Work It.

One of the challenges I face in getting my business up and running is the ever-present need to hurry up and wait. I’m not good about delayed gratification.

As much as I appreciate a day or two filled with Google Talk messages with Melle, and afternoon road trips to sex stores in Mississauga (story to come shortly, I suspect), none of these endeavours pay the bills – in the literal sense. Doing it this way, however – slowly and methodically – helps me feel considerably more confident. I’m able to see, for myself, that all the “i”s are dotted and the “t”s are crossed – and that’s very important to me. I’m not presenting a half-assed business to people. There are few things I hate more than finding myself halfway down a road and realizing that I forgot to take care of something. Like remembering to shut off the coffee machine, if you will, before leaving the house for the day, or forgetting to charge GST on an invoice to a client.

A lot has actually been acomplished, despite my warblings. I have already done some client work – including a second project for one of them. I have a PO box, a GST number, a phone line, a web site that’s being constructed, and all the basic office supplies have been procured (and you KNOW the office supplies were the highlight of that list!). I’m still waiting for my logo to be finished, and for my business cards to be created, and once the web site is done I shall market myself like nobody’s business. I’m really looking forward to telling people about what I’m doing now that I’ve left the corporate world – finally, a business doing things that I’m really really good at, instead of trying to fit my square-peg self into a round corporate-hole.

Tomorrow afternoon I have an appointment to set up my bank account (which is good, since I have a cheque waiting to be cashed!) – and then I have some final editing to do on some of the web site content. I’m pretty sure I can work in an hour of Tetris, too.

Must treasure these quiet days – I intend to put an end to them soon enough.