I overcame the anxiety, fear, and inertia! I made the reservation with Avis to begin my ridesharing journey with Uber. I pick up the car on Monday, May 18th at 1 PM. The car is going to be a Chevy Bolt, and while I am looking forward to earning money on my terms, I am still nervous about doing this. To help reduce some of the nervousness, I am going to bust out a spreadsheet to help calculate what I will want to earn per mile or per hour to make the venture satisfying. I am trying to use positive language instead of the needs, shoulds, and woulds. The wrong language can be very destructive mentally.
So after I get this blog entry written, I am going to bust out LibreOffice Calc and crunch the numbers. I will even crunch the numbers somewhat optimistically so that I feel encouraged. I still plan on working for OPS for 20-24 hours per week. This will allow me to use more optimistic numbers and feel better about doing this. It will be nice to help out Denisse with getting her to and from school whenever possible. I know she will appreciate it very much.
Today and tomorrow are going to wind down my time at Wilmington Police Department. My services are no longer needed there, and while it has made things financially difficult, I feel mentally relieved because I got a feeling of existential dread by simply walking in the building to head to the CityWatch room. Yes, I hated it that much. But today and tomorrow won’t be so bad because the end is near.
I am going to get started on crunching those numbers!
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