, it did make me wonder about you because I commented on your first post. Thanks to wonderful Self Employment Tax, this is the first year EVER in 25 years that I OWE the IRS. Sucks. So now I have to file my business as an LLC and that is another cost, but, it will help in the future. Congrats on making a good decision...=)
I tried Girl Scout's new "Shout Out" cookies and they turned out to be a bust. Not even crumbled in Blue Bell could save them.
Yeah, when my husband took a great job. We moved for it, then he got laid off only 6 months later. Boy, did that screw us over big time.
I was wondering.
Good for you!
I actually did take a job that was too good to be true!! More money and secretary to the managing partner at a law firm. More prestige! Ha!!! At lunch on that first day, I knew I had made a terrible mistake. I tried to get my old job back but it had been filled already. So, I lasted a few months.
The silver lining in that whole terrible situation is had I not left my original job I don't think I would have gone back to school. I like to look at the big picture because that job was so terrible! Long short there!!
1099 jobs can be tricky. It's a good thing you crunched the numbers before taking the job.
I went through something similar in December, although the position offered to me wasn't a 1099 position.
I had a friend who wanted to get me hired where she works. She told me about the health insurance and benefits, etc. Sounded great! I even did the background check and passed the drug test. However, after looking into things and speaking with HER manager, what she had said wasn't true. She was telling me about how things were structured for HER family size. She wasn't knowlegeable about how things worked for anyone else. The job was even further away than I already commute, and I would have left earlier in the morning and gotten home an hour later than I already did. Her solution for that was for me to stay at her house during the week. Ummm, I have a kid at home.
She got so offended that I had questions and didn't think it would be best for me that she went off on me and told me she'd never speak to me again after all she'd done to help me get the job.
I already have a job. Why would I take a job that would end up making me less money in the long run, not to mention time away from home? It didn't add up for me. If that cost me a friendship, oh well. If someone can't understand doing what's best for my own family, I guess they weren't much of a friend in the first place.
All things considered, I have no regrets.
If you made the best decision for yourself and your family, you did the right thing.
Best wishes.
I care. I like your posts. A lot. :)
