Preach.

Oh my. I wish I'd been here to offer support these last 5 or 6 months.

Are retroactive hugs fluffier and/or warmer? If so, have some!

One of my biggest shifts bidnez-wise in the last 20 years...and, to be brutally honest, my entire life...is that I finally got a handle on my incoming numbers. (I'm still working on the outgoing...mumble)

I had so many issues with money, blah, blah, blah and, finally, a client who lives in another country asked a question that I could not answer. I was mortified. Especially since I've faffed around for yonks trying to find a CRM or such to meet my peculiar needs. I'd get overwhelmed and just give up.

The moment for revolution came and I just put my head down and ventured into my own private nightmare...excel. Ginger used to help me with spreadsheets and I did my best to channel her grit.

It worked.

It took two full weeks, but I now have a BEE-U-TEE-FUL overview sheet that spans 3 full feet when printed...along with a miraculous invoice/receipt that automatically counts down my client package hours as they are used. It is decidedly low-tech, but it works for me right now.

I look at my (admittedly small) numbers every day. It's wildly liberating.

Enough about that...I'm glad to be with you again and am standing by to offer all the supportz!

Ginger would be happy that she inspired you. :)

Oh my. She really did. PDFs and spreadsheets. Rigorous logic.

Helpful in so many ways.

Sniff.

I need to scream into the void somewhere, and I know that some of you will understand. I'm just so exhausted, and frustrated to be constantly caught behind the financial 8 ball of cash flow issues. Why is it so hard for companies to just pay their invoices close to on time? I'm doing my best, but my little company just doesn't have a big buffer and right now I'm staring at $100,000 in past due payments. I should be fine right now, a little tight, but not completely screwed, and yet, here I am.

Hopefully at least some of this comes in via ACH in the morning. Okay, sorry to use this to vent, I'm just frustrated and disillusioned with all of it right now.

Yes, I hear you ND. I'm sorry.

My invoices are much smaller than yours, ND, but yes, it is so damn frustrating to have clients you have to basically shake down for payment every single month. I budget for my monthly expenses, and they damn well should, too.

Ugh, that sucks ND. Like, you know they have the money why can't they do the bills? I hope some of it has come through this morning :(

When it's just me it's one thing, but this time it spilled over onto my staff. I had to delay my part time payroll. It's the first time in more than a decade of operating the business, but still, it's gut wrenching. It looks like the payroll will be able to process tomorrow based on the ACH information that I'm getting now, and then I need to get my full timer payroll squared away which is due this week, and then hopefully be squared away for the PT payroll for this Friday.

So much stress.

Oh, man, Noise, that's awful. I'm so sorry.