This is half celebratory, and half mild griping about non-problem problems....
So at the start of the year, I set some pretty ambitious remodeling goals (bathroom, kitchen, major yard landscaping), and decided I was only going to work enough to pay for the costs of doing the projects, and let the normal living expenses be just barely covered by rent/Airbnb income.
Well. Actually, rewind to last year, when I officially started my own handyman business, because I wasn't hitting my income goals, and wanted to speed this FIRE process up. So I joined a business referrals group, and got my business rolling along pretty good....now, THIS year, with three or four big home improvement projects that I have to plan and execute, I just. can't. keep. up. At least, that's how I feel. Working my business, doing the remodel, trying to spend time with my family...it's overwhelming.
BUT.
I started the year with ~$6k in my checking account, and now I have ~$7k in my checking account. And that's AFTER putting $3500 into a bathroom remodel, and about $8k into the kitchen so far.
My handyman business has been building up very nicely, I've continued my property maintenance gig from before, the property manager of my rental in WA raised the rent, so now I get $50 extra cash flow every month from that, and renting out the basement through Airbnb has been way more successful than I planned/expected. All of this is like uber-success for me.
On the one hand, I feel like I've got five gajillion things juggling in the air right now, and I just want it to stop. On the other hand, I'm like I'VE GOT FIVE GAJILLION THINGS! And I'm trying to navigate doing all this stuff while not ending up ignoring people important to me or burning myself out. And at the same time just feeling....kind of lost, I guess....because I don't think I've ever been this successful at "life" and I don't want to screw it up.
Also....not really worrying about income meeting expenses is a feeling that's new to me. And that is pretty great.