始めよう。

Another one of my clients said goodbye to me today. It was surprising but I saw it coming. I knew that nothing lasts forever with freelancing, only freedom, and I am thankful I was able to move on and say goodbye without too much stress. It was one of my favorite gigs, writing for a design and arts inspired blog. I need those in my life; arts and design, I mean, and writing about them completes my week. I used to write about these topics before, but not consistently; I only do some posts whenever something strikes me (which I cannot write on any blogs I am working on). My old blog used to feature artists and designers. But now I decided to focus on myself. That's not too bad, is it?

始めよう means "let's start" in Japanese, and that's a fair reminder for me as this work week begins. I still have my clients who chose to work with me not just because of my skills, but because of who I am. And this is just the most wonderful ongoing working relationship I've ever had.

Frankly, I was really worried about my finances for this year-end and the beginning of 2014. Luckily I was able to buy presents for most of the people I want to bless. But about next year's bills, ahh. That's another thing to think about. I was actually looking forward to save extra cash, but looks like there won't be any extra. I guess I have to adapt!

I saw this post from Tumblr and it looks like a nice way to save. I may be doing this, or $25 a week, which will earn me better savings compared to my $50 a month savings this year. Anyways, I managed to earn more than what I expected; I guess I just overspent a little. I'm actually going to invest on something really big now, and I just hope it's worth my money. But I guess it is, because it's my only contribution to a project that, if done back then, I would have undertaken myself.

I'm not regretting I was able to give as long as I can give. After all, money is transient. At least I made some people happy with how I used it.