why blog?
I decided to start a blog to share thoughts, ideas and have the occasional rant if it takes my fancy. I'll try to make them interesting or entertaining (or both) but if you have any questions or ideas please get in touch.
Where does time go?
Posted by iamemily on Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Since setting up my own business 11 months ago I have been networking and getting myself known and to my delight work seems to have flooded in, but working for yourself means there is just you. I now seem to be working late nights and weekends as a rule and I could do with a clone to go to meetings, do admin and network so that I can get my head down and get the work done. But I have one problem – I am too precious to let go and outsource any of my work. In my view a client is paying for my experience and knowledge and has more than likely seen my design style and wants just that, not for me to hand it over to someone else who will no doubt have a different outlook on it.
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Posted by iamemily on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
I knew from a young age what my strengths were. I was colouring in and drawing from being a little girl and throughout school, I never excelled in the so called ‘academic’ subjects I was always better at what I was interested in and that was Art, design and Media. I did my work experience at a local advertising agency to get an insight into the design industry which really laid the foundations of what I was to become in the future...
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