People often ask me what I do “all day” as I start up this business… if I take out my 94 year-young mother in law – I think most people really understand what a self employed person does “all day long” – WORK!

Here’s the difference between a Cubeville resident and a self employed small business owner – aside from client emergencies, I’m fully in control of my calendar.  I don’t have a staff meeting – unless you count the conversations I have with dogs about how they can’t bark while I’m on the conference call. I don’t have set lunch hour – unless you count that 4 minutes I spend assembling a turkey sandwich, then eat it on the way back to my office. I don’t have a “quitting time” unless you count that moment of quiet when I realize all of my other family members are downstairs watching Wheel of Fortune!

My work days are never the same from day to day, or so far from week to week – which is my favorite part of being self employed! Every single day is completely different than the one before it, and very different from the one that follows it. While it’s not as comfortable as every Wednesday one on one with my team routine (including that delicious Special K bar from the Cafeteria in Cubeville), it’s comforting to know that each day brings something new to think about.

Each day it’s like walking into a local seaside restaurant and asking about the “catch of the day” – and then deciding if I want to order it!  So for those who are truly curious about how I spent my day today – here’s the play by play:

5:15AM – Wake up and hangout until other creatures stir from slumber – think about what’s going on today. Eyes most still closed. Brain, though, is buzzing.

6:00AM – Head downstairs and let the dogs out, make coffee. Check email for exciting news from clients or partners. Check in with my kids on Facebook (they are also early birds at the old age of 21)

6:15 – Head back upstairs with Coffee for me and my husband. To be fair – he usually makes the coffee and brings it to me – he’s a sweetheart! 

6:30 – AM Daily Calendar review over coffee with the dogs and husband. Watch the weather. Bathe, get dressed

7:00 AM – head into office (20 feet from the master bedroom). And crank up the MacBook and check emails for real. Make my to do list for the day. Get a few easy things ut of the way, like pay my phone bill, sign up for a news service, follow a few new twitter accounts and retweet some cool things.

8:00AM – start creating a presentation for a  proposal review meeting on Friday  –  a client who is looking to increase his B2B brand awareness with LinkedIn Marketing Campaign. Work on that for an hour and the realize I need to leave to go to my only meeting for the day. Pack up and hop on my scooter.

9:30 – Scoot to a local coffee shop for a meeting with the local Chamber of Commerce to get the scoop on member benefits – great decision to join this Chamber as well as my hometown chamber – will mean lots of great connections.

10:30  – hung out at the coffee shop to  finish up the proposal and sent it off to my co-conspirator on the project for his valuable input

11:30 – scooted over to grocery store to pick up lunch supplies. Headed home and made a lunch and chatted with my son about his day.

1:00 Worked on some materials for a non-profit organization – I’m giving a new board member orientation presentation this evening.

2:45 Chatted with my husband about materials we need for a project up at the cabin this weekend and some of his plans for the rest of the week.

3:45 Having returned to my office upstairs, I picked up an email from a client – he sent me the information I need to put together his Facebook page!  He calls my cell phone and we agree on a deliverable approach and timing – Excellent!

4:00 – Start writing this blog – realizing I just might be late for my 5:00 board orientation if I don’t get a move on.

4:30 – finish up wiring this blog an think to myself – Does anyone really care about how I spend my time? Well – I’m not sure – but if nothing else, I now have an archive of how I spent today, one of those typical work days in my life right now! I’m sure I’ll look back at this entry a year from now and either shake my head, laugh out loud, or cry. I’m not sure which one, but I do know I’m the luckiest person to have this opportunity in my life and determine my own destiny every single day!

4:32 – Consider adding pictures and grab one from my scooter pic archive -because no body reads a blog without a picture right?  Off to my Board meeting – Happy Hump day everyone!
4:59 pm- update! Boom! Made it on time!