So far, I’ve managed to keep my head above water since I quit my job in December. It’s amazing what you can do without when you just have a few dollars to work with. I’ve cut back on a few things. I don’t eat out. I cook, and I make sure I have leftovers. I don’t catch a movie every week. Instead, I discovered Red Box. Now if I could just remember to take the movies back the next day.
Going to work has expenses all its own. I’m saving on gas and wardrobe upkeep. I’m in jeans most of the time. I do my own hair; well that’s nothing new really. I don’t make runs to the store nearly as often to pick up a blouse or shoes. I’m making do.
Meanwhile, I’ve been slowly letting people know that I do websites. I have one contract that I’m working on now. It’s been a lot of work, and I’m probably earning about $2 an hour, but hey! gotta start somewhere. And then this afternoon, I received an email from someone interested in getting a site. Bit by bit. If I could land at least one website gig each month, I could hang out here a little longer. I know at some point, though, I’m going to need some benefits, but I’ll be like Scarlett and let it go til ‘tomorrow.’
I’ve also set up another blog to offer tutorials on working with WordPress. I’ve been using it to test some code and various features, but I plan to have it set up to do what I intended it to do, real soon.
I enjoy working from home. It suits my personality and my work habits, which can sometimes be intense. I tend to stay on a task until I’ve gotten it perfected to my abilities, which means that I’m often up until 3 in the morning. My laziest time of the day is around 2pm. My body seems inclined toward a Spanish siesta, even though there’s not a drop of Spaniard dna in my background. But they sure have the right idea.
All in all, it’s been good. Getting out of teaching kids was so necessary. My nerves are calmer. My demeanor is more pleasant. I feel like my old self again, and I like the feeling.
