Can you survive having a full-time job and a part-time job?

@caliya (1169)
Philippines
August 25, 2010 9:08pm CST
Money is really tight these days. No matter how I try to be frugal or to save up money, I am still having a hard time making both ends meet. I currently have a full-time job but I also seeking for a part-time employment to augment my income and hopefully be able to save some money. I have bills and debts to pay and what I am earning is just not enough. I am concern though if I will be able to survive having a full-time and part-time job as well. Having a full-time job is tiring enough but I badly need to earn some extra money. Can you guys enlighten me on this? Have you tried juggling between two jobs at the same time and how were you able to survive?
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22 responses
• United States
26 Aug 10
I suppose it would depend on whether or not your home responsibilities would be dependent on you. Do you have children and or a husband that require your total motherly and or wife attention. If this is the case it would be extremely difficult. However if you do not perhaps doing so with a time limitation may help with paying some bills, but always keep in mind that when your body is signally for rest you may have to let go of the extra job. If you don't then your bills will increase as medical bills will be incurred and well it totally defeats the purpose. Good luck with this.
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@caliya (1169)
• Philippines
26 Aug 10
I am actually single. No husband and kids. My body is in good condition. I never had a major illness so I guess I should give it a try but if it's really exhausting then I'll probably just stick to my full-time job. I really have to get and extra income to get by. I hope it works for me. Thanks for your response.
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• United States
26 Aug 10
You are very welcome, doing so temporarily will get you out of bills. Good Luck
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
26 Aug 10
hardworkinggurl, You make a point there with asking about home responsibilities. Even without children or a husband, caliya also has to think of household chores etc that needs to be done, and when she can fit int he time to do them. I am very lazy myself, I hardly do chores unless I have to, but I'm trying to change that. My husband works but I don't so it's only fair ya know? Caliya, Good luck to you, access your situation and set a budget. See if you can't scrape by for a few months, or adjust the budget to spend a little less on groceries etc. You can always make money by saving it if you know what I mean, and this will help you pay your bills. You've also got to take into consideration transportation. If you drive you have to figure in the extra gas, if you ride a public transport then you'll have to figure in the money spent on that, and you might end up eating out more because of a busy schedule. It's said people save a lot of money a year if they just stay at home to eat, and so if you already find you're eating out more then you are eating in you could sit down and make a meal plan for yourself and calculate up how much you'll spend on the ingredients for the meal. Then calculate how much you were spending a week say on eating out, it might surprise you. In any case first try to budget at home, even work on a bill plan. Can you double up some payments and still make every payment to all other people each month? You might have to scrape by but the doubled payments will free up money for the next month. GOOD LUCK!
• United States
26 Aug 10
it's not easy but it can be done. I taught school and worked at a tutoring center after school every day - and Saturday mornings. I was also at the same time studying for my license for ministry and was very involved in prison ministry and other aspects of ministry.. we do what we want for the most part!
@caliya (1169)
• Philippines
27 Aug 10
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. If you were able to do it then it's very much possible that I can also do it.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
26 Aug 10
At one point I had to jobs, I forget if one was full time or not, I think both were part time. I would go to work from 11 AM to 2 PM and then go from 3 PM to 11 PM. It got tiring, and I couldn't do it anymore so I quit the 3 PM to 11 PM one and stuck with the 11 to 2. I started working the 11 to 2 one from 11 AM to 2 PM and then from like 5 PM to 9 PM.
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
26 Aug 10
Woops I wasn't done with what I wanted to say lol. I think that maybe you should first look at odd jobs you could do for friends and neighbors for a few extra bucks. Maybe you know someone who needs help with tutoring, or maybe someone who needs help with home improvements, gardening, or maybe you have a talent like crafting where you can craft and sell some of your crafts. Do you pay for the internet connection? If not you could earn some money online and see how that works for you. If you do you could see if there's anyway to lower your internet bill by maybe downgrading, or you could cut it out altogether. Start turning things off when you leave the house, unplugging them etc. This helps save on electricity.
• India
26 Aug 10
It is not easy to have a two jobs at a time. But it depends upon the need of the person wether their is a need of two jobs or not? And while doing two jobs at a time we also have to look to the physical aspects of our body & many more. But if we want money then we have to do the two jobs.
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@hari1111 (238)
• New Zealand
26 Aug 10
It depends on what job you are looking into doing. I had 2 jobs once but they were easy mindless jobs and this did not take much time to do. Though if you are looking at 2 full time jobs e.g Accounting and a part tme waitress then this would not be so demanding. But if you are say an accountant and a nurse then you will struggle
@caliya (1169)
• Philippines
31 Aug 10
You have a very good point in there. My current job is somewhat demanding so I should find a part-time job that's hopefully less demanding.
@puccagirl (7294)
• Israel
26 Aug 10
I used to do it for a while, years ago. But the part-time job was only one evening a week, so it didn't take a lot of time or anything. I was very motivated when I did it, so it worked out pretty well for me, and I would never say that others shouldn't do the same. What I can say though is that you should choose a part-time job that you will enjoy and that doesn't take too much time, since everything becomes easier then!
@caliya (1169)
• Philippines
27 Aug 10
That's also my plan, I would like to do it on weekends since it's going to be my day off for my full-time job. I really hope it would also work for me.
@aurorastorm (1131)
• United States
26 Aug 10
I currently work one full time job, and then a few part time jobs. Some days it is really tiring. Only one of my part time jobs is out of my house the rest are online. The problem with working so much is there are not enough hours in the day to work full time, part time, still take care of your household and spend some much needed time with your family. I am really struggling right now to and it is so stressful.
@caliya (1169)
• Philippines
27 Aug 10
I understand that it can really be stressful and I guess it's really unavoidable even if it's just one job. But I am prepared to face the challenges just so I can really solve my financial problem.
