As a call center agent, I’d normally be very aggravated over the low call volume experienced this week. I took Memorial Day Monday off because I’m a good boss to myself. I continued being good to myself by not setting an alarm to sound at 6:15, so I could rush through the morning routine in order to plant myself at my desk as close to 7 AM as possible.
Instead, I got my rest, woke up refreshed, and progressed through my morning routine unhurried, but also not taking my sweet time. That only took a few minutes longer for all the running around I used to do, thinking I was saving so much time.
I’d long ago adopted the habit of reading a variety of things in between calls, but for this week, partially inspired by the slowdown, I began watching educational videos about real estate investment in between calls.
Talk about being even more efficient with my time! Stopping and starting a video between calls. I previously thought that experience would be maddening. I couldn’t do it for Netflix binge-watching; however, this worked pretty well for educational videos, which I stop and start anyway to take notes.
Another beautiful thing was, while I took notes, I fantasized about one day setting up passive income through real estate investments. No more trading time for money!
A year ago, I stated I was living happily ever after since I worked from home and set my own schedule. Yet, I realized after awhile that I wanted to make money without trading my time for it.
There should always be something to strive for in life. This is my new financial goal. I’ve got plenty of creative ones. As soon as I get this latest one off the ground, I’m going to invest more time in my creative projects.
In the meantime, I’ll continue being more efficient with my time. Plus, I’ve applied for another telecommuting job where I set my own schedule. I won’t be able to multi-task with that job and it’s not as monetarily lucrative, but at least it’ll help me become a much faster typist and give me access to many different conversations, which helps with writing dialogue without the trouble of eavesdropping on people in public.