Work:
I work for myself as a writer, consultant and content manager in the gambling industry. I'm done working by lunch each day because I don't really care for putting in a shitload of hours. I have a pretty steady set of clients for the most part, but I'm constantly putting out feelers just to make sure I know what's available in case a client falls off of the face of the planet, gets hit by a bus, sells his business, etc.
I've been aiming for 2018 to be the year that I cut back on this work and start diversifying my time a bit more, and I've been doing that so far this year for the most part.
Project #1:
I've been working on a self-help type of website. I don't think it's something that's ever going to fall out of fashion, and since it seems like anxiety and depression are still on the rise, I figure that it's a good investment for the future. I won't link to it here because I want to keep my actual identity completely separate from it.
Project #2:
For a while, I've been considering getting back into chess. I was relatively serious about it in my late teens and got fairly decent (current at a strength of 1900-2000 elo). I've worked on it on and off for a while, but I never really felt like it was a good use of time because I was putting so much work into getting myself established otherwise. I've been looking at some stuff the past few days, and I decided to give it two weeks of preparation to see if I'm still liking it. If that goes well, I'll probably get back into playing tournaments up and down the East Coast again and whatever.
Home Life:
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K (no glasses in the above) graduates in her digital media program at the end of this semester, and she's going to continue building her business. She does photo editing for different companies in the US, most of which is for weddings. She'll sometimes have 6,000+ pictures to sort through for one wedding that she prunes down to 600-1,000 just depending on the job. That seems like a lot until you realize there are 2-3 photographers going for 8-10 hours straight, plus engagement pictures. Shit's cray.
N (wearing glasses in the above) is still getting through some medical stuff and some other bullshit. She's set up doing her own freelancing deal right now that pays the bills, and she's been working a lot on calligraphy and her drawing for the past several months. She's making some pretty cool stuff at this point. She takes excellent care of myself, K and our home. We're looking at her starting on finishing her chemistry degree this fall or next spring.
I'm also in Discord a lot with wufwugy, Savy and whoever else if you want to come hit me up. Here's an invite link: https://discord.gg/qNtbGsd
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