On professional seriousness - post 1
Two weeks ago I promised I would post regularly about progress on my new plan to take myself seriously and work on my freelance business.
Like all things that sounded like a great goal but hasn’t quite worked out as I thought it would.
It truly is funny how things work out. In those two weeks I was asked for proposals for four pieces of work (not bad given I have been out of the market for a while) and to get involved in two exciting, secret-for-now projects. I think the latter has a connection to my decision, but the former is a co-incidence.
I did a lot of boring admin. My tax is up to date, my books are good and my bills are paid. I even sent chasers on overdue invoices. That’s a good thing. As boring as it is, I do have to keep on top of paperwork (yes, I think it is time to hire someone to do it).
I’m feeling more organised. I have been using my filofax, my new little whiteboard for day-to-day goals and my big whiteboard for projects and big goals (categorised and all) (thanks to my hubby for mounting this).
So I think I have made some progress. Not huge, but decent foundation. You can’t see it on the photo because I blurred it, but there are some good plans in my ‘business dev’ square.
April 19th, 2007 at 1:14 am
Good on ya! I think that once you’ve sent the message out to the ‘universe’ the offers will come in. You’re worth it, after all. It’s great that you are doing this - even though, selfishly, I’ll miss seeing you at work.
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:59 am
Great whiteboard! How you can get anything done in that beautiful country of yours is beyond me. Hope you are well,
Perry
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Hi Perry!!
Sometimes I sit at my desk and stare out the window (mostly at the birds, last week at the kangaroo hopping around out there). I must take some photos of my office view.
Conference calls are fab. I can just stare…