Being Self-Employed Means Never Knowing When

[MineralMan]

it's a weekend day. I have just finished up work on a contract that had a deadline of this past Friday. My eyes are blurry, my fingers are tired, and I'm going to have a gin and tonic this very minute.

"Mothers, don't let your babies grow up to be writers! Let them be bankers, politicians and such."

[XemaSab]

1. Tell me about it

There's also the problem of the workday never really starting on some days and never really stopping on others.

[Throd]

2. Graphic designer here, working on a beautiful Sunday, for a Monday 8:00 am deadline.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

3. I know all too well what you mean. I have a deadline tomorrow myself and

here I am, reading and posting on DU, lol.

I'd add some Vodka to this glass of OJ but then I'd be asleep instead of getting this assignment done.

[grasswire]

4. aw, writing is not hard work

All you do is roll a piece of paper into the typewriter and stare at it until drops of blood form on your forehead.

(old joke)

[MineralMan]

5. Indeed.

But, try writing ten pages about ten different commercial HVAC systems that are all virtually identical, without any duplicated phrases. Welcome to my world. Next, I get to write twenty pages about the scrap metal business, followed by 25 pages for a clinical psychologist' s website. Always an interesting challenge.

[brer cat]

6. Tell me about it.

I am doing tax work...lots of long hours and no weekends until April 15. However, I do get to play the rest of the year. I feel for you doing that routine off and on all year.

Hang tough, MineralMan, and enjoy your gin and tonic whenever you can.

[Auggie]

7. I like being self-employed ...

I've put up with enough office bullshit to last a lifetime. Working on weekends is a small price to pay for freedom.

[MineralMan]

8. I like it too.

I've been freelancing since 1974. I am just grumping about it today.

[oneshooter]

9. Contractor, home repair/improvement

About caught up with my work load, need to start bidding some.

[dipsydoodle]

10. Same here pretty much.

Days are just days. Been like that since 1995.

[JI7]

11. i'm at the beach so i can tell by the crowds

interestingly my favorite time at the beach is fall/winter even though business is slow because it's not so crowded. so i actually don't mind working while everyone else is going down to have fun.