I kind of kidded myself that I would be able to work a full time job then keep up the vast amount of work I have per week freelancing. In 2 weeks I have gone from struggling to down right hating freelancing now. 

I work nice hours and have flexi time. But after being on a computer 8 hours in the day, coming home to more work on the computer is just stupid. My eyes WILL fall out.

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I always thought a freelancing ‘career’ would be my ideal job. And to a point, it was. The only problems that I ever encountered with freelancing were the social aspect and the job security.

Working whenever you want and wherever you want is a dream. Own hours to suit, own work area to suit too! .. I took the time to really kit out my office area to make it easy to work in. My hours started as early as possible but lasted well into the early hours if needed be. Being my own boss was fantastic :) 

But, after a year - I am putting freelancing on the backseat. I was contacted by a company in the city looking for a designer to run the creative side of there business. After an interview which went well, some example work which they liked, and much thought - I took them up on their offer.

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Many mac users I know use Adium. Its very osx-ish so fits in perfectly with macs interface. Only one thing bugged me about it though, and that was lack of custom smiley support. 

I know, it sounds childish, but I had some great smilies that I used every day, like a *smug* one, and a *huh?* one. They were a part of my communication really. 

So I became a MSFM user, and its scary, but for once, Microsoft pulled this one out of the bag. It is just like using normal MSN, which I loved. I am still waiting out for Trillian to arrive, but until then this will suffice. 

Today on one of my rss feeds i was directed to Microsoft’s site where they have released an updated version for MSFM. Rumor was that it wasn’t letting anyone connect to their accounts. So I downloaded it an yup, it works like a charm for me! 

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