Breaking blog rule #1

Blog rule number one is not to complain about your job. I am now breaking that rule.

Back in March I was running at the beach and saw an acquaintance who in our small talk went on to tell me how busy he was with work. As I have been a customer of his before and liked his work a light went off in my head, maybe I should try and work with him!

I talked with him about it later and we set up a time where I could get some training with him, to learn how to do what he does.

In May I took the training and did very well. During this time he and I talk about ways he would like to advance his business and the role I could play. Change in physical location, guaranteed business for me, extra help in training and so on.

None of this has happened to the extent that I have had any success in starting this new type of work.

He has not found a physical location for us to be.
He hast not brought me in for extra training or to help him in his work.
He is against me advertising for myself outside of his umbrella.

I have been unable to find any regular clients on my own, I have spent a little over $5,000 to get started in this and of course have not made even the tiniest dent in paying that back.

And due to a cultural and language difference between us I am having a hard time communicating how I feel about this successfully to him.

That five thousand dollars would have been much better spent in other ways. Heck, one private lesson a week in brazilian jiu jitsu for a year would have been great! Or I could have gone to Brazil for a month easily with that money.

Whatever! I'm just mad that my work life has sucked 80% of the time I've lived here in San Diego and I just made a mistake again it seems.....