As a freelancer, there is always this fine balance between
doing the work and finding more of it… I
spent a good part of June working on two contract jobs—making decent coin—for A
Pass Education, an online entity that contracts with educational publishers and
school districts. I accomplished this
while maintaining a civilized performing schedule, auditioning, prepping and
leading a workshop at the Intendence Film Festival (held in Arvada, CO, the
last weekend of June).
The work, the busyness, was great. Yet, at the beginning of July I looked at the
tsunami that was my office knowing that I needed to balance the checkbook, wade
through the piles of files and begin the work of looking for more gigs! Arrggg!
So I’ve taken nearly a week to do all this while thinking about the
future—which is always in flux and never guaranteed. Now what?
Do I resume research on a homecare business (finding live-in aids for
the elderly)? Do I complete that WIX
website dedicated to all things writing related? Work on my next kitty blog post? Prep for my next visit back East in August
(two weeks this time!)? And what about
that short story I began at the turn of the year—oh, the ending still escapes me!
And while I crave creative pursuits (I have, among other
things, resumed my taiko drumming classes in Boulder [CO] at least twice a
month), I also require regular chunks of income to maintain my oh so elaborate
lifestyle. All kidding aside, knowing
that I have chunks of income coming in the pipeline provides some sense of
relief. And just this past Monday I
began to think about additional writing contract gigs.
Ask and ye shall receive: On Tuesday I received an email asking if I’d
like to extend, for another week and a half, one of the two contracts I just
concluded for A Pass Education. More
good coin! Of course I said yes…I need
this income now to help pay for my monthly health plan costs, which I’ve
recently reinstated—another to-do item that had been on my list for several
years…
I love keeping busy and enjoy exercising both my right and
left brains. Now I need to relax,
ask—and receive!—a recurring role on the new Hallmark series that will
hopefully soon begin production somewhere in Colorado …
