First week as self-employed
Today is Sunday. I've been self-employed since Monday.
People ask, how does it feel? What is the difference?
1. Loneliness. There are no longer colleagues around to banter with, have canteen and lunch breaks, to idle-chat or have deeper conversations.
2. Loss of structure. Work gives our life structure. Wake up at 5.30am, get out of home by 7.30am, tea at 8.30am, lunch at 12pm, pack up and go home 6-8pm. It's a routine. A routine that gives structure. It's gone.
3. No alignment. No boss to tell me what to do, no emails asking for things, no strategic or organisational level intent to align to.
4. Intellectual degradation. No one to discuss, argue and banter with, nothing to read, think and critique, no enemies to guard against, means nothing to keep my brain on its toes at all times.
Hopefully, things will change once my practice gains momentum.
People ask, how does it feel? What is the difference?
1. Loneliness. There are no longer colleagues around to banter with, have canteen and lunch breaks, to idle-chat or have deeper conversations.
2. Loss of structure. Work gives our life structure. Wake up at 5.30am, get out of home by 7.30am, tea at 8.30am, lunch at 12pm, pack up and go home 6-8pm. It's a routine. A routine that gives structure. It's gone.
3. No alignment. No boss to tell me what to do, no emails asking for things, no strategic or organisational level intent to align to.
4. Intellectual degradation. No one to discuss, argue and banter with, nothing to read, think and critique, no enemies to guard against, means nothing to keep my brain on its toes at all times.
Hopefully, things will change once my practice gains momentum.
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