August wasn't a particularly good month for income across the blogosphere and September wasn't either. It's frustrating. As most of you know, I also spent a chunk of time in September on the road. Towards the end of my travels I was missing home and looking forward to some alone time again. It can be a challenge to work on the road for long stretches of time. At the end of … [Read more...]
Don’t Follow Your Passion: Bring It With You For Success
How many times have we heard people raving about following your passion? A lot. It’s not a surprise that “passion” was put on the 2014 list of banished words because people got so sick of hearing it. I’m certainly guilty of having used it. But I recently gained a fresh perspective on passion and success from Mike Rowe that is share worthy. I’ll do my best to limit the use of … [Read more...]
Mobile-Integrated Health Care Is Changing EMS Careers
Now that I work independently, I have to pay a heck of a lot more for my health insurance. I miss the days when I had fully employer-sponsored insurance. The last few years I was there, I had to start paying a couple hundred a month, which still was fairly reasonable for the type of plan I had. Anyway, I think about health care a lot more now since I'm paying out the nose and … [Read more...]
Seven Unexpected Aspects Of Freelancing
It’s pretty crazy that I’m already in my eighth month of freelancing after breaking away from a thirteen-year career grinding away in the corporate world. One thing is for sure-when you are self-employed, things are constantly changing. Over the last wonderful and travel heavy three weeks, I had some unexpected aspects of freelancing come to me that I want to share with … [Read more...]
Income Report August 2015
It's mid September and my head is spinning. For the last three plus weeks I've been traveling around California and up and down the east coast. Travel is fun, refreshing and rewarding, but I'm looking forward to going home to SF soon. I could use a break from airports and living out of a backpack for a couple months. With less than six months left to the year, I want to step … [Read more...]