Return-Path: Received: from mail-ea0-f180.google.com ([209.85.215.180] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5026202 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:18:48 +0200 Received: by mail-ea0-f180.google.com with SMTP id d10so1144616eaj.11 for ; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:26:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=krEuD8ghMnO6jMTI1YKp/SDk7tFNhcQpB4wKumCXUBk=; b=bWqDpZrbcQ2kneVdQudDMbHhnt8bxggYyhlCCvVQayouBSCaNVp5PeCh980qjol7OE hx5goVqlAmSWfU8C8ZRAbHpxFKiLAa/Jjm2j2z/0ZfOQojL4ujG67x3WRGw9bFQRtBdi qScOcbRg79qnuw2rhtGtHODAWzkgIYyT8AjuOZmfTORZu+wrdilxVjZljkSQQTvlG6V1 yL1dOSaTpHkfmHI6wUwMb6T98oSVdxvRKVAl9T24GhNi7KNSGZYMSvJxtMMzCQ3z8zMh xwv+QPu0oT+HpKsZ84bSp79d8ZuSM92KCQgBksaWoEPk8OW7TUgI6UTYq9FzmY6LI5BX 8UuQ== X-Received: by 10.14.194.198 with SMTP id m46mr14186440een.8.1365114391223; Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:26:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.69.132 with HTTP; Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:26:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Jayse Hansen Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:26:11 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] getting laid off To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b343a9e5e030704d99076ed --047d7b343a9e5e030704d99076ed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sorry to hear that Mike - but a big part of me is excited for you. I waited around at a superb paying cush job hoping they'd lay me off so I could actually do what I was made to do. But it never happened - no kick in the butt for me. So I quit an amazing job and went on my own. It was the best thing I've ever done. Something about working for yourself that can't be topped. Someone had told me your worst day freelancing is better than your best day working at the office - and I've found that's absolutely true. Network, network, network. Be eager. Be appreciative. Improve your skills. Show your work. Go to the park for lunch. You'll be alright. It's a grand new adventure. // jayse -------------------------------- Jayse Hansen Fancy Fake UI Design For Feature Films www.jayse.tv jayse@jayse.tv 702-321-3449 On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Rob Birnholz wrote: > Some freelance business advice (this has worked for me for years) > > Keep things simple. I run nearly the whole business through a dedicated > American Express card, which keeps my expenses in order and separate from > my personal life (I also keep a VISA card for when Amex isn't accepted). A > nice bonus are the frequent flyer miles I accrue this way-- I haven't paid > for my NAB airfare in 10 years). Come tax time I download and import my > Amex statements into quicken (quicken 2007!), categorize them, print a > report and give that to my accountant (I am a subchapter S corporation). > > As for taxes, I have a payroll service handle all my withholding and > filing. I'm the only employee and it costs about $40 whenever I run a > paycheck (monthly, when I can) but at the end of the year I've paid in what > I should and have all the paperwork done to boot. No muss, no fuss, worth > every penny. > > Good luck freelancing, I'm proof it's doable despite the odds. :-) > > Rob Birnholz > Absolute Motion Graphics, Inc. > Longwood, Florida > www.absolutemotiongraphics.com > > (sent from a mobile device) > > On Apr 4, 2013, at 5:11 PM, Robert Houghton wrote: > > > P.S. I know Trish Meyer swears by this but I am having a heck of a time > getting my brain into Quickbooks for managing my business. It's like my > right hemisphere is rejecting the notion that I have to manage a business > now > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --047d7b343a9e5e030704d99076ed Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Sorry to hear that Mike - but a big part of me is excited = for you.=A0

I waited around at a superb paying cus= h job hoping they'd lay me off so I could actually do what I was made t= o do. But it never happened - no kick in the butt for me. So I quit an amaz= ing job and went on my own.=A0

It was the best thing I've ever done. S= omething about working for yourself that can't be topped.=A0

Someone had told me your worst day freelancing i= s better than your best day working at the office - and I've found that= 's absolutely true.=A0

Network, network, network. Be eager. Be app= reciative. Improve your skills. Show your work. Go to the park for lunch.

You'll be alright. It's a grand= new adventure.=A0

// jayse
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Jayse Hansen
Fancy Fa= ke UI Design For Feature Films
702-321-3449



On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Rob Birn= holz <absolutemotion@birnholz.com> wrote:
Some freelance business advice (this has worked for me for years)

Keep things simple. I run nearly the whole business through a dedicated Ame= rican Express card, which keeps my expenses in order and separate from my p= ersonal life (I also keep a VISA card for when Amex isn't accepted). A = nice bonus are the frequent flyer miles I accrue this way-- I haven't p= aid for my NAB airfare in 10 years). Come tax time I download and import my= Amex statements into quicken (quicken 2007!), categorize them, print a rep= ort and give that to my accountant (I am a subchapter S corporation).

As for taxes, I have a payroll service handle all my withholding and filing= . I'm the only employee and it costs about $40 whenever I run a paychec= k (monthly, when I can) but at the end of the year I've paid in what I = should and have all the paperwork done to boot. No muss, no fuss, worth eve= ry penny.

Good luck freelancing, I'm proof it's doable despite the odds. :-)<= br>

Rob Birnholz
Absolute Motion Graphics, Inc.
Longwood, Florida
www.abs= olutemotiongraphics.com

(sent from a mobile device)

On Apr 4, 2013, at 5:11 PM, Robert Houghton <gfxguy74@gmail.com> wrote:

> P.S. I know Trish Meyer swears by this but I am having a heck of a tim= e getting my brain into Quickbooks for managing my business. It's like = my right hemisphere is rejecting the notion that I have to manage a busines= s now

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