moving to the beach brought criticism
Written by Siotha on November 26, 2009 – 4:14 pm -Doing anything remotely interesting will bring criticism. Attempting to do anything large-scale and interesting will bring armies of detractors and saboteurs. This is fine – if you are willing to take the heat.
I stole that qoute from Tim Ferriss he has an awesome blog about the art of pissing people off. I really took it to heart today, because it seemed like so many people where critisicing us for moving to the beach in a far off and remote location. We love it here, and often forget that people (our friends and family) haven’t experienced the beach life, they’re stuck in life 101 and only have 2 weeks holiday. We have a beautiful life here. For example, the window’s are open to let the wind blow through the house, the waves are crashing new shells on the shoreline, the iguanas are laying out enjoying the sun, and our children are singing along to Disney songs (ok only Alyssa, Bella is oohing and gooing and laughing today)… It’s like the world that we knew (life 101) has now become life 102. I really wish more of our friends and family could come down and experience life on manana time.
I know what life is to work work work, then give 2nds to family, then 3rds and 4ths to myself and body. In Dallas everyone and everything was negative. If Jeremy or I did anything remotely accomplishing we only heard the negative comments, which in turn changed us to only see the negative impacts while doing great things. This is all fine and dandy, just like Tim’s post – about doing great things brings negative emotions, comments, and no matter what we do – we’ll always hear the bad stuff. I hope to grow as a person and step out of that rut, experience the slow life then apply it as our children get older, and of course when we go back to the states to live.
Take a minute to read Tim’s post It really made me feel better about all the people, things, events that have happened over the last few weeks, and months, and years. It helps me understand why I’m so negative and how used to doing good & great things has turned me into miss negative. Winds of change are blowing those old negative emotions away.
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A passion within… as a Graphic Design Freelancer
Written by Siotha on June 19, 2008 – 2:21 pm -I’d like to make a quick statement. Right now, as you may or may not know I’m taking a break from xTrain.com. My hopes is to find that carefree freelancing passionate girl that I used to be with design, marketing, and life. With that said. I’d like to take a minute and write about what life as a freelance designer is like
Pro’s:
- Choose your hours
- Choose your clients
- Artistic freedom is your choice and not your client, so if the project doesn’t fit your style – don’t hassle.
- My working hours are 9 to noon, and 7-midnight when needed
- Spend time with my family
- Home office upgrades are cheap thanks to craigslist
- anything business related is a tax write off, as the more I earn, the more I spend… and the more taxes I owe.
- Working from the lazy boy isn’t an issue with my boss (oh wait, I am the boss!)
- No Degree required, even though I loved getting mine in Media Marketing and Management!
Con’s:
- Choosing a client when you need to pay bills isn’t always an option
- Clients come out of the woodworks wanting 40 hours of your time for something you would make $2 an hour for if you take them on and bill what they want to pay
- School activities sometimes get in the way of work schedules, therefore extra flexibility is required
- I’m responsible for: billing, invoicing, balance sheets, purchasing, selling, and all business needs – including finding resources that match the job at hand
- New software or hardware seems to come out every month!
- My iphone bill is getting expensive
- Security of a paycheck is only as good as the person who is writing the check – it could be net 30, 60 or even 90 days if you don’t have a solid contract in place
- Smoozing clients is fun but not my favorite thing to do, every day!
- The only benefits are self created – be sure you’ve got good insurance!
Why the heck do I love it though?
- My hair color is not required to be normal
- I can sleep in
- I can travel when I have money (which – strangely, I’ve earned more frequent flyer miles in the last 8 weeks than I did in the last 8 months)
- No pressure of “the man” watching me
- My time with my daughter has increased 75%
- My stress levels aren’t constant anymore – they fluxuate with each new situation – allowing my health to get better!
- Somehow I’m spending 80% family time even with my work schedule – (My mother is a consultant who works from home, my father is retired and is home for a few weeks, and my daughter is out of school for the summer…. Now I just need to work on my time with my husband, besides in the bedroom!)
- I am 100% responsible, at fault or a winner when a project is done and over with. (I like to think 100% proud!)
What about you? What are some other pro’s and cons you like or don’t like about freelancing?
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