Budget Wars - A New Hope (with apologies to George Lucas)

kirtsypoos wrote: »

I'm most amused by the above - tickled my Monday afternoon

Oh Bob, I really feel for you with the rates issue - you run around constantly and can't possibly do anymore than you are doing but something like this can have such an effect on your morale and your fledgling business.

I firmly believe that you will see a massive difference between now and next year with the amount of events you are having and the publicity generated but it's whether weathering the storm now is doable for you.

Big hugs

Thanks Kirsty glad it made you smile Wise words as always.:)

greent wrote: »

Ah, Bob - hope they come out sooner rather than later - and that the result is favourable.

Rant away whenever necessary.... xx

Thanks Greent I hope so too.

hugglemonster wrote: »

Sending you massive virtual hugs and lots of tea and cake, always good to let out your frustrations. I bet your dh is just as annoyed with have to appeal the measurements but you're the nearest one to rant to too!

Hope you've managed to relax a little bit, doesn't get any better my dd is a 5ft nutter shimmying around the house

I also hope the measuring is done as quickly as possible.

H x

Glad to hear the nuttiness doesn't end, they just get taller :rotfl:

Deleted_User wrote: »

Morning Bob,

What a stressful time you're having at the moment, no wonder you're both snappy.

Boo to the 40 days for a response, that ridiculous.

Hope today's much calmer xx

Thanks PM02 I did think of you yesterday when I was feeling miserable. As in, I reckon your recent situation must have been so much worse than just money worries. And I did give myself a mental shake and remind myself "it's only money"

Verbatim wrote: »

Hi Bob
I'm in awe at your resourcefulness and energy. You're bound to have wobbles when setting up a business on your own is so scary, hard and fraught with difficulties.
At some point, and only you will know when, you'll decide whether the business is going to provide a secure income commensurate with your input. Setting it up and getting established is bound to take time but I'd be asking myself what success would look like and when realistically I'd be there. I know you don't want a car but it must have made life so difficult over the dark short days of winter getting yourself and your child/children back and forth. I can't remember when your youngest starts nursery/school but that too will make it easier.
Also when the children are both at school it may be easier to understand whether your time/income ratio would be better as an employee or whether your business is providing a more flexible work/ life balance with a suitable income.
I hope life will get easier over the spring and summer with more events and parties and lighter longer days.
Best wishes
V

Verbatim Thanks so much. It changes all the time. If you'd asked me in December I'd have said yes, things are going really well. In January I lost a chunk of money because one of my bigger clients cancelled.
Then things settled down and I was just seeing a balance happening between booked work and new work coming in, plus enquiries were great. Then I found out in Feb that March would be the last month for my longest standing biggest paying customer, and here I am. Although we have managed to put away all the money we have had extra this month (council tax break and joining incentive from FD) and budget well. It feels sickening to know we have this horrible month coming. Can I out earn it? And carry on doing so from then on? I don't know.
So sorry to ramble but when do you know enoughs enough? Even if I said it right now I have a 6 month notice period at the premises. If I wanted out right now, I'd have to come up with a fat sum to give to the landlord. And then until I found other work our family budget would be short every month. And I feel like what if I gave that notice and then in the 6 months it was ongoing everything suddenly got really good?

Ah I'll stop. You get the general idea of the muddle in my head.

Youngest is 17 months so no help there for a while.

Macey1510 wrote: »

Hi Bob, I hope you have a good day today!

Thanks Macey.