Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Things that make me happy-Wednesdays

Um, I'm having a not so great day today, so it's hard to think of a ton of stuff that makes me happy.

Let's see- Oh, I registered my business! I'm official now. I've never been so excited to pay taxes in my life. I decided on Golden Paisley Photography. The thought of being called Kathy DeeShung was just too much.

I've also gotten about 5 referrals from people. 3 have turned into real-paying-official-clients. WOWZA!

I'm feeling less and less enthused about my actual day job. I was never gung-ho about it, but now that photography is picking up, I'm finding myself more and more lazy about my job. It's not good. I forgot to do something semi-critical to the success of a project yesterday and I got scolded this morning for it. I totally have my tail between my legs and I hate that feeling. It's hard to give something 100% or even like 60% (let's be honest) when your heart's not really in it.

Plus it kind of felt like the "memo" scene from Office Space... It's not that the system doesn't work, it's just that I forgot... again, it's just that I forgot!

3 comments:

life's a bear said...

Hang in there! Hopefully your business will pick up soon and you can quit your day job!

Amy said...

I'm glad that you went with a name that makes you happy, or at least happier than the prospect of people mispronouncing your name(s) for the rest of your life.

Office jobs=Boo unless you happen to be pretty passionate about what you're doing. End of story. I hope the water flows under the bridge fast so that you don't have to feel like your tail is between your legs for long.

Anonymous said...

yuck i'm sorry you had a bad day. i hate screwing up at work...makes me feel lame and i hate that you are feeling like that. it'll pass soon i know it.

congrats on the biz. so exciting kate!!