Jay.Life, LLC was created in January of 2019 by its sole member, Jay Thompson.
Why? For a few reasons:
1) It drives my CPA insane when I co-mingle expenses and income from things like speaking engagements, consulting, writing, and even selling photos in the local coffee shop with my “regular” income (which is oddly defined as I have no longer have regular paychecks.)
2) Said CPA and our financial planner/advisor are both fans of the “corporate veil” and asset protection that an LLC can provide.
3) And Mr. Financial Planner is also a fan of having supplemental income streams in retirement. Do YOU want to base a chunk of your future ability to eat on Social Security? Yeah, I’ve been paying into SS for decades, I’m still not confident anything is coming back out of that black hole.
4) Because when I announced that I was retiring, I also proclaimed that I’m not dying. That’s still holding true, and hopefully does for some time. As such, I need to stay busy, else my brain will rot. So the occasional speaking and consulting gigs pay some and offer travel perks. The writing and photography less so, but are artistic and passionate outlets, and if I can monetize them, why the hell not?
Enter Jay.Life
It’s just an LLC to keep everything separate, accountable, and trackable. If you happen to hire me to speak, as a consultant or a writer, you’ll be making a check out to Jay.Life, LLC.
That’s it. It’s really no big deal.
Why this site?
Because unless people are aware that I’m available — PART OF THE TIME — then there’s little hope of ever actually generating any income from the aforementioned activities… It’s my marketing, my signpost. So stop reading and let’s talk about actually doing some cool stuff together!
Legalese
Jay.Life, LLC. A Washington State Corporation
Founder, Jay Thompson
Location: Edmonds Washington
Washington UID: 604 383 782