In 2020 I received a windfall of around $100,000. I invested and set money aside to live on if I happened to lose my job. That same year I opened my own business, and in the end we had to shut down in 2022 because Covid destroyed our business model. I have money to live off of, but obviously I don't want to do that.
I went back to a previous employer that had said a while ago “If you need a weekend thing or something park time I got you!”. I went there to get a weekend thing to accompany my freelance video editing, digital media, and streaming that I am primarily working on currently.
I was met with “You can work 7 days a week, open availability right?”.
It's funny how businesses 2 years ago were like “Nope can't give you 40 hrs a week.” and now that people want to work part time and have a work life balance they're like “Nope can't do less than 40 hrs a week.”.
Burn it down man.