01/12/2026
Okay collective friends, followers and observers.
I need advise...I am at a serious cross roads where I've been numerous times before but this time, it's either this or that, without much in-between.
I have a cleaning business to which, I already am irritated with the drive but, I make it work for me.
I have a toddler that has reached an age to where it's more of a task to take her with me so, I got.a sitter.
Now, understandably, that sitter has her own bills and such to pay so now, in order to hold my daughters spot, I have to pay even when she isn't there.
I fully understand that, but if I pay, I may as well just stay home after gas, supplies and sitter, I'm spending more money than its worth for my time/energy.
There lies the other aspect. My newborn (2 month old baby) will need a sitter after a while so either, I pay for both of them in the near future so I can increase my revenue or I just opt out of the sitter completely by staying home.
If I stay home, I'm losing my income which, is a hard thing for me to grasp.
I wouldn't be able to dedicate to one on one time with clients unless my husband is home which takes time away from us.
So I'd have to do remote work, which is not hard to do, just tedious..
That leaves the question of... if I choose to step away from cleaning, who will handle my clients?
I've built a business here, and it stopped growing because I'm focused on my babies..
Last person I hired was more of a problem than resourceful.
I have the ability to grow my client base if I had a reliable person to do it with..
So, inevitably I'm at a literal cross roads with four options here.
Pay the sitter more and deal with my infant as time comes..
Find a new sitter who just needs extra cash.
Stay at home and drop my entire cleaning business or try to hire someone, again, to grow it with..
My nerves are wrecked, again..
I was sick yesterday and today, faced with a new challenge...
Thank you, Capricorn season for this mental dilemma.