Thursday, March 10, 2005

Start Up Pains

What a crazy life.
I THOUGHT that by starting my own business… I would have more time on my hands… you know… time to play with the kids, change the oil in the car, rake the leaves… anything.
Let me be the first to say… I HAVE NO TIME AT ALL!
I haven’t found a minute to myself yet... and it’s been a month (on the 11th).

I’ve been busy designing buildings, sketching, site planning, master planning, and traveling (teaching people how to use a program called SketchUp).

I took on the SketchUp training to add variety to my life and to fill in the gaps should my architecture design business fall short… and have found myself REALLY busy.

I’m in hopes that it is a phenomenon associated with START UP, and not going to be like this for the long haul.

One more crazy thing about owning your own business (I’m no pro yet, but will be soon enough).. is billing. I was used to a paycheck every two weeks deposited right into my checking account. Now I send out bills and WAIT. Good grief.. don’t these people know I have mouths to feed around here!
I am in hopes that this too is a symptom of START UP and things will smooth out as I get going.

And finally, I hate how I haven’t been keeping up with the Adventures of Stu the Lemming on my Daily Sketch Blog (What is the true meaning of Daily anyway? I’m not going to even give you a link :(.
For anyone who knows what I am talking about… soddy. Poor Stu is ricocheting around in the belly of a sea creature all this time!

I’ll try harder… When I get some time.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is different, Feast & Famon.
The check comes in... FEAST!
The work hits a snag and the prject is delayed.. along with the payment... FAMON.

But if you keep multiple projects moving forward you will become adept at juggeling your time and finances to meet your needs. The first rule of thumb is always keep some money in reserve should things not go as planed.

Anonymous said...

It is different, Feast & Famon.
The check comes in... FEAST!
The work hits a snag and the prject is delayed.. along with the payment... FAMON.

But if you keep multiple projects moving forward you will become adept at juggeling your time and finances to meet your needs. The first rule of thumb is always keep some money in reserve should things not go as planed.

Anonymous said...

It is different, Feast & Famon.
The check comes in... FEAST!
The work hits a snag and the prject is delayed.. along with the payment... FAMON.

But if you keep multiple projects moving forward you will become adept at juggeling your time and finances to meet your needs. The first rule of thumb is always keep some money in reserve should things not go as planed.