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Some really good points there. Marketing would be tough.
TBH I think it would/could go well when or if I got an 'in' but the problem would be getting the first contracts.
I find it interesting you are looking at these things so individually, as either or options.
As someone whose career was always 'portfolio' I would have considered the first two in addition to any form of employment ( often so etching very humble...) because I always felt more comfortable when I had a trickle of something coming in and the discipline of routine. When I met fir through one type of 'work' for an acquaintance I had sold my business recently, and had my finger in about five pies, but I was still riding out at the local racing stables on weekday mornings and shovelling poop as needed. Right though owning my business I worked a night shift at a place where my degree was relevant, so I worked a very basic manual job where I made about four degree level decisions a week ( which could have been done from a list if the employer had been sensible)
The point of that is, that a the next step might not be one thing. It might be pt employment in current sector but a different role...one less prestigious, to give you some income for childcare when you need it for example, while, in your other hours you watch kids while packing cycling clothing, and do the food writing in your lunch hour.
Self employment is different, with both positives and negatives. Even though I've halved clients back to my originals this year ...because of health, I still have to dedicate to them. I don't work for 'the man' but that also means the man isn't there when I want a break. If fir isn't here I have to be out there min twice a day however sh1tty I feel. And that's with me not meant to be doing anything, lol.
My friends in an old industry get cross when I say we're all performing monkeys. The truth is even SE I'm a performing monkey, I just get more say over the costume and argue my own billing. Which means I could waste time over my billing .........;)
That sounds negative but I'm grinning. The trick is, I think, to be realistic about expectations and approach. If I had an opportunity to work pt out of the home I feel it would be advantageous to me. Not necessarily financially, though the trickle income is something I like, but in lots of other ways.0 -
According to my boss at work who had just had a week of sick/working at home there is some sort of flu bug going round and highly prevalent right now....funnily enough the rest of the team have just struggled in however rough we have been feeling.
Maddening that, isn't it! Our manager sometimes used to ring in and say she was "working from home", e.g.if one of her kids was ill. The rest of us didn't have that option, as the computer systems we needed to use were only available in the office. If we had a sick child we just had to take annual leave ("carer's leave " being available only in absolute emergency).
Obviously we accepted that we'd have to use some of our leave in those circs, but it seemed very unfair that the manager didn't have to!0 -
According to my boss at work who had just had a week of sick/working at home there is some sort of flu bug going round and highly prevalent right now....funnily enough the rest of the team have just struggled in however rough we have been feeling.
Maddening that, isn't it! Our manager sometimes used to ring in and say she was "working from home", e.g.if one of her kids was ill. The rest of us didn't have that option, as the computer systems we needed to use were only available in the office. If we had a sick child we just had to take annual leave ("carer's leave " being available only in absolute emergency).
Obviously we accepted that we'd have to use some of our leave in those circs, but it seemed very unfair that the manager didn't have to!
As a friend used to sing:
The working class
Can kiss my ar..
I've joined the management at last.
It's the perk of being the boss.
We have a fairly senior bloke who refuses ever to book holiday. The reason? He travels a lot. Why does he travel? Because he wants his family to stay where they are while he works elsewhere while we pick up both rents!0 -
I haven't seen or heard from bugslet and lemonjelly either for a while...hope they're doing well. :grouphug:
I did see a post from Bugs on another thread a few days ago. I can't remember which board it was on, though.
NDG I'm glad your weekend was so thoroughly lovely
Chatting with one or the other of my daughters - and my son, come to that - is one of my very favourite things. Hopefully they enjoy it as much as I do 
Gen - i can't offer any advice as I know nothing whatsoever about business, but I wish you the very best, whatever path you decide to take 0 -
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I am doomed to mediocrity. I absolutely have to get something up at the patio doors, so I figured if I put up two stick on hooks, then used one of my expanding net poles on that and if I drove to Dunelm to buy some cheap nets, I could have a "job done" allbeit a bit of a bodge.
