It’s been a good week of work. I spent yesterday morning out of the office (shuttle service for a routine test – his this time, not mine). Despite that, I was able to get back to the desk around eleven and get a small project done. I spent the afternoon doing something few of us…
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Freelance Budgeting Tricks
Another good day yesterday. I got started on the large project. I’m not waiting for them – some of the content will not change, and I can almost guess which portions. It’s huge, I’m running low on free time, and I have other projects I have to get going on. I’ll compare documents later to…
Holiday Shopping
Running early this morning – I try to schedule doctor’s appointments for as early as I can get them. Today, it’s for 7:30. Amen. I can be back and working by 9:00. Yesterday was great. I handed in the second of the three articles due this month, and the check arrived already for the one…
Monday Marathons
She’s employed! Daughter has finally found a good starting point for her new career. She’s working in a familiar industry – insurance – and she’s getting in at a great starting rate. Amen, alleluia! Good for her! Ironically, it’s a company I met with briefly at the conference a few months back. Since then I’ve…
The Great (or not so great) Compromise
I wish every work day went as smoothly as yesterday. I sat down in the morning and in two hours, I had a finished article. One down, two more to go (well, three if you count the new one due in September). I credit my pre-planning. Knowing the time crunch, I did all my interviews…
Smooth Landing
It’s great to be back. I hope I left enough to entertain you until I returned. I knew before I left I hadn’t done a post for yesterday, but I was exhausted, out of time, and just out of ideas. I’ve found a way to overcome that “I need a vacation to recover from the…
Blog Goodies
Sometimes a great post is just a great post. These are no exception. I bookmark when I can those posts that make me talk or listen up. My intent is to share them. If only I remembered to. Well, now I have. Here are some great posts from the writing community: How Do You Know…
Guest Post Redux
Still off enjoying campgrounds, bugs, and hiking. Looking back over the posts of the last year or so, I noticed a lot of great advice – from you. Here is just a small sampling of guest posts that have graced this blog. Feel free to leave comments on this post or on those posts (the…
More Head-exploding Things
Hop on over to Get Paid to Write Online and read my guest post. I’m still on vacation, hopefully with a cozy camping spot, but I wanted to share some of my more intriguing finds this past week. Here are some more things that make my head explode: Rules that make no sense whatsoever. It…
Monthly Assessment: July 2011
Thought I forgot about the monthly assessment, didn’t you? Well, I did. And because it wasn’t the best month for me, I was tempted to ignore it completely. However, if I’m not accountable to you, then I can’t better myself. Same goes for you. Today I’m off for a week of camping and relaxing (I’ll…