The Slow Life
Ahh, hello blog. I have missed you.
Looks like it’s been over a month since my last post. I’ve been on a quest to live a slower (more slow?) life. For the last five years, I’ve operated BADmedia as a freelance business on top of having a full time job. While I enjoy recording and design work, the ultimate purpose of BADmedia has always been to have a supplement to my full time income. While the extra money is nice, it is more often outweighed by the extra time and effort needed to do the work. In turn, I don’t have time to enjoy life – reading books, getting some exercise, relaxing, having fun, playing drums, blogging.
Getting the job with Crossings has confirmed that I am “getting out” of the freelance business. I say that with quotes because I will continue to do freelance work – but only for a select few clients. Basically, I’m not going to take on any more freelance work from this point. The current clients I have don’t require a lot of my time, so I will continue to fulfill my obligation to them. The daily drive to Louisville consumes more of my time, which only adds to the confirmation that I don’t need to be doing freelance work.
I’ve spent the past few months finishing up a few of the leftover projects from my brief stint of operating BADmedia full time. It’s been a busy month, but last night was a great night – I was able to come home and not have any responsibilities. Just because it’s part of my nature, I still did “work,” but it was stuff I wanted to work on. That’s how I want it to be – I want to only work on things that I care about. Work on fewer things, but do better work because I truly care about the finished product. Not working on things just to get a check when the work is done.
So, even though I’ve said this before, I look forward to blogging more frequently. Life should be slower now.
