Britain is drowning. The 4th consecutive day of heavy rain, or in technical terms, "pissing down", saw most of the country on flood alert or 'Dangerous Weather' warnings. Many people's homes have been flooded and Insurance companies are stonewalling on paying out for the damage. The reason? It's a well known fact that all Insurance companies are cunts. Happy to charge sky high premiums on things but ultra slow to pay out. #Insurancewankers
There is good news on the horizon for those poor sods affected. Our Prime Minister, The Cameron, He who looks like the ultimate Insurance salesman, (I.E a massive cunt) has vowed to personally step in and sort out the insurance companies. Er, really Mr Prime Minister? And what will that entail? Staying up late going through Go Compare.com to find the best deals? The man will stop at nothing for cheap PR. Talk about jumping on the bandwagon.
Anyway I'll leave that for more clever people of Private Eye or Have I got News For You, even though that show is more tired than an wrinkly old whore. See Wayne Rooney for details.
Today was a reasonably productive day. It was spent at an office I was kindly offered the use of for a couple of days a week. Squatting at a desk in a busy office to help try to launch a business i have been involved in part time for a couple of years. At the moment it's unpaid but if it can be whipped into shape it may become a job. If it doesn't I'm going to have to get a proper one. One that pays money and everything. Either that or become a wrinkly old whore. Insert Joke here please. Though some say I am one already.
I've been messing around with this for a while, trying to do work from home but found myself so easily distracted and hard to get motivated. It made me think of what people prefer. Working : Home or Office?
Clearly I'd rather not work at all. The prospect of doing nothing most of the time is appealing, though even that gets soul destroying after a while. So if you are working, no matter what you do, though clearly if you are a footballer, Musician, Designer, Driver, Miner you won't really need an office. But the question for me today was- Is it best to work from home or go to a work environment?
I respect anyone who works from home and actually manages to do anything. There are so many distractions and a world class procrastinator doesn't need much of an excuse.
Firstly you have daytime TV. I'm not much of a fan but it's like Junk food. Shit but addictive. The Wright Stuff, Homes Under the Hammer, Flog it!, Cash In the Attic, This Morning, then of course in the afternoon The Sweeney, Professionals & Minder on ITV4, endless cookery shows, Dickinson's Real Deal, 24 hour rolling news channels to keep us up to speed on the floods and Sky Sports News which is like a slow lobotomy.
Then of course there is yoga, running, gym, cycling, AA meetings. Pornography, Facebook, social media and before you know it, it's dark, it's 5pm and well, it's the end of the working day. It's all over you've spunked another day.
If you're not careful days can turn into weeks and you've got fuck all done. I'm pretty sure Richard Branson doesn't watch Flog It! That maybe the reason I'm around £756million less well off than him. Time for a rethink.
Today I toddled off to this company, to a place full of people I didn't know, perched on a desk for a few hours and fired off a report that would have taken me 12 weeks at home. Going to a work environment works Goddammit.
OK, if I had to work in an office 5 days a week. 8 until 5 for 30 years I reckon I would kill myself. There are negatives to an office. Namely 'people' and that horrific deafening silence of people feeling their life slip away. But you need a base if you want to run a business and for me i need a 'working enviroment'. As well as that being on your own for long periods of time can make one go insane. I'm my own worst enemy on occasions and listening to my head is like having a conversation with a lunatic. Sometimes a place of work gives you a focus and drive you wouldn't get on your own.
My home is not big enough for a 'work space'. My work space at home is my kitchen table, though I associate that with writing my blog, watching filth and drinking tea. Work is the last thing i want to do. So going to an office or work space with other people and energy is good for me. Clearly I'd prefer one with swish architecture and loads of fit women. but beggars can't be choosers. Focus on the business Nicholas. Shocking isn't it? I can actually graft. When there are no distractions I actually can work like a little Trojan. It felt good and rewarding even if the report was shite and like a 6 year old's. Definitely Room for improvement.
All that is needed now is some investment, some luck and some orders and things will be looking up. Tomorrow i am at a Business Acceleration course at Surrey University to help this little Divy learn how to write proper business plans, reports, business structuring and future sales. I have pretty much always worked for someone else. If I'm honest I found it easier. Turn up and do what you're contracted to do. When it's for yourself I lapse into laziness and bewilderment. 'What do i do next', 'where do i start'. I get a little overwhelmed and lack focus. Perhaps i need to find a business sponsor to help. Hopefully this may emerge tomorrow.
Sometimes it's good to say 'I don't know', find someone who does and ask for help. I don't consider myself a businessman. A salesman yes. But there is no excuse for not trying. I have an opportunity now to be part of building a company and it's up to me to go and grab it. Go on then Nick, stop frigging talking about it and do it!
Another thing that made me feel good today was that i bought a couple of books for people which may help them. They Will be sent off in the post and it felt good to think of others.
This is interesting and highlights my alcoholic self obsessed and self centred personality. I didn't have to say that I'd bought books for people which may help them. I could have just bought them, sent them and left it at that. Content in my soul I'd done a good thing. Part of my daily recovery programme says 'do someone a good turn and not get found out'. It shows how far away from that I am as i actually think 'fuck that I want some reward'. Apparently the best souls and humblest ones are those who don't seek rewards or payoffs. They just do. Clearly I've got a little while to go yet as I've just needlessly mentioned it on my blog to make me look better than I actually am. Image and Ego No?
Anyway, a half decent day all round and I didn't do anything dodgy. Hooray
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