Jennifer Youssef
May 5, 2007
Tough times for Business Owners
Jennifer Youssef / The Detroit News Consider alternatives Roberta Babics, a behavioral health therapist at Catholic Social Services of Oakland, said she's working with "significantly more" clients who are having problems from stress brought on by working multiple jobs.
She advises underemployed workers to think of creative ways to cut down on spending money before taking on too many jobs.
"When you're trying to juggle too many jobs, eventually, you're going to crash," Babics said.
That's what happened to Necie Williams, 31, of Detroit who is working full time and trying to start her own business at home. Her health had deteriorated so badly her doctor told her to take two weeks off work last month.
Williams is a full-time accountant at a radio station and is trying to get her business, Platinum Elite Events, off the ground. The single mother of two gets home from the radio station at 6 p.m. and sometimes works until 1 a.m.
She was becoming forgetful and her anemia was out of control. Her relationship with her kids, 9 and 15, is suffering because she rarely sees them.
"I feel so tired and burnt out, it's unbelievable," Williams said.
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