Working 7 days a week. Anyone do it?

[bulletproofbarb]

Hi,

I'm an RN, looking to go to UK. At the moment I have part time job at tertiary hospital, I work 7x 8 hours shifts per fortnight. I like working there part time because you don't get the day to day hassels, maybe something about absence making the heart grow fonder.

So, I suplement my income with agency when needed. However, because of my plans to work overseas, I want to get my mortgage paid in advance and will have other expenses, such as registration, passport renewal, air tickets ect ect. Pus, I want a large saving account as well.

I had saved $10,000 but recently paid off my credit card, $2000 and closed it down as I paid it off three times now and use it for large bills instead of working So, I'm down to $8000 and really wanted about $15,000 to leave with.

So, I was thinking of working agency more. Like 7 shifts a fortnight, 6 hour ones are all they offer. So in effect I would be working 7 days a week.

Unforunately, I cannot do night duty so can't work less shifts to get more money. I can't do double shifts either.

Has anyone done it and what was it like if they did? Time frame wise, I am looking at doing this until March 2004.

[Tilleycs]

Savers amaze me. It's really so easy to do. Why can't I do it????

3rdShift, please don't take this as singling you out, but people who don't save money - the bottom line for most of them - they don't save money because they don't REALLY want to. I'm not talking about the people who have medical bills that are sky-high, or all the other exceptions - I'm talking about normal, healthy people who work all week. They probably have the "Yeah, that's a great idea, I think I'd like to do that...someday" attitude.

They may INTEND to start one day, but their ACTIONS show their REAL attitude toward it - they're not serious about getting started anytime soon. What is holding them back? Maybe they think that if they made more money, they would somehow magically transform into people who save money. No way. Because their HABIT is to spend everything they make. It all comes down to lifestyle and your money choices. How you handle $5 is how you'd handle $5,000.

It's the same as everything else - the hardest part is getting started, but once you do, it becomes a habit, just like not saving any money is a habit.

Anyway, just my 2 cents. I hope you're able to make some decisions and get started. There's no magic to it, and you'll feel a LOT better about things once you get rolling.

Peace! :)