Changes

So this informal business partner of mine, who I've been working with for a few years now on some really great projects -- actually, some of the best, most creative stuff I've done -- has taken a so-called "real" job. It was kind of stunning news. And maybe just one more indication of how frightening this economic meltdown is, if someone who's been independent for as long as he has is going back to the corporate world.

On the bright side, the job he took was with our biggest client. So I would expect there would be some opportunity for me there. A lot of opportunity, I would imagine. Still, it's kind of unsettling.

And it's interesting that this news should come in the midst of my own sort of testing the corporate waters. I've been thinking about it for a long time. A couple of years ago I was investigating it, actually, but then I got very, very busy. And I didn't have my heart quite in it.

But lately I've been reaching out to people, getting my stuff together, assessing the market and what kinds of opportunities are out there. It took a long time for me to get to this place, but I think that's actually the biggest hurdle to get over. Not finding something, which I'm not really desperate to do, but actually acknowledging to myself that I could be comfortable with, and even embrace, what would be a radical change to my life and lifestyle.

Including, ominously, the daily wearing of pants.