Yeah, the shop does pretty well, like usually $3000 in sales per month, but it is retail, so not all that is profit. Winter sales go way down, and in order for me to get away and acutally skate once in a while i have to have a legit employee.
But yeah I got alot of bills, and having a job takes all the stress away from me with having to pay the bills. I love running a shop, but It's nice not to be there 7 days a week.
My other job (the one I'm probably loosing) was setting up timeshare tours in Wisconsin Dells. I basically sit in a booth all day, and talk to tourists, and let them know about the opportunity I have for them. It pays an hourly wage and a comission, so I'm definately greatful to get that kind of money, it definately keeps some new boards on the wall at the shop. And I work with 3 other friends, all who skate .
So yeah it's a pretty dope setup, but what can you do.