Income for an MT - MTof18YRS

I started out 18 years ago at a very small hospital working as a full-time, in-house employee with benefits and worked with some horrific dictators, but that gave me an excellent start in this field.  I then started working for large MTSOs as a full-time remote employee with benefits, which I did for years, and did very well.  I raised my kids VERY WELL as a single parent doing that.  I was able to work around my family without any problems, i.e. got them up, fed, and off to school in the a.m., worked while they were gone, then did all the running around with them, ate dinner, watched some TV with them, and then worked for a few hours after they went to bed.  In order to be able to make it work, I would usually do ER and trauma work at night and anything that was available during the day.  I also started taking on my own accounts at the same time.  I was able to take my weekends off for the most part so I could do family stuff, but I did work my butt off during the week.  We had a very nice life, nice homes, nice cars, and took lots of vacations.  Eventually, I had all my own accounts and just subcontracted some extra work as a steady source of income.  I have always been able to support myself in this field.  Last year was a very slow year for me, but I still made $47,500 working DAYS, no nights, no weekends.  NONE of that would have been possible if trying to work though one of the large companies working on CRAP accounts with these platforms that require to do all kinds of extra steps you aren't paid for and sitting around waiting for work.  If you want to make money, you have to go out and step outside of your "comfort zone" and LOOK FOR THE WORK.  Update your resume.  Get recent letters of reference.  Make flyers and business cards.  Go out and knock on doors - doctor's offices, clinics, outpatient surgery centers, dental offices, eye clinics, etc.  Just picking up ONE small account could get you started.  Working for yourself means no more working crappy hours on crappy accounts making crappy line counts, but it isn't going to knock on your door - you have to go out and find it!!!  If you have the time to sit on this website and whine and complain, you certainly have the time to do these things and make a change.  Is it easy?  No, nothing ever is.  But, once you get that first account, it's easier to get the next one, and SO WORTH IT.  If you don't believe in yourself enough to take the time to make your life better, trust me, nobody is going to do it for you.  I don't mean to offend anyone here, but there are truly better ways to spend your time (ON YOURSELF) than complaining here where it isn't going to make your life any better.  Just try it.  :)