So, off I set. Well, I couldn't find it. Ended up taking over an hour and driving 20 miles to find the place. Bought the nets (they didn't have the right drop, so I chose the one 3" too long, rather than the one 2" too short.... and set off home. I've come in, I've got the net rod, I've got the ladder out, I've threaded the first net onto the rod and thought I'd just hang the one, to see how it looks, before adding the 2nd ... and realised I only had one hook in place. Before it had any weight on it whatsoever one of the stick on hooks has already dropped to the floor.
So I need a bit of a plan B to get the hooks stuck to the uPVC frames0 -
Doozergirl wrote: »It took me three years as wel, Lydia. I'm not the only one I know either. My aunt kept my grandma's ashes for quite a while before burying them. Quite probably a similar amount of time.
I don't think it's organisation, or it wasn't for me. It was about being able to let go.
I believe you that for you it was about letting go.
For us it was organisation.lostinrates wrote: »Other childcare merits consideration...that's why I asked about temporary solutions..so its not a weekly commitment. Alternatively you might be looking at a teenaged baby sitter, if you have any reasonably sensible teens about.
Teenage babysitters are great for evenings. They mostly don't fit for school drop off and pick up. They need to be in their own schools earlier in the morning and later in the afternoon than the 8/9 year olds, they don't drive, and in many cases the primary schools won't hand children over to somebody who's not a legal adult.I am a good example of someone who took the decision to reduce working time too late .I may now never be fit to work again and have a long road ahead of me before I can participate fully in family life.
my mum used to say "nobody owns tomorrow". do not evaluate on financial risk. qualityof life has an increased risk of impairment as you get older.
seven weeks ago I had a good income a happy busy home life a fair social life, could drive, regular holidays and treats. now I am struggling to walk, cannot dress unaided, cannot prepare a meal or walk my dog. If I could turn the clock back and remake some work life balance decisions I would.
Oh Spirit. You sound so sad.
I wish I could give you a proper hug, but here is a cyberhug as the best I can do:
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Ours are still at the funeral place. We've no idea what to do with them really, so they'll stay there until we've got two lots to organise and we'll keep them together. So difficult when they moved so far away from where they originated, so probably not appropriate to put them down there. On the other hand, where else? Three of us, all geographically distributed. None in our original town. Impossible to work out what's right.
My mum's mum and her brother both have their ashes in a churchyard in the village where Granny spent her childhood and her retirement (although not her life in between those two). We are putting Mum's in the same churchyard, with the plan to put my dad's in with her when the time comes.
LNE's parents were very organised about his ashes. They were buried a couple of days after the funeral, in a plot at the crem.
When the dog died (in 2008) we scattered most of his ashes at two sites near our home where we used to walk him a lot. We were going to scatter the final lot at the place near my parents' place where we also use to walk him. I think we might finally get round to doing that this weekend while we are visiting my dad - although not on the same day as Mum - that would be a bit weird.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Well, today is the most eventful 'quiet' day I've had in a while......
Popped into the taxi office (as I was in town anyway), to have a drivers wife hurling abuse and foul language (with my girls present), with the same person being surprised that her husband has 'unfairly' lost his radio as a result of this.
I didn't make that decision, and didn't know about it until I was caught up with later........Lovely💙💛 💔0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I am doomed to mediocrity. I absolutely have to get something up at the patio doors, so I figured if I put up two stick on hooks, then used one of my expanding net poles on that and if I drove to Dunelm to buy some cheap nets, I could have a "job done" allbeit a bit of a bodge.
So, off I set. Well, I couldn't find it. Ended up taking over an hour and driving 20 miles to find the place. Bought the nets (they didn't have the right drop, so I chose the one 3" too long, rather than the one 2" too short.... and set off home. I've come in, I've got the net rod, I've got the ladder out, I've threaded the first net onto the rod and thought I'd just hang the one, to see how it looks, before adding the 2nd ... and realised I only had one hook in place. Before it had any weight on it whatsoever one of the stick on hooks has already dropped to the floor.
So I need a bit of a plan B to get the hooks stuck to the uPVC frames
What you actually need are these:
http://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-tension-net-rod/p348391
They are net curtain rods that expand and fit inside the frame of the window. No hooks or glue needed.
You may need to exchange the nets for a smaller size.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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