I have witnessed evil today. I even had to take part in it. It was torture and I am not sure I will ever be the same.
What is this evil I speak of you ask?
Paperwork. No, I am not kidding. Wait! Hold on! I'm serious!
The paperwork that encompasses starting your own business is endless. If you have ever signed mortgage documents you get a general idea of what I am talking about. There is so much that you need to fill out, give endless details about and sign that your hand cramps so bad that you lose feeling in your entire arm.
I suppose I could have filled all of the forms out on line, but I am still an old fashioned kind of woman. I like working with people face to face. I am a photographer after all. One downfall though, to my never ending need to keep that one on one personal touch in my life is that most things that you would do in person are tedious and take twice as long as using current technology.
There is a huge bonus to doing these kinds of things in person that definitely makes all of the work and time worth it though. Networking. You cannot network with your computer monitor and keyboard as you are filling forms out on the computer. You can, however, chat up the kind lady who is at the front desk whose boyfriend is moving here from Colorado in a week and would love to have their pictures taken together when he gets here. The woman who gives you the forms and tells you what to do with them when you are done filling them out who has two children and her daughter has a baby on the way and she loved hearing about your Baby's First Year Package that might make a great gift. And last but not least the gentlemen who you gave the completed forms to who is a motorcycle rider and wants some pictures done of him, his son and his bike.
All of those conversations could not have happened if I had stayed home and filled forms out on line.
The lesson for today....Face evil and your reward can be great.
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