Saturday, March 19, 2005
life in stasis. my greatest moneymaking technique because it takes no effort. put yourself in a position where you are making more than you are spending, then put things on autopilot. with my new job hopefully i can regulate my work load a little more. at least until they start getting pissed off about my regular missed days. it won't come to that, i hope. my goal is to keep things on the edges of appropriate so it doesn't become an issue. if they do get mad? no biggie. i'll just buckle down and work everyday for a while. it isn't like they are going to fire me, i am an independent contractor.
pretty soon i will know the boundaries of what is appropriate. my real goal is to have a feel for what days i can miss, and what days i should work. Some days will be so slow that they are a waste of time. i would have to work 2 slow days to make as much money as i make in one good day. i can miss 2 slow days instead of one good day and be fine.
with that in mind, what have i learned today? Fridays are always busy at my new job. i could get away with it for a while because i am still new, but why push it? if a friday is guaranteed to be a good day, it is counterproductive to miss one. the real goal is to make myself valuable enough on the days where i am needed that my absence is overlooked occasionally when i am not needed. i just need to gain enough foresight to be able to strike a balance. i dream of the day when i am considered competant enough by everyone to be universally left to my own devices.
pretty soon i will know the boundaries of what is appropriate. my real goal is to have a feel for what days i can miss, and what days i should work. Some days will be so slow that they are a waste of time. i would have to work 2 slow days to make as much money as i make in one good day. i can miss 2 slow days instead of one good day and be fine.
with that in mind, what have i learned today? Fridays are always busy at my new job. i could get away with it for a while because i am still new, but why push it? if a friday is guaranteed to be a good day, it is counterproductive to miss one. the real goal is to make myself valuable enough on the days where i am needed that my absence is overlooked occasionally when i am not needed. i just need to gain enough foresight to be able to strike a balance. i dream of the day when i am considered competant enough by everyone to be universally left to my own devices.
