Back to reality!

The last few months have been a whirlwind.  Ever since I decided to become a freelancer, I've had some ups and downs.  On the one hand it was great to be my own boss, make my own schedule and not have to deal with all the bureaucratic nonsense.  The freedom was something that I thoroughly enjoyed.

However, the downside to all this was that getting started and trying to get clients and contracts proved to be very slow going, and therefore money, or lack thereof, became an issue.  I had somewhat planned ahead for this, I had some savings aside for a rainy day, but even with that, It got tough.  I started getting more and more contracts, and invoiced my clients for my work on a weekly basis, but It took almost 3 months before I started getting regular income.  That was really the hardest part for me, because I was always used to having money and not worrying about it too much.  And then I just saw my savings go down and down, and nothing was coming in, I was getting nervous.

So as anyone would do in my situation, I decide I had to look for a job.  Ideally I wanted to find something either temporary or part time, just so i could make ends meet and be able to pay for my essentials.  And low and behold, as of last week, I finally got the ideal job for me.  It was actually the place that I had interviewed with 3 times and who never bothered to call me back to let me know what the situation was.  It turns out that the HR person I had met with and that was taking care of my file, had left the company and my file kind of got lost in transition.

I am thrilled that they ended up calling me back, because this was definitely the ideal job for me at this time.  Not only is the job itself right up my alley, it is a 10 min walk from my house, and it's a temporary contract position for 6 months, which is ideal because that will be just enough time to see if I like it and if they like me, and if i end up not liking it for whatever reason, at least I'll know that it's only for 6 months.  If they happen to have an opening for me after the 6 months, and I like the place, that would be great, but if not, I'll be just as content going back to freelancing. Especially since I'll have kept up doing contracts during my free time, so I won't lose any clients and I'll have had the opportunity to save up a bunch of money to prepare for that eventuality.  It always pays to be prepared in any given situation...Those boy / girl scouts know what they're talking about!

I have mixed feelings about going back to work as an employee; on the one hand I'm ecstatic about working so close to home and getting a regular, secure income again.  On the other hand, I'm going to miss the freedom of freelancing and being able to come and go as i please and work in my jammies if I want to and not have to answer to anybody.  But I am mostly happy about this new chapter, It'll be nice to learn something new, meet new people and just see and talk to people everyday.

I've had the ''New job Chapter'' part of my life so many times, that It's become a running gag with my friends and family. But all I can say is that I just know what I want, I know what I like, and life is just too short to be doing something you don't like, or working somewhere that makes you miserable, that's just not living for me.  Plus I am a big fan of change and new challenges and changing jobs as often as I have really feeds into that perfectly.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that this time around will be a worthwhile challenge!