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Originally Posted by purpledaisy
I'm definitely not hypomanic right now. Like I said, the lithium has either made me level out (and I'm just not used to what that feels like) or the crash that usually happens after being hypomanic is in slow motion this time due to the lithium.
Actually, I wonder if I'm in a bit of a lithium fog because I keep catching myself forgetting things (more than usual). Silly stuff like walking into a room to get something and forgetting why I'm there. Forgetting words, which NEVER happens to me.
The business that I'm talking about is one that I did full-time from home for several years before getting this full-time job, and I've continued doing projects for my customers steadily since getting this job. So it's not one of the crazy hypomanic "I know! I'll start another business!" bits of hypomania that I know so well.
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I see. that is good to know - I did not realize you already have a steady stream of customers. I know writers and I have employed a writer and I know how highly competitive it is so I was worried for you. How does the income compare between doing it FT on your own and what the job pays (do not think for now about someone who is a perfect fit and deserves your position, just think of sheer money)?
I would say: if the job pays more but not eons more than the stay-at-home work, go back to your writing. If it is an order of magnitude difference, try to find a way to stay on the job. Basically, think of it rationally: assign an enjoyment coefficient to what you do and multiply the income by it. The job's coefficient would probably be negative while the writing's coefficient will be positive/high. This way make your computation. But if you can go on LT disability and in the meantime get the business in order, that would be ideal.