Making career changing decisions

Who says you have to ?

There's a lot to be said for job satisfaction. It isn't all about money.

Don't have time to do life-changing stories atm, I'm afraid. But could you possibly cut your job to part-time, so you could still do what you love but also have more time to work on your other businesses?

Money doesn't really come into it P&AP, the businessess need someone to run them full time and we either pay someone to do it for us or I do it. Can't really afford the former, can't face the latter.

I suppose technically I could do my job part-time but know in reality, nothing would change, in any event, the time required for what needs to be covered is full time and probably more.

Are there any other possible solutions (eg employing someone to help run the businesses)? You sound as if you really don't want to give up your job.

Sorry for disappearing, child issues!

Thanks for the replies. I know what I have to do and am just going to have to get on with it I think.

I will be very sad for a long time but am going to try and view this as an opportunity to expand my horizons

Are you going to actively enjoy running your businesses? If you arne't I would think a hell of a lot about it before you give up your job.

Would having someone (not necessarily you) running them increase the amount of money you make? If so, then maybe you CAN afford to get someone else to do it.

Don't ditch something you enjoy just because it's better over all without seriously checking out your options first

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I just don't know Lois.

The businesses just can't sustain a manager at the moment. The lettings business is only just covering overall costs and can't sustain anymore cost at the moment, The charter business is running at a monumental loss as things currently stand although ultimately it should make a profit. We have another small business that is doing rather well and a controlling share in a further one that is doing OK.

The costs of employing someone who would be capable of running these diverse businesses will be quite high and not really something we could really cover.

That's really tough Lannie. I don't know how I'd cope if i had to give up work, especially to do something else that didn't give me the satisfaction that my job does. Like you, my job is more than just a job and I feel a bit lost when I've not been able to do it (eg whilst on maternity leave).