Birth -> School -> Uni -> Work -> Retirement Home -> Etc

Yet again I am trying to figure out my work/study/other plan for next year.
So far I have had a couple of interviews and a couple more applications are out in the ether and so on.
Ideal situation 1. Three days work, two days of baby care. Likelihood: 80%
Ideal situation 2. Ridulously well-paying full time job, preferrably […]

all over the place

I started my contract with the TV station yesterday. I am now officially their archivist, which is great and a little daunting because I am not a trained archivist. But I did maintain a tape library in Hobart for a year and a half. About 1,000 video tapes of stuff, which had to be accounted […]

To do list

1. register business name with Vic Gov
2. register com.au domain
3. web hosting
4. ring RACV about paperwork for insurance quote
5. personal budget
6. research web project contracts
7. web project proposal form
8. identity for business
9. sort out a filing system
10. sketch out proposed ideas for website
11. dump current portfolio site. goodbye first css site. you are […]

NEIS week 2

NEIS, for the uninitiated, is a DEWR grant of about $10,000, paid over a year to help people set up their own small business. NEIS gets you 10 weeks of training, which qualifies you for the Cert IV of Small Business Management. Then the nice NEIS people hook you up with a business mentor who […]

Adventures with NEIS

Today I went to the NEIS introduction meeting in Footscray. An enthusiastic man with flambouyant grey hair told us of other people who started their businesses through NEIS and are now millionaires. He also told us that someone in the last course set up a business to export chickens, which is apparently going quite well. […]

17 Things Learned In 17 Years

Important things for freelancers to memorize.