It’s a lonely thing being a comic book artist working from home.
One difficult thing about working at home is that the relationships you build don’t often go outside the home. (Especially if you have a home like ours, you’ll never want to leave (except for DSL.) And even if I’m not spending my time on coloring pages and instead decide to go out, I send myself to meet with just the same people over and over again. Or worse I sit in front of my internet computer at home, and make relations with people I’ll probably never even meet.
Working at home I meet 7 people in a day. Dad, mom, bro, sis, and the 3 househelps. Now, if I were a 9-to-5 employee, I’d be meeting 7 + N more people at work. The problem is quite simple… I don’t meet & greet enough people in a day.
What worries me about going out to meet people is the work that can only be done at home. My home. The challenge is no longer the money (though God knows I still feel like it), it’s keeping new & old relationships alive that seems to have been quite naturally neglected.
Several things got me thinking about this…
1. I saw a book called “Never Eat Alone”… the cover headline alone was a spectacular idea. Plan to buy that book - and it’s a business book.
2. Left and right my friends and relatives are getting married or finding a significant other.
3. The way other people seem to have so much more to talk about.
Golly. I must be getting old and scroogey.
