A few weeks ago I got to a bit of a fork in the road. Going one way led to signing on the other way was becoming self employed and making my own chances till the ideal job came along. I signed on. And my oomph left. It was a big deal at the time and I faced my job centre demons. A job offer came and I accepted knowing that I had panicked and not put any thought into any of the practicalities and if it had any future for me.
I am now in the process of releasing myself from that decision. I registered as self employed this morning and before lunch had bagged my first 'job'. It's only handing out leaflets in our local city centre but it's 3 days work at quite a good rate. I am now pitching some ideas in my head and to some magazines in the tentative hope this may come to something. For some reason as I signed on my writing mojo slipped away and for the last few weeks I have not even blogged. It's coming back now.
My friend is a crafter and I hope to get involved in that although am keeping that as a hobby.
Another idea is to approach local companies to see about oddments of office work where there is not enough work to employ someone but enough to need a little help now and again. At the same time I am keeping my eye on the job market and even have a job interview on Thurs.
I am not terribly motivated by money but I am motivated to be interested and happy in what I do. I think this will be a stop gap while I figure things out.
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Well done you!
ReplyDeletethank you, it really helps to have positive feedback when you are nervous of decisions made x
DeleteGood luck Hazzy, it sounds like you are back on track :o)
ReplyDeletethank you, it feels better to be nervous than miserable x
DeleteI was only thinking this morning about you and what was happening on the job front. Sounds like you are happier in the decision you have now made. Good luck x
ReplyDeleteah that's nice you were thinking about me. Like I say I feel nervous while finance gets sorted but I'm not miserable and I slept through the night last night x
DeleteNice one. Suddenly a decision comes to you and you made it. Think positive at all times. I was a self-employed temp for a couple of years. Office work. I walked around the city centre distributing letters to places I wouldn't mind working. I got plenty of work. Good luck. Do what you want to do at all times.xx
ReplyDeleteThanks, my weekend just got cancelled but I'm top of the list for the next one. So much clearer in my thinking now x
DeleteWell done. I feel it's a huge step to go self employed (I suppose because I'm not brave enough) Hope you get lots of work.
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Thanks. To be honest I think it was my only option till a perm job. But its great not to be signing on x
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