Sometimes working freelance from home can be really great – freedom to do what you want when you want: need to go shopping? No problem, just pop into town. Want to meet up with friends for lunch? Great, just do a bit extra in the morning and you won’t even notice the hours away from the keyboard. Other times it can be just plain boring and lonely. Monday mornings are the worst without doubt, everyone else is hard at work and so should you too. No one has any time to chat on MSN – neither do you but that’s besides the point. You’ve got a stack of jobs to get done and it just seems like none of them will produce any money. It’s really easy to get sucked into the Monday downward spiral where you feel depressed by mid afternoon and end up sending out emails to all the people you haven’t spoken to for ages…..after you’ve sent the emails you remember why you haven’t spoken to them in ages – you fell out with them and were waiting for them to apologise to you……
So what’s the answer? Well, for me it’s go out….not to do some shopping, although that would be appropriate as I’m working on an article about shopping at the moment, research would be good….But no, I’m trying something else out – all in the name of writing – new adventures, experiences and so on, I’m trying my hand at being a secretarial temp….Having been taught to type at school – You must learn to type because then you will always be able to fall back on it if you don’t find a husband – yes, private education for girls…..don’t get me started….So I can type – quite fast and accurately actually….I also have loads of other office skills too, so it looks as though I can give this a try, make a little bit of money, meet people and more importantly, it will give me more to draw upon for writing!
Watch this space for the further adventures of Chickenlady – soon to be cooped up in a Battery farm office (well, it might end up feeling like a battery farm….).
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