One year of leaving gov sector

It’s been 1 year of leaving the government sector.

Not looking back over my shoulder.

Despite working for myself back then, there’s still stuff which I’m glad I no longer need to do now:

• Having clients from hell, or just staff members who are toxic and rude, but you have to remain professional and engage them anyway.
• Putting myself out there in the most extroverted way, even though I’m introvert through and through.
• Meetings. Yes there were still some.
• Dealing with outdated government payment and processes.
• Feeling like I burn out after every project, because I run solo and put 110% into them.
• The money stopped being good. It also mostly dried up. This is the key thing. Especially when I needed it to feed the fam.

Looking back, it was a particular stage of my life. It’s just… work. Not a life-defining one.

Being a father now, though, probably is.

Forwards and onwards.