Made it through week 1 with only a few minor hiccups. Jan's remote working has gone very well generally, apart from a problem accessing her network account. Rule #1: when dealing with computers always assume it will not be as straightforward as it is meant to be! Unfortunately she now has to go to London at some point to get it sorted out, but luckily there's a booze-up she can go to, to make the trip really worthwhile.
She's very good - tends to shut herself away in the office/bedroom all day to get on with work. It doesn't seem to demand huge amounts of discipline, as you might expect when working from home. But then again she worked remotely 2 days per week in London anyway, so she's used to it. And her workload doesn't really leave any opportunity for 'bunking off'!
Meanwhile I'm spreading myself between lots of small tasks, which is a bit frustrating as at the end of each day I feel knackered but don't seem to have much tangible to show for it. Such is the life of a housewife/husband!! But my priority is improving my understanding of HTML, CSS, Photoshop and Dreamweaver so I can start offering to build websites for local business. I'll do it cheap for them at first, to get myself a portfolio and also expand my experience beyond the three sites I've done in the past. (www.baan-thai.co.uk is one - it badly needs updating, which I'll do soon.) My goal is to win 9 clients (and do their websites) before the end of 2011, which at one per month is probably all I can manage alongside all the other stuff we'll have going on this year.
Damn - Jan needs to borrow this laptop right now so that's not a good way to kick off my web design business is it?! Talk soon.
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