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My Boss Is A Slavedriver

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When I decided to "be my own boss," I had no idea what a slavedriver I was. I haven’t had a spare minute to blog (or do laundry) in days because I’ve been working myself half to death.

 

Don’t get me wrong, I love working for myself, but there are plenty of challenges. Right now, I have a good problem. I have lots of work from lots of clients. That means I’ll be able to pay the bills and maybe even splurge on a new pair of shoes this month. But because the consulting life can often be "feast or famine," I may have taken on a bit more work than some would consider reasonable. That has meant working nights and weekends and saying no to lots of fun invitations.

 

When you work for yourself, you have to learn when and how to say no. I’ve gotten better at it, but I still miscalculate on occasion. I don’t mind because there are plenty of worse problems to have. When I first started out on my own, I had to scramble for work and often worried about making ends meet at the end of the month.

 

I’m not afraid of hard work, especially if it means I don’t have to punch a corporate time clock anymore. But I’m happy to have a few hours to relax today for the first time in a while.

 

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