The Way It Was...as the Boy continues his downward spiral i continue to keep the ball rolling down the field toward the goal...and all the while juggling a precarious garden business, a new and growing online vintage shop, a sleeping botanical business that's about to awaken with a roar and the recent volunteer work with the Refuge House. i've known all along that what is now being touted as the 'gig culture' is the only way to go. this is the new term for the incredible surge in freelancing that is being done now out of necessity but what i have been doing for years out of a desire to be free. it does take a certain amount of boldness and confidence not to mention motivation. if job security, must-have health insurance and a regular schedule are high on the priority list then forget it- you better just scrounge around for a low paying job where someone else calls the shots.
it took years after i quit the restaurant business to know that it was okay to stop and have coffee when i wanted to or sneak off to the thrift store any time that suited me. on the other side of that is working til all hours of the night on one project or another or talking to clients after 5 o'clock even on the weekends. funny though, some people want you to feel like a slacker because you're not grinding it out for some asshole 8 hours a day who dictates the time you're supposed to feel hungry.
i may be poor but i got what i need (except that 22 foot camper that i want to drive around one day...)
