Driven To This Point

Sonar and I have accomplished A LOT since I posted back in 2013. I had just finished one of the most amazing chapters in my life traveling and teaching abroad. I am now 40, starting my fifth year of teaching high school literature, reading, and art, and just celebrated the one year anniversary of the purchase of my first home. I'm single, a lone wolf with a terrorist cat, and quite comfortable with my situation.
Here is the irony.
Irony is the spice of life, kids!
With ten years teaching experience, a Master's degree, and five years in at a public school district, I am still struggling to make ends meet. Bernie Sanders, I am your poster girl for someone with a good job, excellent education, and stagnated wages! So, I had to find a job that would be flexible enough that I could teach, work on my art, not lose my social life to a second job: enter Lyft.
Trust me, I agonized. I read blog posts. I checked reviews on Indeed. I'm a teacher. I researched the hell out of it. That's what we do. We overthink things until we drive ourselves nuts, plan for all contingencies, and only then do we move forward cautiously. I finally got up the courage to apply, and off I drove.
The jury is still out on whether or not this is financially worth it. We'll figure that out as we go. Until then...I am Uplyfted.
Come along for the ride.