Hi kar-Yee, nice to see you here.
Your time use sounds very similar to how I got started, and I have recently returned to similar timing in preparing for Master Practitioner.
With regards to BNI, my experience in my first 18 months is that it returned me five times the total I put into it. Remember to add in that there is the yearly cost of membership, the monthly meeting fee, and endless cups of coffee, travel and parking expenses to have all the mini meetings outside the weekly meetings. However it did get me in several doors I would otherwise have not got through.
I think it’s good for a year or so, I’ll see how I feel as I come up to renewal.If my second year yields higher income I will stay, if not then I am making the transition, have a market presence here now, and people know me, all of which was not true when I started up the business. The initial struggle I had with Master Trainer fees was soon surpassed by my ability to earn, and I’m sure that will be true for you too.
Best wishes for continuing success! See you on TT.