{"id":977,"date":"2010-09-30T22:21:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T05:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/?p=977"},"modified":"2010-09-30T22:21:58","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T05:21:58","slug":"happy-shut-in-er-freelancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/happy-shut-in-er-freelancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy shut in&#8230; er&#8230; freelancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I re-read my <a href=\"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/weblog\/968\">post from yesterday<\/a> and, while it definitely sounded the way I felt yesterday (read=bored and kind of cranky), it didn&#8217;t convey a complete enough picture about how I feel about being a freelancer&#8230; er, well let me talk more about that.<\/p>\n<p>There are really two forces at work that I want to address.  First is being a freelancer, and second is working from home.  My post from yesterday was really less about being a freelancer and more about working from home.  So, even if the titles of these posts would lead you to belive otherwise&#8230; what I want to talk about is working from home.<\/p>\n<p>There are a million articles out there about <a href=\"http:\/\/theoatmeal.com\/comics\/working_home\">why working from home is both awesome and horrible<\/a>.  I&#8217;m not really here to say why it is or isn&#8217;t anything.  I&#8217;m just going to tell you why it kicks ass for me.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Family Time<\/strong><br \/>\nI have a son that I adore, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/findmimi.com\">wife<\/a> that lights up my life.  Working at home gives me the chance to pop out of my office at any time, for any reason at all.  Sometimes I just need a dose of family.  They are my reason for doing what I do.  We can take a walk, run some errands or just chill in the back yard any damn time we want, and I love it.  I also love that I&#8217;m not missing a second of our little boy experiencing his firsts and learning about the world. It&#8217;s just too good to miss.<\/li>\n<li><strong>My shop dog<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can think it&#8217;s corny all you like, but I have a dog named Nanna who is my pal and working companion.  She is at my side pretty much everywhere I go.  When I run errands, she&#8217;s in the seat next to me.  When I take a walk, she&#8217;s trotting by my side.  And when I&#8217;m at work, she&#8217;s lying by my chair. Can&#8217;t take the dog to the cubicle farm&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>My shop, my rules<\/strong><br \/>\nSometimes I mow the lawn at 11AM on a Tuesday just because I can.  I love that when I need to take a few minutes or hours to do something for myself or for my family, I can just do it.  I don&#8217;t have to ask anybody, or give anybody a heads up.  My work bends around my life&#8230; and that&#8217;s just how it is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So there&#8217;s just a few things that make freelancing from home a great thing for me.  Of course it comes with it&#8217;s own set of challenges and sacrifices&#8230; but that&#8217;s not what I&#8217;m here to talk about today.<\/p>\n<p>What it really comes down to is this.  I have complete freedom to be the husband and father I want to be.  And, while I love my work very much, I love my family so much more.  Working from home helps me make sure that I never neglect my family for work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I re-read my post from yesterday and, while it definitely sounded the way I felt yesterday (read=bored and kind of cranky), it didn&#8217;t convey a complete enough picture about how I feel about being a freelancer&#8230; er, well let me talk more about that. 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