Going Independent – Week Two Check in

I’m following the same format I did in last weeks check in, it’s the simplest way to jot things down quickly and seemed to be well received as “easily parsable”.

What Happened Last Week#anchor

• I spent a whole day this week on one proposal draft, I know it’s going to get easier as I build up my process but I still was surprised at how much effort was involved!
• Had a few scheduled calls with folks. One was with someone interested in hearing more about what services I can provide to potentially collaborate together, one with another person who decided to start their own company after being laid off as well. Some really nice chats!
• Based on some recommendations, I’ve finally joined the modern social world and have been giving some Discord servers a try. So far I’ve joined a few freelance and frontend web development related servers, I need to manage the notifications from them but so far it’s been nice!
• I also finally got an invite to BlueSky, and am going to give that a try for a while.
• Blogged about The Ideal Client and Project after bringing it up on some social media platforms, I received some great feedback on that and wanted to share that as well.
• Started a new weekly plan and have used it once so far, it feels better now that it focuses on some of my new (and renewed) professional goals around my freelance business and Be Inclusive.
• I took Tuesday off to enjoy time with family for the 4th of July holiday. Also my dad arrived in town Friday so I took that day and the whole weekend away from the keyboard and enjoying that time too. Time away is so important to recharge and come back rested and ready to go.

What’s Coming Up This Week#anchor

• I heard back about that proposal for a lead that came in the week before last, need to get that updated and back out to them early this week.
• I’m a terrible son and didn’t get any work in on rebuilding that site for my dad, prioritizing it this week!
• I’ve done some work on strengthening and refining my message, that’s what led to the ideal client and project blog post. I do, however, feel like I’m just getting started and need to give this some more time and attention before making content changes.
• Besides this one, I’ve got one other freelance introspection blog post in a draft and scheduled later this week. I’ve really been leaning into sharing more of my process. It’s been serving multiple goals, I think best when I write stuff down so I get more clarity, and I also need to keep up some content authoring so I can periodically mention that I’m still open to freelance projects.
• Continue iterating on that weekly plan I restarted, and I plan on getting back into daily gratitude journaling and more in-depth review now that I have a weekly plan back in place.

Thanks for reading, onward and upward!

If you’re enjoying this format, why not have a read of the Week Three Check In?