I was lucky last year when so many others weren’t.
- I kept my job and saw an increase in hours instead of losing my work altogether like so many of my friends.
When the first stimulus checks went out, I used part of mine to pay an outstanding bill while the rest went into my savings account. With the second, I might add it to the expenses needed for a minimal roof repair that I have scheduled for next week. Since I am financing a car that I bought new last year, I don’t have any vehicle repairs to make. So far, most of my extra income has been spent on my archery and woodworking hobbies, but I know I need to scale it back. When you’re trying to justify dropping another $700 on a bow when you already have six, you know you’re headed for trouble. Instead, I have started a new hobby that involves growing cannabis in one of my spare bedrooms. You can get a modest marijuana cultivation operation going in your house without spending $10,000 on equipment. Still, I wish I could afford better lighting. Everything I read about pot farming tells me that you get better yields with the best lighting available. I just don’t know if it’s worth shelling out thousands of dollars on high performance lighting for a hobby growing operation. If it became a business, I could justify making the purchase. That’s the key thing—it’s not a business, and it’s never going to be. For now, I can get away with LED lights for my modest cannabis growing operation.