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How to make  Shopping Lists Your Job

I want to start off by saying I love lists, everything about them making them, figuring out what order to put everything in, that satisfying feeling when you can check something off. Well what does my list look like for today? At the top of my list? Quit my job, yes you read that right. After ten years of being in the pet/ grooming industry I think I have reached my limit for full time grooming. I am both sad and terrified for this new chapter in life. After turning in my resignation notice to my amazingly understanding boss I am on to step two on my list, what the heck am I going to do for income after all I still have bills and need to help provide for my family. My fiance makes a decent amount doing uber and due to the covid 19 outbreak he makes more doing that than he would trying to find any cooking jobs that are available on the market lately. How can I do this almost seemingly impossible task? Well that leads me into making yet another list ( see it never ends fun huh?). Before covid I had started doing Instacart, for those who do not know  Instacart is this wonderful app that allows you to get groceries as well as other household needs by just ordering online. After signing up I was able to start shopping for others, yes you heard that right, I was getting paid to now shop for others. Driving and delivering for instacart and Uber eats will provide the flexibility and income that I would need to  feel comfortable enough about quitting my job. 

There are some downfalls to instacart and working these jobs such as not having a basic W2 and taxes already taken out, phone or app issues at time, though like even with having a typical 9-5 job nothing is perfect. I still felt as if the good out weighted the bad.The first day after leaving my job I still woke up around the same time, mentally I was having a panic attack that I had made a huge mistake and that I should immediately go look for another job. No as I thought to myself, I am now in full control of how much money I can bring in, how many hours I work and what days I work. There was a sense of calm in the rush of emotions, for I have always wanted to become an entrepreneur but was terrified that I could never be enough. This was going to be my first step, I would look to make my millions like seemingly many others before me doing more time freeing type of work to allow me to focus on my family and building my empire. It may seem small to switch from a regular job to just a part time ‘side gig’ but even some fellow instacart shoppers that I have spoken to have made this their career, paid off debt, bought houses and more with the income that they have made.