And speaking of portfolio careers

This is a nice little article on that very subject.

My favorite bit? Focus on one job at a time [...] Choose which hat you’re going to be wearing for the next hour/day/week and keep it on. Don’t try putting on more hats at the same time, you’ll just look stupid and they’ll probably fall off.

One hat at a time for me from now on. Easier said than done, of course, although I am currently trying to master the art of focussed mindfulness, with Buddhism for Mothers as my sourcebook. I'll be a serene and beatific paragon of perfect motherhood by the end of the week, you mark my words...

Once upon a time...

...a lady had a baby and decided that she wouldn't go back to her old job.

Instead she chose the least bouyant period of our recent economic history to kiss goodbye to financial security and set herself up as a freelance proofreader. With a bit of writing on the side, maybe. And probably some other stuff along the way. Portfolio careers are very du jour. I read that somewhere.

This is how it happened....