Since the New Year, work has slowed down considerably. My nearly-full-time contact gig has expired, and, well so has everything else apparently. This is not the first slow period in my ten-year freelancing career and…
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Day 117 of 200: Working on Sunday Blues
I spent most of today working. When I wasn’t working I was letting my oven self-clean itself and hoping it didn’t set my house on fire. While the oven cleaned itself, I cleaned the oven…
Day 49 of 200: 6 Billable Hours
Now that I’m a decade into the freelance lifestyle those closest to me have learned not to laugh when I’m all “Uff-da. I worked six hours today.” It sounds ridiculous. I know. Six hours? Working…
Day 36 of 200: One Small, Sweet Joy of Freelancing
With a decade of freelancing under my belt, I am qualified to give all kinds of unsolicited advice. Like, never wear real clothes if you don’t wanna. Lots of blog posts are all “get dressed…
Leaving the Cube: 10 Years After Corporate America
Yesterday I was on the phone with JTo, who some of you may remember from my days at Hell, Inc. She was the boss of me for many years, although she was only my actual…