Be careful what you wish for! / myLot

United Kingdom

October 15, 2024 3:25am CST

Last week, for the first time since I started self-employment back in 2010, I had a whole week with no work coming in. This was rather a worrying development! After the first couple of days I thought perhaps work would dry up, just like that. One of the drawbacks of self-employment is the lack of job security. Partly I think it is to do with the worsening financial situation in China, the source of many of my clients. On the other hand it was quite useful having more free time. I am trying to kit the family out in ‘mediaeval’ outfits for an upcoming party, so I was able to work on those, and see a friend I haven’t seen in ages. But I also took on some other commitments as well. Then this week suddenly has been a complete reversal – I am inundated with work and of course I have also signed up for other things! Obviously I should not have worried – now I have the opposite problem of trying to fit everything in and keep everyone happy! Be careful what you wish for they say…. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2024.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12856)

• Ireland

@fleura Famine or feast. That’s a nice clock. My father-in-law had one like it and each bird twittered loudly when its hour came round. Fun at first but not at 4 am so it had to go.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (46860)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

@Fleura That makes sense.

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Fleur

@Fleura (30016)

• United Kingdom

Thanks. This one (from the RSPB shop in case you fancy another) has a built-in light sensor so the sound is proportionate to the brightness of the hour.

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changjiangzhibin89

@changjiangzhibin89 (16725)

• China

It seems not to be our problem !

Hope you will satisfy everyone !

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Fleur

@Fleura (30016)

• United Kingdom

So what is the financial situation there right now?

Amber

@AmbiePam (90471)

• United States

10h

I can’t see you as anything but busy.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (103998)

• Marion, Ohio

Glad you have plenty of work.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (337353)

• Rockingham, Australia

That's great that the work is flooding in once again. It's easy to get a bit anxious and lose faith but obviously you can afford to be more positive next time the work dries up.

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Xavier Bage

@franxav (13789)

• India

12h

I hope you will be able to get out of this inundation.

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Fleur

@Fleura (30016)

• United Kingdom

I'm working on it!

BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (46860)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

When I had my own typesetting business, it was always feast or famine.

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marguicha

@marguicha (221329)

• Chile

12h

It happened to me decades ago when I made awesome costumes for my children. I decided to say no after a while. Some work is only made for love.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (133891)

• India

Just now

That is a good thing that you wishes came true. That clock up there. Do those birds still chirp? Mine don't

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@Orson_Kart (6652)

• United Kingdom

You’re not selling PPE back to them are you? I know we had a mountain of unused or unusable kits that were probably thrown in a skip, and I know how you like to rummage.

Love the clock! Pretty much all my favourite birds on there.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (78730)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

I love that clock, At least you do not have to worry about having no work, Just do the best you can,

Thelma

@thelme55 (76730)

• Germany

That’s a beautiful clock. I hope you can do all that work.

Some Witch

@somewitch (833)

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What a cool clock!

I hope you make it through the week. If you find any good productivity tips, please let me know. I'd be struggling with way less than what you're experiencing at the moment.