Since I'm at home anyway....

I had a fun meeting this morning with a potential client. She was self-employed like I was and we were sharing war stories about how we run business, how we get clients, project horror stories, etc. Every once in a while it's good to talk to someone in your own shoes. I have another self-employed client who we share tax & investment tips as well *wave* You know who you are.

I find this exchange incredibly uplifting and motivating. It tells me that as big as my business problems seem to be....I'm not alone, we all go through it no matter how successful our businesses are.

You might think "DUH Raph, of course!" But that's not an easy idea to remember when you're shelled up behind your home office all alone each day.

ANYWAY, we get to talking about how people assume that since you're working out of your home, you have a lot of time on your hands. She says her roomate sends her out to get milk "since she's at home anyway".

That's very true in a way...since I've been working on my own, I've become everyone's limousine driver, the telephone answering machine, my neighbor's xerox copy guy, the housecleaning man, the airport delivery man, etc etc.

I mean, normally these are little things...I don't mind doing them at all. But when you put everything in perspective, after doing a few "little things" each day, it's amazing how quickly it eats away at your actual work time.

Shit...reminds me I'm late to go pick up my wife right now...............