{"id":308,"date":"2008-09-10T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-10T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bhagwad.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/settling-down.html"},"modified":"2008-09-10T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-10T18:11:00","slug":"settling-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2008\/personal\/settling-down.html\/","title":{"rendered":"Settling Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Well, I&#8217;ve arrived, and let me say, it&#8217;s bloody difficult! I thought that being a Freelancer, I could just whip out my laptop and work away whenever I wanted to right?<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/veo\/\" title=\"Link to veo_'s photostream\"><b>veo<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_PbhD9qrnP4A\/SMgKHO2Pk2I\/AAAAAAAAAG4\/5dZ5DqlkdE8\/s1600-h\/Work+at+home.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_PbhD9qrnP4A\/SMgKHO2Pk2I\/AAAAAAAAAG4\/5dZ5DqlkdE8\/s400\/Work+at+home.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244452885433914210\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wrong! More than anything, I realize that a good freelancer has to have a <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">schedule<\/span>. I know that lots of people feel that freelancing is cushy and that you have all the free time and flexibility in the world. To a large extent there is some truth in that, but what most people don&#8217;t realize is that unless you have a schedule that you stick to day in and day out, you&#8217;re not going to make it.<\/p>\n<p>Reliability plays a big role in being a freelancer, and for me, I find that I can only be reliable when my affairs are settled. Finding an apartment, getting furniture, food, a phone connection and an Internet connection completely threw me off my work and it&#8217;s only now when I have a semblance of sanity, am I able to get back to a good schedule.<\/p>\n<p>My net connection hasn&#8217;t been set up at home yet, so I have to work from a wifi hotspot. I had to find a relatively quite place before I could settle down. It&#8217;s tough adjusting to a new schedule, but things seem to be on track finally. My buyers have been very patient and understanding about my move. 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