We've all heard the studies that say sitting in a chair all day long is unhealthy and can cut our lives short. Humans were designed to be mobile but not that many jobs support that. Fortunately for me, I never really minded working in an office - I actually prefer to be in front of a computer than in front of clients. You might disagree. Perhaps you have a more extroverted … [Read more...]
Income Report September 2015
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...]