Wednesday, June 06, 2007

My goodness where has the time gone. :0) I was doing really well about blogging. Sorry! I do want to say to everyone, that I do still read all of my favorite blogs even though I do not comment. Business has been good for a while now. (Knocking on wood here) I am so thankful. I wish I could say that I have been able to take a paycheck. However, I am able to pay my business bills. That is a big step.

What I am struggling with is feeling worthy to get paid. I tend to be lienent as to payment. I don't know why. I feel bad for my clients. I trust them. Unfortunately this does not pay bills. Unfornately, this means I get burned sometimes. For instance, I had a client who owed me money. We get to court he tells me he has the money. I do the entire trial we get out and guess what all of the sudden he does not have the money. I was pratically in tears. I was furious. What irks me about this is that it has made me really leary as to other clients who I normally would give a break for (or work with). How do you keep the balance about being cautious and getting paid and working with folks. I really want to do the right thing but I need to protect my family as well. Any words of wisdom?





3 comments:

Alleen said...

Hey! You asked me how I redid my blog.... I used a template from:

www.zootsdesigns.com

There are instructions on exactly how to swap the template out.

I just checked and for some reason, the website is down right now. Hopefully, it's just temporary.

Kiley is adorable!!!!

Patti said...

If you find the answer - let me know. I've been in my business for 21 years. If I had all the money people owe me, I'd be rich ;)

Unfortunately running your own business is not the ALL AMERICAN DREAM everyone thinks it is.

Good Luck! Pep :-)

Betsy said...

Advice-- get some money upfront (a minimum that you can live with) and go from there. Have it in writing too. Makes it more of a reality for your clients.

When I was seeing clients in private practice it was hard for me to charge enough, or collect funds too. I usually just "broke even". Now, 10 years later, I would make sure I set better boundaries. If you don't get the money it will just be spent on something else. Not to say you can't have a "reduced fee" but it should be a "set" fee so you can be more objective (and that way you can pay YOUR bills).

Good luck, D. You will do fine. You are smarter than I am!

How's K?