Life is a Work in Progress » freelancing

Itchy Fingers

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:17:35 +0000

I am itching to shop online! Can someone please stop me? I kept getting these unexpected projects and whenever I finish and get paid, all I can think about is where to spend them. I should be saving all of them so we can pay off the loan we took two months ago. I promised myself it will be fully paid before the year ends but I honestly didn’t know I may be able to actually do it. I should probably treat ourselves by spending 30% of my earnings and save the other 70%. It’s definitely a win-win situation no matter where you look. We can still save money without depriving ourselves.

But while writing this, I realized I may be overthinking this a bit. I’m still high from getting all these projects and might have to wait for the urge to spend to die down before buying anything.

Three-Hour Lunch Meeting

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:05:00 +0000

Oooh the perks of having to work from home. My client/friend just called me and asked if I’d like to meet up for lunch instead of dinner. He has my laptop already so I immediately said yes. Of course, I’d still meet up with him even without the laptop but maybe not as fast.

Anyway, back to perks. If I’m working in a real office, I wouldn’t have time to go out and do whatever I want, anytime I want. I only had to wait for my boss to log off and sleep (it’s night time in the US) so I can get ready to leave. I love not having a strict schedule! Aside from having the freedom to do things on my own pace, I find that I work better if I know that no one’s waiting for me to finish. This is why my favorite time of the day is 1PM-onwards because I’m the only one online on our Jabber chat.