Is there a such thing as having too many jobs?

Question

I really want to be financially stable.

I am working on my Bachelors for early childhood education and minor in writing.

I want to be a teacher,writer,and massage therapist on the side.

I want to own my own daycare center further down the line.

Teachers have the reputation of being underpaid.

I want to do massage therapy on the side for added income.I want to attend pamper parties and have clients come to my house and I can go to their houses and give massages.

I have been thinking about also being a child psychologist on the side for more added income and I like psychology.

I like teaching and I like psychology and massage therapy.

I already want to be a teacher,famous writer,and massage therapist.But I am thinking about also doing child psychology on the side.

My friends said that this is too much.Esp because I want a husband and many children.

I just want to be financially stable.I am witnessing some of my elderly residents at the home I work at getting kicked out because they don't have the money to receive care.I don't want to die and leave bills behind for my loved ones either.Its really important to me that I'm financially stable.

Answer 1

I will add  my voice to the good answers above.

Life is more than money or even financial stability.  If you want to marry and have lots of children, ONE career can wind up being to much.

Basically, you will not be able to do all those careers, on the side or not, and if you try you will probably ruin your relationships (with husband and kids) and your health, fairly quickly.

Better: Find one you like that pays the best. Or, do a few part time to learn the ropes and start your own daycare.

Good also: Work in each of these areas ahead a time to learn the pros and cons of each.  Actually doing the work, you may find that you do not like or any of them.

Answer 2

While there is nothing wrong with a little ambition and diversity, I think your friends are right - this is too much.  It doesn't mean that you can't do it all but certainly not at the same time.  Here's my suggestion to accomplish it all.

Hopefully, while attending college to become a teacher, you will meet the man of your dreams and fall in love and get married after you graduate.  Then you will begin teaching while starting your family.  As your children get older, you might begin adding a few classes each semester towards your degree to become a child psychologist and by the time your children get out of high school you could leave teaching and become a child psychologist.  At this time, you can start doing massage therapy on the side because your family will require less of your time once the kids are on their own.  You can begin writing at any time during this process as time allows but after doing the massage therapy thing for a few years, you might want to give it up to focus more on the writing.  Then after you've done the child psychology thing for a several years, you can work on opening that daycare center and either do it along with the child psychology or the writing or both.  As for the famous writer thing - well that isn't something you can plan for - just write your best & hope someone notices.  Now, did I get everything in there?

As for the financially stable thing - well it won't come for a while because you will likely have student loans to pay off from college and grad school and then there will be the expenses of raising a family.  That's where you learn how much it costs your parents to raise you and wonder how they ever did it!  Then you'll have the start up costs for the day care business.  And then will come the medical bills of failing health because you'll be old by then and trying to do too much over the years will catch up to you but if the daycare does well, and you hire someone to run it for you when you can no longer do it, you might be able to pay for your care in the old folks home.

The question is, will it have been worth it?  What will be the sacrifices you will have to make along the way?  Will you give up precious time with your husband and children while you are young and can enjoy those times so that you don't get kicked out of the old folks home?  Or will you take a more balanced approach and save toward retirement with your husband and invest wisely and enjoy life as you live it?

The only thing sadder than an elderly person who ends up with financial problems at the end of his or her life is a young person who lets life slip right by them because they are too busy preparing for their golden years.

Answer 3

Is there a such thing as having too much money?

Answer 4

yes 1

Answer 5

well that makes sense being financially stable but you don't want to push yourself into all of those because it will be hard to get out of all of those and if you want kids and a husband and it will be very hard on your body so try limiting alittle bit or else you aren't going to have time to go out with all of your friends because you will be out working 24/7 and the time that you do have off you will be spending either studying or sleeping  

Answer 6

Alot of the careers you are talking about taking on take alot of higher education and training. Plus they take a good bit of your time. If you want "side jobs" you need to get side jobs, not "side careers."

Being a massage therapist takes hours of training and classes.

Being a teacher involved alot of education, continuing ed, etc.

Becoming a psychologist is not easy. You have to get AT LEAST your Masters and the job itself is exhausting with the things you have to hear and help children through.

The most profitable out of what you listed is owning your own daycare. Alothough you would need to be well versed in curriculums and would probably want some teaching experience. You have to know alot about business as well. But that is the route I would recommend.

Answer 7

that's fine its up to you how many jobs you have just make sure to spend time with your family and friends that's whats important

also you will make really good money if you become all those

Answer 8

no as long as you are willing to let your future husband sleep with other women and other people raise your children because all you will have time for is work.  Being financially stable is great but there are better and easier ways to do that, like 401k.

Answer 9

Sometimes there is a balance between being financially stable and having a social life.

This all sounds like a lot of work and allot of STRESS.

I would personally say any more than two Jobs is too many but

PS I'm not sure where you are but I'm in the UK and Teachers are not underpaid just not respected as they should be.

Maybe consider being a teacher and doing something else out of term time maybe? This way you have a while to figure out if you want/can continue doing that job without the stress and pressure of doing it all at the same time.

Just remember there are only 24 hours in a day!