Building Work

This is the reception area for my office. I had 3 paying clients last week and have 3 more scheduled for this week. Hooray!

That covers this month's office rent, health insurance and car payment. Now I only have home rent, car insurance, telephone bill (home & office) and 3 credit card payments to go for this month. Oh, yes, and food. Fortunately, my friend Odette treated me to another dinner yesterday. More importantly, she's getting me out of my little hermit bubble.

Here are two photos of my office. One is, obviously, my desk; the other is where my clients sit during their sessions.

It is slow work to build my own business. I expect to mainly work from referrals and that takes time. Until then, I have long days of getting paperwork in order, figuring out how to do taxes, calculating how to increase business and the general wondering if I'm at all doing this right.

Today, after unsuccessfully scouring Craigslist.com for temp & part-time jobs (i.e. cash), I'm going to head into the office for a self-hypnosis session. This keeps me in practice and the stress level down. I'll work some more on budgeting, sell some used CDs for cash and return home this eveing to continue my pleasure reading (see reading list in column to the right of these postings). I'm also continuing to renew my spiritual disciplines of ritual and meditation, noting the importance and health that mindfullness, self-awareness and my faith hold for me.