I have been working as a Psychic Hotline Worker for a few months now.
For the most part, I am extremely thankful that I can sit behind my computer screen and type out advice and generate an income.
However sometimes, I feel taken advantage of, and that is where the beautiful "block" button comes in.
When I just started, I really thought it was going to be more difficult to get clients. I thought I had to work hard. I thought I had to market myself and send out specials. I thought I needed to do MORE.
But it turns out I was wrong. There is a reason why I give the hotline a little more than half of the income I generate. The reason is that they keep the customers rolling in.
And for the most part, the customers LOVE me. I get great reviews.
(well there was that one 1 star review)
And having so many people feel happy after chatting with me, makes me feel like I am doing something worthwhile.
But, there's always that one client.
A few days ago I got an email
It was from a person I had never read for before, but they had an email of mine from when I had just gotten started. When I thought I had to promise rainbow farts so that people would give me a chance.
The email said: You offered me a $10 email reading before. And you gave me free minutes but they expired cause you were never online.
It doesn't take psychic powers to read through that email. I have been a teacher and I am a mom of four. I SEE when someone is giving excuses, and I SEE when someone is trying to blame me for their inaction.
But I said I would, and I promised, so I gave them the benefit of the doubt.
And I agreed to do the reading for a tiny percentage of what I usually earn.
And really fast, I figured out that I had made a mistake.
And I had to make a decision.
Do I keep working with this person, at an extremely discounted rate?
(like my leofinance blogs pay me more than this person who is sucking in my energy)
Or do I say, hey, I gave you your discounted reading. Now back off.
So I tried to be kind and explain, as best I could, that they were really demanding things that a Tarot Reader doesn't do. For example, I can't tell you how many minutes your husband watched porn last week.....
But then I looked up, and saw that it had been hours, and I had earned $5.98 USD, and that I was getting nowhere with this client.
I was wasting my time, evaporating potential earnings, and somehow making them feel WORSE.
Like here I was thinking that I was doing someone a giant favor for giving them $240 worth of tarot readings for $12 USD. And here they were, telling me that I was greedy and cheating them and not telling them what I needed to hear.
So I made my first really tough business decision.
And I blocked them.
And you know what.
It feels GOOD.
I get more clear on my worth every day.
I can't really empower people from a place of disempowerment now can I?