Pizza smile.

I bit the bullet this week and decided to hire someone for the first time. You can’t get anything done around here without people who know how to do good shit. And you can’t spend countless hours trying to figure something out when you can just go online, post a job, and find the right people to do it. People have been doing this for ages, and I usually just sit and whine about it but not tonight. This is the week we change our lives, right?

Here’s what was holding me back all this time: lack of money, not knowing what I really wanted, an inability to communicate what I really wanted, and fear of not finding someone good. If you think about it, all these fears were born and raised in my head by a mother called fear. Fuck fear. Sure, this is my first time hiring anyone ever, and no, I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m a firm believer that putting yourself in situations you’re not sure about is a surefire way to get something you want done. Because I’ve wanted a web developer for some time and now I’m going to get one. I’m going to build a business relationship with someone. One small step for experienced entrepreneurs, one huge step for Monique mankind.

So if you’re looking to get something made, designed, or created, I would suggest just biting the bullet, because that’s the only way to get it done, and you’re going to feel great afterwards. We can’t achieve liftoff by hanging out on the launch platform with a cocktail (the cocktail is an in-flight beverage). Here’s some advice I can give you if you’re having some of the same fears as I was (am). There’s two websites that I’m currently using to hire great people for cheap, and it’s easy as cake: Fiverr (affiliate link) and Odesk. Odesk is an online workplace, where you can search and hire freelance contractors to do whatever it is you need done. Both are free to sign up for and very easy to use. I’ve just started using Odesk tonight and I’m already enjoying the process. (I’ve already got 55 applicants to sift through!) It’s really easy to just find people there and contact them for a job you need done. It’s amazing how many road blocks are obliterated by simply hiring someone online.

I’ll keep you updated later as to why I’m hiring a web developer and how that whole process turns out to be. I’m keeping mum on my side projects lately because I have a penchant for talk, talk, talk and not a lot of do, do, do. I don’t want to tell you about them until they’re halfway done, done, done. That’s when the hindsight steps in anyway, allowing me to reflect and offer up advice. Until next time! (Bows).

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Monique Muro

Monique is an exceedingly happy human from LA. She runs the blog A Novel Quest, and writes. A lot.

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