Comments on: Surviving a Second Job: 10 Moonlighting Tips

By: ohToLiveInSanity

ohToLiveInSanity — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:28:21 +0000

while i did not work two jobs, i did work full time & go to school full time for graphic design. my major requires me to spend a little extra time on homework because we have projects to build or create such as a 24″x36″ painting or build a series of packages for advertising assignment. anywho, it was just like a second job to me because of the lack of sleep & the increased stress & number of commitments. let me tell u, i had a saturday class for 3 straight semesters & this class lasted for 5 hours and i just got off work 4 hours before. it was pure hellllllll. but when u have determination u get through it. no matter what. i knew of people who’s schedules were worse & they made it so that helped me to know that. always, always get sleep when u can. skip the facebooking, myspace, surfing the net. skip it & eat or sleep instead. feel like you’re missing out on hanging with friends? if u get a scheduled lunch break: meet a friend somewhere for lunch (or in between classes if your “2nd job” is actually school. have a support system, too. tell people, “hey i have class nearby, can i crash here for a nap so i dont have to drive all the way home & back in an hour?”. hope this helps.

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By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:43:15 +0000

One more tip for choosing a second job… it’s not a bad idea to get something where you have the potential to make new friends. I balanced a record store job with several other full time jobs for some time, and I found that I wanted to hang onto the camaraderie of my co-workers more than I even wanted the money from the job! It was quite a benefit and it meant it felt less like “working” and more like “socializing,” even though I was building up my savings account at the time.

However, I found something that DIDN’T work for me, also. I was a full-time realtor for awhile, and later found a perfect day full-time day job (since I was never terribly fond of real estate) but decided to continue realtoring part-time. It seemed it would be easy–you could just work your network and actually “work” only rarely, when something came up. The drawback was that “things”–which were very stressful and time consuming–had a way of coming up at the worst times, and eating up an entire weekend last-minute. If you’re serious about that kind of second job, you really have to be willing to cancel your weekend plans in favor of your lucrative second job. Plenty of people can do this but it wasn’t for me; I’m glad I no longer have to worry each time my cell phone rings that it’s a work call.