on my thinking in-tray

I have been contemplating if I should take up a part-time book keeping job. I feel I should be doing more with my time to bring in more income. If I can handle it, why not? It’s good to have more to go around. It will help us realize our dream of expanding our investment portfolio to those of higher worth. We are young and this is the prime time to work hard. If not now, when?

Book keeping feels like a much easier job than tutoring, because it is part of my profession. Teaching doesn’t come as naturally for me, because managing expectation is difficult. I hate taking blame for students not doing well because they do not want to listen to my advice to practice. Accounting is often a neglected subject. It’s not a core subject to get the students into tertiary education, unlike languages, maths and sciences.

I ask myself if I can cope? I will learn to cope.

Can I commit? What am I giving up in exchange? I will have lesser time for rest.

Why am I even thinking about this in the first place? I need time to accumulate the years at my present job. From now till I have the sufficient years to be eligible for the next level, I will most probably have to stay around in this company for the next 1.5years more. I feel I am not doing and earning enough. After obtaining post-graduate, my career is not accelerating as first as I wish I could do. My pay is slightly better than before but I feel I am not doing enough. Since I cannot find myself another job, the only way I can get around this is to take up a part time job.

What can I able to cope with? I have weekends to spare.

Time frame? I am giving myself 1.5 years, in tandem with the span of time I must stay around my current job.

Is it worth the effort? I saw a permanent position that pays $500 for 4 days a month’s worth of work. 9.5 hours each day. 38 hours a month. That is about $13/hour. If i do this for 1.5years, that will mean $9000 worth of extra income. Assume I can earn a 4% interest p.a for the amount, I will get $9285 at the end of 1.5 years. Ok, that’s nominal amount, I don’t think I want to adjust it for inflation because it will make my decent income look indecent.

While I continue to weigh out if I can take up another job, I have emailed out to find out more information. it’s good to understand more; what are companies looking for, what is the required commitment level like? And if there will be any kind companies out there which won’t mind hiring me too!

This still lies in kiv tray. Let’s see if I can work something out of this. =)