So what is it I really want?

Today was a sucky day at work. The project that won’t die, the client that won’t be satisfied. I’m really rethinking the kinds of projects and clients we do. I mean on one had we had great clients last spring, loved ‘em, big projects, but loved ‘em. And this one? Just a pain from the get go, this project has been.

I think I’d like to back off work a bit. Focus mainly on marketing and sales. I would like some easier projects, that offer great satisfaction in client measurements and in our measurements. I would like to relax more. I need to relax more.

I can easily use doctor’s orders. I can easily not answer the phone as much. I can be succinct, polite and efficient, but not lengthy in my client replies. One of my clients said to me today after her meeting with us yesterday: “It’s still the Ann show”. Yes, indeed. And maybe well it should be.

I need the money (when we make it). I like work. But I need to work better, and less on these projects that aren’t making the grade.

I think back a bunch of years. When I had that super difficult client from the auto show, or the computer guys, and think, what has changed? fifteen years older. Nothing else. That’s not a legacy I want to be proud of. Yes, I’ve helped a lot of people besides the few problem children. But the problem children I remember mainly. Oh I do remember the standout clients, the ones I loved to work with, who challenged me, in a good way, paid fairly. It was a different world.

I haven’t settled in on what I really want. But I know it’s not this.

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