I was working long hours M-F for a while, but have spread my time out over 7 days. I usually reserve weekends for “special ops” rush jobs (which I charge more for), but as I get busier, I’m getting kind of tired. Yea I know “quit complaining” you say, but I get home, crack a beverage, and pour it all over my couch fast asleep before taking a sip kind of tired. Wake up at midnight, and start washing my hucks and clothes. This rhythm is tiring me out even more. I’m about to start an office gutter/window job, and it’s noon. Well, I’m single, and went out last night, so that’s my excuse.
I’ve always been bad with a consistent schedule. Running my own show hasn’t helped at all.
If some of you can give me a succinct (or lengthy) rundown of your average day from wake to crash, that may help me out a bit. Also, along the lines of the title, how many of you are working 7 days a week?
I’ve been working 6 days a week since the first week of October. I only have 2 days/month for storefront work, the rest is residential customers.
Right now it’s a lot of gutter cleaning, gutter guard installation, heating cable installation, window cleaning, and house washing.
Saturday’s are usually half days/shorter days. Ya gotta keep your sanity amongst the madness. I don’t take any new calls for work on the weekends. I save all calls/emails back for Monday (the time depends what I have booked for that day, but always after 10am for calling back) I just take all my notes down and set them aside for calls back “during business hours”
Also, I stopped using my MacBook for work related office stuff when at home. Using it comfortably on the couch was not very productive at the end of a long day. Best office investment was a desk, nice chair and an iMac desktop. Now to get work done I sit in my chair at my desk and get down to business.
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Hey champ i am always behind and thankfully my customers have patientence with me. I gonna go ahead and train someone because a company wants me to help them on 3 commercial sites but its time to hire and catch up because i feel i will be even farther behind to try and catch up with them now with what im gonna do. And when i return we are gonna move further.
Thats cool and nobody owns me i do what i do. Why not. My family depends on me to keep them off the streets. Even if i was richer i would still set an example… example
I’m with you, raise rates to get the same $ with less days in the field.
Last week I started raising my prices with each new request, and still people are booking work. I love it and hate it.
Being confident with higher pricing is key, first couple estimates I gave for over $1000 I was almost nervous to give them the price. Now I just tell them the price and answer all questions it entails, they keep booking with me and I won’t complain about that.
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But let me tell you they aint going to get paid like how. I might have to sometimes. I’m the best at what i do in every thing whether gangbanging or a change and this is i feel is my gang all my friends got killed and i can bring up my street again its in my blood but i got into window cleaning helping my brother steven out on his job and i made like 40 bucks that day and the next another 40 weekend came i still hustled at 5 in the morning a cup of coffee a cigarette and i strolled 9 o clock hit i was on it and got it. And all i have to do ask higher above bro and i get it and i he took my twelve gauge away and my homies and introduced me to a new world. But its always in my heart i was the very best guy in that world too i got attention from the most deadliest people matthew they trully liked me to my grave i mean it. But thats no more i like what i’m in now hard to shake the gangster in me but there is a better gangster in what i’m doing and to help my new friends out. My familys family now.
And thats the rap on me alright on me 3 yrs now 15 20’s … 35’s 60’s 75’s 300 next week thanks to help of my teammates for their schooling me my 170 customers are in a state of raise once i show them my spread sheet on what they are getting me on i’m making thanks team (homies) champs
