How does a self-employed person get fired?

How does a self-employed person get fired? S/he gets hired.  You work for yourself so ineffectively that you can't earn a living.  So, you find a job.

NOW I know why employers make you sit in an office cubicle eight or more hours a day. 

They hope to get three or more hours of work out of you.

At home, it is possible to work hard seventeen hours a day and still not work effectively (especially when home is a small farm). 

• At the office, your work is in front of you.
• At home, your work is mixed in with the work of living.

How do you focus?  Here's a motivator:

IF YOU DON'T FIND A WAY TO CARVE WRITING TIME OUT OF THE REST OF THE WORK YOU MUST DO, YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF IN AN OFFICE CUBICLE AGAIN.

Make.

it.

work.

Comments

[Susan Maricle]

Another writer who lives on a small farm here. This post was such an affirming read. Critters don't stop needing water and tending because you're on deadline. And often, stepping awaaaay from the computer is the best way to capture an elusive idea.

Consider yourself followed!