well, i can say with legitimacy that i can understand the working a part timer for other reasons.
you guys know that i am a part time scrapper, I do auctions and very little actual hunting on the streets. I have a full time 8-5 that brings scrap to me via our voice/data/security install customers. I have a 2 car garage and a storage unit that I work out of and that's really it. I also run my vinyl graphics business out of the same garage (it takes up 1/4 of my garage space)
I work 2-3 nights a week (6-8 hour shifts) cooking for Outback Steakhouse, not because I have to, but because I want to. We all know the winter months are a little slower. I know the owner and he pays me $12/hr and I use that for Vacation/Christmas/play money. Could I use the time I spend there and earn the same cash to play with doing more scrap? Probably. But I like the stability and guarantee of it, I know that there are no peaks or valleys in my play stash. Will that change in the spring? Who knows?
All in total, I would say I work about 80-90 hours/week. 40-45 at my office, 15-20 at the restaurant, 15-20 cutting/installing vinyl, and another 10-20 doing E-Scrap. So even at the low end of each of those, I'm looking at 80. I will say that the vinyl and e-scrap are a little balancing act. If I have more hours on vinyl, I spend less on the scrap and vice versa. But I have 4 completely unique and separate income streams. And they all serve a purpose.
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