I admit I have been slightly neglecting this blog and really my life as a whole this week. There is a reason I have dropped of the webdar temporarily. The reason is that I have had a rather monumental week, monumental in so much as I’ve handed in my notice at work. This means that as of a few months I am going to “shit rather than get off the potty”. As I have written before, these past few years have seen me juggling both freelance and also a full time job. The juggling got rather hectic when the only webby in my company bid it farewell, this was nearly an insane year ago now. Upshot is that I have been doing about 5 people’s jobs and getting paid about half a persons. So, really this scary decision for so many was just logical for me.
I am not saying that this is not a big step, as for anyone this is for me. Yes, I have past experience but that does not make it any easier. You grow dependent on your full time wage which compared to working freelance comes so effortlessly. There is something rather nice and comfortable about that pay check at regular intervals. On the other hand having to tell clients you are going to give them lead times of 5 months on their site as balancing your various fragmented jobs; that is hardly ideal.
I am not going into this blind and have lined up work to keep me going for a little while along with looking to launch a few projects of my own. This decision has been a long time coming and in the end turned out to bit harder and really more trouble than it should. I want to thank everyone who has given me support in making this decision and for their enthusiasm at me actually doing it. Really the rollercoaster starts here for me again. I feel so much happier just having made this decision than I could have imagined. Yes, there will be ups and downs, for now I am just going to enjoy this up. I am not afraid of hard work and whatever happens I am giving it a go again. That is all you can in life. Giving it a go is what matters for me when it comes down to it.
Normal service will try and be resumed on this blog. I still aim to launch the new flavour and this move should mean I am able to focus on this project more and more. I hope to really nail my new portfolio in time for CSS Reboot. May 1st is also going to be the day I (should) be leaving my current job. I really like that timing even though it was not planned that way.
