Yeah, yeah...I know...

It's been a while since I've had the opportunity to blog. I've been so incredibly busy and nothing terribly inspiring (design related or otherwise) was striking me.

Here's what's new and exciting around these parts:

Numero uno and most important: I am finally working from home 100% full time. Yippee! I've been wanting to make this move for a while now so finally, I did it. It's been almost a month. Do I like it? Yes. Do I miss being in an office environment? No. Well, mostly no.

I'll explain what I mean by "mostly no"

I sometimes miss the stimulating conversations such as "Did you see So and So's outfit today? Gross!" and "Damn it, why are the paychecks never here on time. Whine, whine." Let's not forget the ever popular..."I don't want to do this. Can you??" or "Will you get me something from Starbucks when you go?" Note: the last comment should be accompanied by an onslaught of at least 10 people, orders in hand on a sticky note, ready to pass to you.

OK, I'm kidding. I really don't miss that. I do miss the positive stimulating conversations. I liked the majority of the people I worked with 99% of the time. Interacting with them I DO miss. But I don't miss the commute, the time investment each day, or the random bullshit office politics. (Oh come on. They exist in EVERY office. My office had an amazing amount, which I always found rather ironic since it was supposed to be a "no tolerance" subject. Yeh. K.)

I get an amazing amount of work done everyday and most of the time, I go to bed with a sense of accomplishment. Hell, I'm even starting to keep up with my monster amounts of email. (Ever try to answer over 200 messages a day in a coherent fashion and not just a Y or N answer?? Take a LOT of time!)

So it's been a resounding positive change. There are other fringe benefits, too:

I've caught up on a lot of podcasts that I couldn't listen to at the office. (They weren't allowed, and even when they were, I couldn't ever finish one without 10 interuptions) I've also discovered the joys of watching TV on the internet instead of buying shows I like in the iTunes music store. Which would really bug me when the show I just paid $1.99 for sucked.

I save an enormous amount of money on gas/lunch out every single day. Almost $200 a week. (No, seriously!)

I can come and go as I please. (That in itself is the one of the most important benefits)

Oh, there are so many more. I could go on and on.

Don't worry. I won't.

So now I am almost to the point where I feel caught up (whatever that means) on my workload and can handle what I have. (Most days. An assistant is in my near future...) My focus will then turn to new business: where to find it, how to find it and what to do with it once I have it.

I have a marketing plan that's viable, experience that I want to put to use making money, and plans to pursue my passion. Now all I need to do is go out and do it.

From here on out, I am probably going to keep this blog design related. I will be starting a new one however (I already have it parked...just need to start filling it up) which I will use to deposit my offtopic ramblings. I'll keep you all posted on where it is and what it's about shortly.

Until then, get in where you fit it and all those other figures of speech you hear, sometimes at the wrong time...