I’m so tired of waking up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night and realizing that I don’t see how I’m going to pay my taxes or next month’s bills.

I love my work.  I mean specifically my role as a software trainer in law firms.  I’m paid splendidly, I’m treated like a movie star, I get to travel, and, well, I’m damn good at it.

Four full days of this work is enough to pay my exhorbitant rent.  Seven days of work a month will easily pay all my bills and keep me in groceries.

I also love my life:  my apartment, my neighborhood, my lifestyle (which is NOT fancy . . . I just live in an expensive city!)

The only problem is:  I don’t get enough of it!! This is no one’s fault; I love working with the folks who book me.  And I don’t need to work a LOT more.  I just need to work a LITTLE more.

Since I have no control over the legal work that comes my way, I need to have a realistic supplemental way of making money.  Ideally by doing something sitting at my computer. 

Here are some of my current ideas:

1.  Investigate medical software training (I have a good lead for this).

2.  Write questions for game shows.  This is not as far-fetched as it sounds, since I’m actually highly qualified to do this.  Plus I have a connection or two in the industry.

3.  More computer tutoring?  (Cringe.  I really don’t enjoy doing this, plus it’s a lot of driving for not very much money.)

4.  Medical Records.  I’m hot and cold on this idea.  I think it might take more training than I’d like, and I’m not sure I could do it at home on my own time.

Dear Reader, I’m placing this problem in YOUR capable hands.  What do YOU think I should do to shore up my income?

One rule:  No suggestions can include me becoming a full-time employee.  I simply cannot do this.  It nearly killed me the one time I tried to do it.  And when I say nearly killed me, I am being quite literal.

Say you’re walking onto the set of a new game show and the host is someone you’ve never heard of.  Here’s how to pick him out from the crowd milling about the bagel table:  He’s the best looking person in the room.  That’s why he’s the host.  If the show accidentally hired a gaffer who was better looking than the host, then either the gaffer or the host would have to be fired.