Too much to do...

I got too much of work on my hands. I have three projects going on in parallel right now. I guess this is a freelancers dream, having more work than you can handle. The trick is to keep it at a pleasant dream, without allowing it to become a nightmare!

So far I have managed to satisfy two of my clients. So I can buy a little time from them. They will allow me to delay their work a bit. But I have one client who I am about to drive off the cliff! Now he has been waiting for me for a week and I don't think I can keep him hanging any longer. So I am doing my best to give him some deliverable to keep him with me...

The process is draining me. I have to manage my freelance work in parallel to my day job. There's a lot going on in my day job as well. That leaves me a very little time to attend to my freelance clients. The stuff at work is also mentally draining me by the end of the work day so it is really tiring to attend to my freelance work during the evening.

Under the current situation, I cannot give up my day job as well as I need the security it offers. i am planning to go for a mortgage and for that I need the security of a permanent job. The bank wont even consider lending me money if I was a full time freelancer. And I am preparing for a hefty monthly payment on the mortgage and hence I need the freelance for the additional income it brings in.

So I got it all going right for me now. I got the security of a permanent job and the additional income from freelance gigs. So I get to take the mortgage and at the same time maybe not get buried by the monthly installment thanks to my freelance income. Only if there were more hours in a day so I can do all of this!