differentials
I wish I could come up with a way, even just on the side, to make money off my car repair interest. I know it sounds like the answer is in the question (repair cars!), but the logistics are more complicated than they might initially appear:
- My time in the evenings and on the weekends is limited.
- My collection of tools, while appreciable, isn’t perhaps complete enough to tackle every job.
- The liability issue.
Honestly, from a purely ROI potential perspective, web design would be the best possible thing I could do—the hourly rate I could charge would probably be the highest, and all the software I need I either already have, or can acquire free on the Internet. But…the act of it is like pulling teeth. By contrast, I have and will undertake the most menial car repair task freely and willingly. That’s where my motivation is. And I just understand cars better than I do computers. There’s a present limit to my web design knowledge, and it’s limit I could expand through additional instruction, but the principles that govern car operation are so completely ingrained in me that I could undertake almost any task, even on an unfamiliar car, and have some degree of certainty that I would emerge successful on the other side. The difference in my confidence in approaching the two endeavors is significant.
I’ve been thinking about second jobs more lately, mainly because money’s been tight, and it’s nice to be self-reliant to even the small degree a second, self-generated job provides. Also, I’ve gotten back into touch with Ben, a friend of David’s from high school who’s been through a number of classic British sports cars, made money off a few of them, and is currently borrowing my engine hoist. I have crazy ideas of “joining forces” with him and others, like some giant car repair/restoration Voltron, but that’s a pipe dream at best. I can’t even begin to visualize how that would work out.
One thing I do know: Whatever I decide to do on the car repair front will have to wait until the garage is up to par, completely organized. Fortunately, my motivation to do that is sky-high as well.