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Desiree StricklandHostBut then also I was like, okay, now how do I actually balance my time from working on this contract, building and growing a business to having a newborn and trying to really succeed in my career? So what I would do is I worked on my business outside of work hours.
If I had a meeting that I needed to take, I would literally just, hey, I'm calling out.
I would meet with the client or I would do it on my lunch break or then I would do it after hours because a lot of times, you know, me when the client has got to be doing work hours.
late lunch sometimes meet with them at one o'clock two o'clock and go from there I may just take the whole day off if I know I got a lot of work to do for them but honestly consulting with the contracts that I had as a solo consultant it only took about less than five hours a week of my time to do those that contract so I was able to do that and maintain my job now was I busy yes Did it get a little stressful? Yes.
And as a consultant, it's not a situation of, oh, the organization is telling you, here's when I want to meet with you.
And then you adjust it to your schedule because you are an independent consultant.
They may dictate when you got to have a deliverable in by, but it is illegal for them to dictate the time period that you work in, right? They may say, oh, I need you here at this time.
But then also I was like, okay, now how do I actually balance my time from working on this contract, building and growing a business to having a newborn and trying to really succeed in my career? So what I would do is I worked on my business outside of work hours.
If I had a meeting that I needed to take, I would literally just, hey, I'm calling out.
I would meet with the client or I would do it on my lunch break or then I would do it after hours because a lot of times, you know, me when the client has got to be doing work hours.
late lunch sometimes meet with them at one o'clock two o'clock and go from there I may just take the whole day off if I know I got a lot of work to do for them but honestly consulting with the contracts that I had as a solo consultant it only took about less than five hours a week of my time to do those that contract so I was able to do that and maintain my job now was I busy yes Did it get a little stressful? Yes.
And as a consultant, it's not a situation of, oh, the organization is telling you, here's when I want to meet with you.
And then you adjust it to your schedule because you are an independent consultant.
They may dictate when you got to have a deliverable in by, but it is illegal for them to dictate the time period that you work in, right? They may say, oh, I need you here at this time.
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