The New Job Begins

[shannon_a]

So this last week was the start of my new job, as it were. Or really, my new jobs.

Monday and Tuesday were tiring, busy days, because they were my first days of work for Christopher at Blockchain Commons. Yes, I've been working for both for quite some time, but contracting is different. It's more intensive (and when I found myself twiddling my thumbs because we don't have the structure of what we're doing down yet, I couldn't just move on to a different task).

But Wednesday through Friday: they were what I've planned since I moved to Hawaii.

In the mornings I was up first thing and doing any technical writing I had. Bitmark has thus been getting early morning attention each day (and I seem to be getting more work from them as a result, though that's probably just a result of current needs). I also did business-y work like updating my LinkedIn and sending an invoice.

Then, I had to take a lunch-time break the first two days. On Wednesday, Kimberly and I had to make an emergency trip out to get some of her meds in Lihue (and I got Taco Bell as a reward). On Thursday, my dad took us out to Paco's Tacos. (Yes! A meal in a restaurant! That's my first since I think March 7th, when my folks and I had some dinner in Lihue after a day's hike.) That really would have been the high point of the month if not for the excitement of finally being my own master.

Then in the afternoons, I did work Designers & Dragons (eventually finishing up drafts of the two histories I've been working on).

Friday there was no interruption, so I actually got the day to write. (Not that the interruptions were problematic: I want to make sure my Designers & Dragons continues forward at a good rate, and that I don't frivolously waste my now-free time, but I also want to be able to go swim in the morning or go have lunch in the afternoon if that's what I choose to do that day.)

It really great, both being able to conform my consulting to a regular work day (after spending over two years fitting Bitmark in when I could) and being able to spend weekdays on my own stuff. My challenge will probably be ensuring that my consulting work doesn't take over my newfound personal writing time, but I'm limiting BCC to two days a week, and I find it unlikely that Bitmark + RWOT + RPGnet will ever take up a full day a week beyond that. So, that should be two guaranteed days, sometimes extending to three or most of three.

So I wrote last week about ending my Skotos time (mostly), but this is the big payout, having more time for own writing, and thus far it feels great.