Josh’s posts at On Design sparked my interest because he’s recently gone back to working in-house. Running a business takes all kinds. What it also takes is your free time.
You may be working for yourself, but you’ll find yourself working many weekends and holidays, nights and early mornings.
Thinking about it, I’m almost tempted to work in-house. Or have the pleasure of working not at all.
Yes, very tempting.
From Josh:
I own and run a small graphic design studio, have 2 children, a wonderful wife, and a dog, and enjoy art in my spare time.
Posts on On Design:
Your Portfolio is Useless and Learn from the Stupid: Consistency
Found at On Design:
Anne 2.1
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April 2nd, 2007 at 4:59 am
Passion, talent and commitment, not to mention word of mouth and luck has sustained my business for 7 years now (as an exhibition designer.) True what has been said about evenings and weekends, but all in all I’ve found much more flexibility in my time than as a staff person elsewhere.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Yes, having your own company does give you more control over your time. Most of the time. It’s when the clients are involved that it can get sticky.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:58 am
I have managed my own firm since 2001 (part-time). I took up the gig full-time at the begining of 2006 and find that I am much more creative managing myself as well as customers even with the longer hours and enjoy a life less stressed.
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