Starting Out
February 3rd, 2007
When things go sucky, they go sucky… I had a horrible cold for a whole week. Too sick to do pretty much anything, even read, I am even more late with work stuff and school projects. This makes me immensely stressed out, and is probably not helping me get better. Oh well…
On Friday I started to work on a promo postcard for myself. I have wanted to get some printed for the longest time but always kept putting it off. No more of that! The above pic is the first draft for the back of the card, which will have all my contact info. I’ll probably get them printed at Print100. Six hundred of them. Happy mailing!
I’ve also made the decision to register my own business. Since even my steady writing job is done with a freelancer contract and I need buy all my own hardware etc. this makes sense. The goal is to do my future illustration work via my own company, and make a living doing it, of course. Since making the decision I’ve gone back and forth between excitement and total panic, but it’s the right step. If you have any experiences, advice, pearls of wisdom to share about starting your own business I would love to hear them.
Naturally, my latest inspirations are business oriented:
Sheepdog Print and Design (these ladies blog about starting a business)
the anti 9 to 5 guide