Questions about work and life

[dancing flame]

Hi,

I'm going through a challenging period at the moment, friendships ending and still trying to find space to create my new business that would allow me to have the life I really want. I had stepped off the career ladder for a while to focus on this but it was a struggle so I decided to take freelance work to help me get back on my feet financially.

Well I got a good contract with a company I liked and all seemed to be going good. Its not my hearts desire but they like me and want to work long term with me and I made a commitment to do the work to the best of my ability for the next year as a stepping to where I really want to go. Part of the work I'm doing is contracted out to another company who will pay CompanyX, who I work for. CompanyX asked me to send in my contract and promised I'd be paid on a certain date. That date came and went and the money wasn't paid. When I asked about it they said I'd have to wait until they got paid from the the other company. It's left me in a very difficult position financially but there's nothing I can do but wait and it could be another month before the money comes in. The job is also demanding and its taking all my creative time so my hopes to continue developing my business on the side has gone out the window. Life at the moment feels challenging and I'm wondering how I can find my way through this.

I ask Yi, a number of questions and hope you can follow the narrative and give me some feedback.

1. What am I meant to learn from this period in my life?
11.3>19

2. How does working with companyX fit into this?
36.1.3>2

3. And what abut not being paid by them, what is the lesson in that?
23.1>27

4. And what if I finish the work I've committed to and leave, where will that lead me?
3.2>60

5. What if I stay with companyX, where will that lead me?
50.4>18

I'd really appreciate some guidance on this as part of me feels to leave once I've got paid (I'll have enough to get by for 4 months) reclaim my creative time and trust that in taking action to bring my business into being the way will open.

 

[meng]

Sorry to hear of the bind you're in.

If you look at these readings, starting from the position of 11.3 (through the overseeing eye of 19), the landscape of the rest of your questions and answers come naturally into view. The answer doesn't change much going from one question to the next. The road goes up and down and levels out (11.3). The council is to work with what you already have to work with. That may, in this case, be your particular set of work skills, or something else I don't know about. The fundamental thing is not to lose your peace, and to enjoy your life. The rest has a way of working out with that attitude.

 

[willowfox]

Line 11.3 is quite clear that you must learn that life never runs smoothly for long, so you will hit a bump but afterwards things will again pick up, and so life goes.

Perhaps you thought that working with this company was the answer to your prayers but now even this company has now proven to be a problem for you, so line 23.1 says that you can't trust anyone especially where money is concerned. Of course you can quit as the money side of things is not going well at the moment but the advice is to just stay cool and hang in there, eventually your money will appear, then leave as continuing after will only lead to further problems in the future.

 

[dancing flame]

Thanks to both of you, wise counsel which I will contemplate and decide what action is best to take. I'm inclined to go with what you say Willowfox, complete the work then leave to pursue my own direction.

Blessings to you both.