That is Waikiki Cheeseburger. Best cheeseburgers in the Islands. Delish! Everything tastes tropical. Something about the sauces and the seasonings they put on their fries. Yum.
Tuesdays are tough for me (especially thinking about how a week ago I was eating at Waikiki Cheeseburger!). I think I’ve whined about it before on this blog. Sorry, long-suffering readers.
I’ve decided then to make Tuesday my main writing day. If I really don’t like the day, why not make it as fun as possible?
Writing, fun?
Well, after reading my new 2010 resolution courtesy of Ann Patchett (I’m reading her memoir, Truth and Beauty, right now!) and this piece on thinking and writing about new things from the New York Times, I’ve decided to make a conscious decision to do something worthwhile on this blah day.
I’ve had a bit of a struggle transitioning from a full-time job to full-time freelance in the last 10 weeks of 2009. I have now reclaimed my Monday through Friday hours and am going to do what I want to do (and keep up with my myriad of clients to boot). It will be a challenge because no matter how many years of freelance you have under your belt (I will have been freelancing for 15 years this coming August), leaving employment is a transition.
I got too comfortable, which makes me lazy and makes me bored and creates this entire monster of blah Tuesdays. I was earning a paltry amount of money for all the work I put in (working above and beyond 40 hours a week, covering others’ jobs, cleaning up others’ messes, listening in to worthless department meetings where they are telling jokes or gossiping on the conference line and wasting MY time). I’m so glad to be done. Let me tell you, this is why American entrepreneurs will succeed. We work twice as hard as Europe. Sure the work/life balance sucks a lot of the time over here, but we make much more progress.
But I still got comfortable with my direct deposit paycheck. I liked having it right there. Well, I was sucking my soul dry. My favorite (forgotten) part of freelancing is going out and getting the work. I love talking to new clients, love closing deals, LOVE planning and executing marketing campaigns.
Turns out I wasn’t as comfortable as I was scared. I call my f/t job (June 2007 to October 2009) “my port in the storm.” It served its purpose during a really bad economy. But I can’t be employed more than two years ever again. I will drive myself crazy. I need to get back out in the open and steer my own boat.
And because my new freelancing biz plans include securing an agent and a book deal in 2010, I’d better make like Ann Patchett and write more to produce more.
If you’ve got a blah day on your schedule, what are you going to do to make it your best day? What are you going to do to change it up?
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