Well, after my first full week without a day job, I’d say I’m doing okay. I decided to take it easy first and work up to more later, so the goal I set for myself—aside from a few administrative things like calling about healthcare plans, paying bills, or shopping for supplies—was to complete and have approved at least one project a day. I managed to get in five projects, and if I don’t count the weekend, I guess I met my goal. I have other ones I’ve finished or am working on, but the only ones that count are the ones that are approved by the powers that be, and then I can call them done. The irony is that sometimes the approval process takes longer than it actually takes me to do the work, so projects tend to take longer than I’d planned.

Still, in all this, I managed to have some kind of personal life—meals out with H.E., a Hawaiian birthday party, some book reading, and a leisurely afternoon ride in a Duffy. I realize that in freelancing, you have to work five or six times harder to get the same kind of income as you would at a day job, but it’s nice to be able to take a break whenever you want to and for however long you want to, and really, the truly best part of all is that the only idiot you answer to is yourself.

So this month begins with the goal of one completed and approved project a day—with extra credit for the weekends. Eventually, I’d like to either move towards two projects a day or stay with one project a day but get much more pay with each one. We shall see.

In the meantime, I’m gearing up to post more regularly and to completely redo all of my sites. I’m also trying to get back into keeping regular contact with all of my friends. It’s been hard this year, so I’ve mostly kept to myself, but it’s time I come out of my shell.

Stay tuned. With luck, I’ll be back to my old, old self and start posting tutorials and poems again. 🙂

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