@asiregar (864)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
27 Aug 10
I also work with pay-monthly, so sometimes receive direct pay-out to pay the debt, must arrange financing with very tight and fortunately my wife is working so there is additional income
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
26 Aug 10
Hi caliya, I understand that how exhausting it would be to have a part time after a hard day work. For I had experienced such laborious situation earlier. After having kids the income my husband and I earned was just enough to make a living to feed the family. Anyway we still lived a happy and fortunate life with content. Later on we found difficulty as well as inconvenience to take the elderly and the kids out together if necessary. It's worse still if taking any of the unwell to visit doctor in rainy day. We then purchased a secondhand car for the purpose of convenience and vitally need. It's sure that our income couldn't cover the extra payment by installment. Both my husband and I finally had got part time jobs respectively. We were utterly won out after back from our part time work We had to tolerate for 18 months until the payment was cleared totally. Happy posting
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
26 Aug 10
here is some more addition. Of course it's nice for us as we don't have to consume our leisure time to work for part time which might put us into the serve exhaustion, if we are able to survive with the income earned from the full time. There is no other choice for sure and we have to work hard with part time work to earn enough expenses. Here many people give tuition for a group of same standard pupils to earn extra income. Some even make big money opening more tuition classes and having bisection of three third or so with the tuition teachers who teach in his rooms hired
@aevans (255)
• Malaysia
30 Aug 10
I'm a student now, but I'm going to graduate soon. I am thinking of having two jobs after I'm graduated. I hope that I can get higher paid job so that my parent no need to work so hard. They are getting old now, I hope they can have a better life when I graduate. I think it is possible two have two jobs, but it really needs support from people around us. There is lot of part time job out there, perhaps we can choose some that is not require much energy or shorter working hour. Money is not everything, please take a good care of yourself too. Wish you all the best.
@davity (52)
• United States
27 Aug 10
hmmm....im still a student,, i tried to have a summer job but i wasn't able to enter the company.. i guess what i can suggest is that, do what you enjoy most.. if you want more money, you feel more enjoyed if you get more..even though it seems so complicated and tiring, if you still manage to smile, then stay on that job.. it's a matter of personal choice :)
@carpediem17 (1315)
• Singapore
26 Aug 10
hmmm, not for me currently. Only when I was younger I had a full-time job and was doing part-time tuition on certain days of the week.
@VRamone (325)
• Brazil
26 Aug 10
hi! well that depends of the jobs u´ll get.If u feel tired already having one,then having another will only make u feel more stressed.Maybe u can do some other thing,like teaching,and selling things u dont need anymore =)
@chinoxads (255)
• United States
26 Aug 10
In my actual situation i can't survive with a full time jobs, all prices are getting up every day, not only that, the services are expensive too, and in my work, they even don't talk about a salary raise, they just assign to much works, and don't pay extra time work. That's why i'm trying to get a second job, and figure out how to make an extra money.
• United States
26 Aug 10
I believe that I can survive having a extra load of work. Only because I have the energy and time to do so. As for saving money, I am on the same boat. Rent, light bill, baby needs, and food leaves my pockets full of lint. I've tried to save money for a raining day, but something comes up, and then I have to used that money. Then I came up with an idea. If I can earn and save ten dollars everyday, I will have approximately $42,720 in twelve years.
@udnisak (609)
• Australia
26 Aug 10
it is a big challenge to do a part time job if you already have full time job.. but it is not possible.. of course you will have less spare time but wil manage to earn extra income.. few of my friends are doing this and to be honest with you we dont see each other much becasue of their busy life style..
@mods196621 (3652)
• Philippines
26 Aug 10
Me too need to have an extra job because nowadays I was short in budget for almost the whole month. If i could only have more jobs sure i will grab it. This is how I am needy. And you are right that money really tight this time in any matter. Now if you have time to find another job for u that makes you feel easy to do then grab it for the reason that you need money to pay for obligations. And if we have lots of debts to pay we are really energetic at work.
@yunzhbh (147)
• China
26 Aug 10
As we know money is important,but health is more important,if I were you I may find a part-time job,but the job would not be compulsory one,if I feel very tired today,I would not do that,I have to rest first,after all health is more important.Remember if you lost health you lost everything.
@bavneet (127)
• India
26 Aug 10
saying this earning money from fulltime and part time will give you a good life so i can't say because it depends on your expenses if still your income is not getting full fill then you must cut your expenses.
@greygoo (795)
• Philippines
26 Aug 10
i haven't really tried juggling two jobs, but i bet that would be tough. i'm a student with a part time job (which puts me in a full-time/part time situation too), and it's really hard to make both things work at the same time. sometimes i feel like i'm putting my studies in jeopardy. if your full time job isn't paying enough, why don't you try to look for a better paying job? i know i sound as if finding a new job is as easy as breathing, but i think getting two jobs would be as difficult. it could really drain the life out of you and you could end up into nothing more than a money-making machine. i think that money is important but it shouldn't take more than 8 hours of your time. there are a lot of other things to enjoy and discover for the rest of your day.^_^
@dream_ozn (1754)
• Singapore
26 Aug 10
I do agree with your saying that money is really tight these days. Not only do we have to pay bills, we have to make sure that we save some money too! If you really need extra money badly, then perhaps you should really take on another part-time job to supplement your income. However, before taking on a part-time job, do be mentally prepared that it won't be easy. It will be extremely tiring and you might not have time to go out with your friends and relax. However, you need to see which is more important in your life now. Spending time with your family members or the money. If money is more important now, then perhaps you can put aside the rest for a couple of years until you are more stable. I hope my advise for you works. Cheers, and hope you will be able to find the energy to carry on!