So Lippy - enough of the eating habits, how is the business going?
Well the summer has been very patchy to tell you the truth. Some work, but not what you'd call steady and while we won't starve we won't be booking a Carribean cruise any time soon either. It seems that work is picking up as we move into September but there is a common thread of people with very horrible problems who are at a high risk of not being able to pay my fees. So am i offering them a no win no fee deal? No I AM NOT, in the interests of self preservation I am making them pay on account. If they want to take stupid risks they can do it with their money not mine.
But I've not been able to avoid the universal problem of the bankrupt client - unfortunatley i had stupidly instructed a barrister to act (because I had known this client for a long time) and now I have to pay £10k of barristers fees out of my own pocket....ho hum...........that will learn me.
What's to be done then - two things really, head down and do the work, and get out and meet the people who have the work to hand out.
And at the end of a year of moaning about being self employed would I go back to being a salary slave - NO!
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Listening to/reading/watching
- Spooks, Heroes and Little Dorrit
- The Ascent of Money
- Fountains of Wayne, Dusty Springfield, Nickleback, Talking Heads
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
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Oh dear
Indeed that will learn ya.
I have to say it is much more fun taking stupid risks with someone elses money.
I feel inspired.
*Starts designing steel plant in garden of Tickers Towers*
I have huge respect for people who make the jump, and work for themselves. I hope it all starts picking up soon, you wait...this time next year you'll be booking a 5 star holiday!
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