After several months of doing the simultaneous graduate school / setting up a company thing, I’ve finally finished my first month of complete independence an an entrepreneur / IT consultant. This post is a progress reports of sort.

First of all, my overall morale is quite strong and I don’t have any regrets about the path that I’ve chosen. Until very recently, I had to deal with the conundrum of knowing the kind of life that I want to lead was not achievable with my (then) life trajectories. For probably the first time in my life, I can now see that it’s possible to achieve the kind of life that I want from the position that I currently occupy. The path is not without its bends, forks, and danger lurking in the bushes, but I do know that there is a way from here to my ultimate destination.

I’m a believer in the need for nerd caves, so I took a couple of pictures of my own using my iPhone:

 

I’ve been renting space from The House Theatre of Chicago for a couple of months now, and I’ve managed to create a nice space where Stuff Gets Done.

Since making the fork onto the startup road, I’ve been trying to balance two lives as I work to build my new company into something financially sustainable while winding down my graduate school career over the next couple of months. Today’s as typical day as any, so here’s a snapshot representing what I do most days of the week.