Over on Nikki’s blog, she laments the “freelance” part of our careers. As she puts it, it sometimes feels like a temping situation. In fact, she’s right – it is.
Like I was saying before, nothing in this world is permanent anymore. We have offers from people who are dying to buy our services on a regular basis. But then “regular” becomes a bit hazy. The client with the funding today becomes the one shutting down tomorrow. The rush of work by another client could turn moot the moment management decides the project is dead. I have one client who kept me hopping for three solid months. Now – silence. Why? A key person in the office left unexpectedly (and apparently shredded documents and evidence in the process… hmmm…). No more time to focus on what’s not absolutly necessary until they can sort out the mess left behind.
Right now, I’m riding an incredible high – lots of work to do, a lot more pouring in. But I’m not tempting fate enough to believe any of it will last beyond the next minute. As the nursery rhyme says, to market, to market….