Working at home

Another day in the books. Did this one from home, and I really, really enjoyed myself. Whether it was because I had a lot to do, or I was comfortable, or I just kept looking at the clock and thinking, "that's another hour! cha-ching!"... I'm not sure. But at least yesterday, I was able to keep focused, and billed 8 hours. No stopping to put the laundry in, no running out for a quick errand, just working.

My "home office"

Every once in a while I would let my mind wonder for a few minutes about whether or not I could keep this up. Not the working or focus part. The, um, client part. The client I am working for now has a very seasonal work load, focused around the election cycle mainly. That's why the timing right now works out so mutually beneficial to both of us. If I can bill them 4-8 hours a day, every day, for a month, I don't need another client in that month.

But what happens in December? I haven't looked for full-time employment with a company at all this week. Will I be able to maintain self-employment? Do I start looking for other clients? Do I want to start looking for other clients?

Of course all that led me to jump right to, "I need a website! I need a name! I need business cards!..." At which point I'd go, "whoa. You need to finish this task for this one client and then determine what's next."

So I'll give myself today -- another work at home day -- to see if I can maintain focus. Then tomorrow I go into the client site to report on what I've done. Let's tackle how long-term this is next week.