(On a side note: skinny jeans do not make me look skinny. -_-)
I love the prospect of being self-employed...
Your pondering hostess,
The Fox
I always feel awkward when taking self-portraits. If there's no one to respond to, I don't smile, and since the unsmiling face isn't always the greatest I start taking pictures of features or distancing myself from the camera or getting a more 'washed out' look. Or I lose my balance while the self-timer runs and end up getting an AWESOME picture like this. XD (On a side note: skinny jeans do not make me look skinny. -_-) (On another side note, I like feet pictures.) These were taken Monday, on my way home from class...it had been a particularly frustrating session in Photoshop (vector masks and rasterized images are NOT all they're cracked up to be), so instead of going directly home I went around the lake. This ledge thingy is by the dam at the north end of the lake, and a lot of fun to walk on. And there was a really nice breeze (a storm was moving in--I love storms), and the water looked so nice, and the temperature was so cool...it was a much-needed change from the Photoshop madness. An instance where I didn't smile...combination of a long day and general melancholy. Meh. But I really liked how the 'serious' ones turned out. I think I've been in a rather serious mood lately...in a little less than a month I'm turning 19. And while 18 seemed more like a threshold to adulthood, 19 seems a bit more serious and less of a prelude. Along with that crossing-the-threshold-into-adulthood line is the realization that I earn enough to cover my basic costs plus a tiny bit to spend and save. I work something around 30+ hours a week in my part-time jobs, which may not seem like a lot to a person working a 'real' job but factor in another 10 hours of class-time (not counting homework time) and I always feel highly rushed--too rushed to do the things I want, like ride the horses on a regular basis, walk the dog, and draw/paint. As a consequence, I've decided to work smarter, not harder. Let's just say that Mom and I have been brainstorming, and we've got ideas involving my selling things for people...the kinks haven't totally been worked out yet, but it's a viable idea. Will things slow down? I don't know. If nothing else I may be able to work from home, at my own pace, and feel like I'm doing things slower (and I'd be able to take time off whenever I wanted XD). I love the prospect of being self-employed... So ideas are flowing, and while I'm not ready to quit my normal jobs I'm certainly looking into other venues. And who knows? Maybe I'll actually get somewhere with 'em.
Your pondering hostess, The Fox
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9/23/2010 06:58:29 am
I'm self-employed and I love it. It can be hard work, but at least you have a decent boss.
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I figure that ALL jobs are hard work one way or another...but finding a way to keep self-employed means that you have different kinds of hardship. I think that the pros far outweigh the cons (especially considering that you don't have to deal with people ALL the time, you get to take time off for yourself, get to devote yourself towards things you WANT to do and not necessarily things you HAVE to do because it's part of a job, etc...).
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9/24/2010 10:10:20 am
Exactly! One thing to be prepared for is the feast or famine effect. There are times when work is slim and all of a sudden you have more work than you can possibly do. It's great fun though to work on the couch in your slippers. Like I am now.
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