u/Suspicious-Goat6008

I’m in my late 30s (female). Partnered with 4 kids but my eldest is graduating HS this May and going to be doing his own thing. I am an RN that specializes in cosmetic injections and I’m also a somatic wellness practitioner. Beauty, wellness, and true healing are the cross sections of what I “do”. I love Cali and always have since I was a little girl. From LA to SLO/Paso to Nevada City. I dream about moving there and living there but I’ve always thought it couldn’t be possible with HCOL and having so many children. I currently live in Colorado and honestly it’s so expensive here it’s not that much different when I look at housing in Cali (area dependent obvi). I am not a skier or a mountain winter girl. I want the ocean and clean rivers and desert around me. Since I will be approaching 40 I kinda feel like “f it” I only live once and I want to live somewhere that brings me life and I enjoy being. Given my career and the amount of mouths I have to feed, is it totally out of pocket to make the relocation. I have a partner that is a blue collar worker. It’s about 2800K for 3 bedroom. I want to live somewhere within one hour to coast (ideally) more central to southern area and accessible to people that have $$$ since I’m an injector. Where would you put me? (Topanga and Nevada City are my faves)

Nurse injector for 3 years in HCOL state. I currently only make 20% commission off all services. No hourly. No tips unless my clients insists and I provide them my Venmo handle. But I never ask. So getting tips is rare more like a treat and not a part of my income. I feel like I’m making nothing with this current structure. And if a client no shows or if we are out of product so I can’t treat the client that day I make nothing. I’m just in the studio on my time. I am working under a provider whom has been in the industry for a long time and has regulars but there is no investment on her end to market or promote the other injectors. And when I’ve asked to advance my training or learn certain things she keeps putting it off. I feel like she’s gate keeping and I feel stuck.