9 to 5? or 5 to 9? or was it 1am-5am?

5am, can’t sleep, pain from my head to my neck/shoulders - so I am laying here on my bed, pondering work - lately it seems to be a mad house, lots of little things, a few select big things, and another pile of small things waiting in the wings ;)

Meetings this week, line-ups for more programming / consulting gigs, which is nice, some extra cash helps pay off business expenses living on the business credit card - be happy to have it cleared off, but it’s times like this when things get busy busy busy that I have mixed feelings about self employment - don’t get me wrong, I enjoy it - but there are times I’d love to be working for a boss, set hours, overtime, a team working with me, and the steady paycheck - I remember the days - made some good money back working for other people - highschool, web firm.

Don’t get me wrong, private consulting can be very profitable, challenging, fun, exciting, etc. etc. - but once and a while lately, I dont think I’d mind someone offering me 40-60k a year… but when I think about it, I kind of dread a few things like droping clients with another company/person who may not always be in their best inrests, customers I have a relationship with who trust me and what I know how to do - would hate to send them off to find other people to do the work I do for them currently - It’s the thing I have noticed about myself lately - I’m a tad posessive and protective - guess the ol Camp Cousiler nickname fits, "The Bear" :)

But its 5:30am, the rooster next door is chiming the aproaching sun, and thus I imagine my time to sleep for a bit, maybe 4-5 hours, then back to it - I seriously need to get the sites in gear, have a few ideas in mind for promotion, need to get the ball rolling, I have some upcoming expenses on my mind, more on that later - but needless to say, I need to bring the monthly revenues up a bit. Night Folks.

Posted on 19 July '05 by Chuck Brown, under deep thoughts, work.