A downside to self-employment

[Ross White]

I entirely agree.  Self-employment means you can pace yourself, take a nap 
in the afternoon if you have to.  The corporate sick-leave model doesn't 
apply to us self-employeds.  Thank heavens!
A self-employed person, almost by definition, in one who has a compassionate 
boss.
J. R. White

>From: "Diane Hofstetter" <dianepianotuner at msn.com>
>Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: RE: A downside to self-employment
>Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:24:44 -0700
>
>Dear Sunday Sofa Spud,
>
>Actually, that's the upside to self-employment---that you can learn what 
>your limits are and respect them.  And the sooner the better.  I've had a 
>lot of trouble learning that lesson, and it continues to cause me problems 
>when I forget to take care of myself.
>
>I just spent four months of not tuning at all.  The pain in my hands, arm, 
>shoulder, lower back--- ALL WENT AWAY!  What an eye-opener THAT was!
>
>I hope you feel better very soon!
>Diane
>
>Diane Hofstetter
>
>
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: piannaman at aol.com
>Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: A downside to self-employment
>Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:44:26 -0400
>
>You don't get paid when you don't work.  That's the big downside.  
>Vacations we generally tend to account for, but it's hard to plan sick 
>leave.
>
>I probably should have taken this whole week off.  I had a couple of nights 
>of fever and chills, and was feeling weak most of the time.  But like the 
>stubborn ox I am, I pushed through what I thought was a cold, capped by a 4 
>tuning-with-some-voicing Friday that included a fair amount of driving.  I 
>ended up in the ER that night with chest pain.  Turns out it was a mild 
>case of pneumonia, not a heart issue.
>
>Do others of you notice a difference in sound perception when you have a 
>fever?  Even pianos that I tuned that passed every interval and etd test 
>available to me sounded unpleasant and off.
>
>Next time, I'll listen to my body when it screams, "take the time off."  It 
>would be a lot more costly to end up in the hospital for a long stretch 
>than to miss a few days of work.
>
>Be Well,
>
>Dave Stahl, Sunday Sofa Spud
>
>Dave Stahl Piano Service
>650-224-3560
>dstahlpiano at sbcglobal.net
>http://dstahlpiano.net/
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