Little known fact

I LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC
I'M A SAP
I CAN'T HELP IT
AND IT'S SOMETHING I LIKE ABOUT ME ... SO I'M GONNA SHARE MY LATEST FASCINATION WITH ANYONE WHO MIGHT READ THIS...

JENNIFER NETTLES IS INCREDIBLE...CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO (THE SONG ROCKS..I MAY WANT TO SING THIS IN A CABARET OR SOMETHING)

          

Blog #2

Wow, I'm actually blogging again
Ok...now don't get too excited...this will be a borring blog
Because, once again, I thought to blog while i'm at a client site and that's really not cool cause they don't pay me to blog
Regardless,
I shall blog
I shall send them a bill and then...
If they should mention this blog, I shall remove a 1/2 hour from my bill LOL

ok soooooooooo I really have to say that it's a bit frustrating being my own boss...sort of!

The hard part is actually all the extra stuff...such as taxes and my own insurance..... that stuff is frustrating. And the paperwork....ughhhhh!!!!

I'm doing the same work i've always done...and actually i'm doing the work I WANT to do which allows me to pick and choose what to do(although i never say no for reasons i'll talk about later).
Confused yet??

The thing is this...even though i'm essentially making the same money for doing the same work, being an independent contractor, i can make more money because I can write off stuff. The problem with that is all the extra paperwork and time I have to put into keeping track of it all. I think it'll be worth it, but I won't know until my taxes are done this year :)

It's been a bit of struggle to transition, paying bills late, etc...but i am finally feeling some control over it all and getting back on track, so 2008 should be a much better year for me stress wise...

I'll discuss the stress factor in another blog...because that's a whole other story (hence doing a whole other blog)...i digress (again!)

so anyway...i have to get back to doing some of this work...but to summarize.....

I'm finally feeling better about my decision to go independant and
the reason i won't say no to the work i really don't want to do is really important to understand
I don't want to burn any bridges with people who can get me good work in the future...so even though i'm my own boss i have to treat my clients like they are...and really...they are cause they are writing the checks that are allowing me do all this stuff...
make sense???
Still Confused???
GOOD CAUSE SO AM I :)

Is anyone really reading this??? why do I bother???
(YAY Another topic for another blog)

In The Beginning

In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth. And the Earth was without form and void. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, "Let there be light." And there was light....

Anddddd there was my blog...it's humble beginnings...as is the beginning of my new journey into the world of freelance consulting....ughhhh

So you may be wondering...why now? what makes you blog now...so far behind the times...i will tell you:

My wonderful friend Marcy is in China this week and she is blogging her little heart out...and I wanted to comment on one of her pictures and in the process of that..i fell into the blogger abyss. No blogger or google id and you get lost (well not really but it certainly sounds more entertaining than "because I felt like it")...anyway...that's my story and i'm sticking to it...I have decided to begin this blog on my work and my life...since both go together these days, i need some outlet to rant...cause working and living like this ain't easy.

In conclusion...I really can't be doing this right now, i'm at my client's office and i should be doing some work...I just wanted to get this going...hopefully it will continue and you will all be amused by my wonderous ramblings :)

Have a great day!!!!!