Burnout on Fiverr and sorting one's life out...

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This is more of a life thing than a Fiverr thing, so it's not in the money discussions:). So, last year I finally got Paypal, tried out Mturk, learned about transcription. This was wonderful since, because of very stupid and complicated life things, I've not been able to gain offline employment. Then I became a bargain-basement transcriber (cue guilty twinge)and received sporadic but profitable orders. In my blog, I mention transcriber burnout a few times, 'specially with Mturk, but it was okay with Fiverr because orders came in bursts. But this last month, I just burned out. I've been working for too little and doing too much, feeding into those dumb life problems. Not only that, but I really don't want to do this kind of thing forever, I need to stretch my wings. That will never happen if I plateau in something like Fiverr. Since this has been a way to keep cash in my pocket, I'm going to pick up my skills and get better quality work, but I need to make more time for myself, and make my education more of a priority. So, I guess I'm saying that this is my focus for the year 2013. Whew.