I'm currently contracted to two large international companies. I found out today that the Chief of Staff (CoS) of company one is leaving the company to work for another company and found out yesterday that the department head of company two has just left her employment there.

Does that scare me? Not in the least. CoS called me to tell me in person about her move and said that she wants to work with me at her new company, sharing with me that having me at 20 hours per week produces "way" more work than a full time employee. She knows that I want to stay at 20 hours with company one, but that doesn't keep me from accepting an additional contract with another company.

I've already turned in a very well received training piece to company two and they like it so much that they are planning to give me more contracts. I have no doubt that the newly departed department head at company two will be reaching out to me at her new company as well.

It's been an awesome leg up for me to have my original contacts at WaMu go to new companies and give me the handshake to the folks who would be able to give me work. I feel good that I've represented them well and have taken the ball and run with it. Now I'm getting second generation contacts who are taking me with them to new places and introducing me to new people.

I used to beat myself up for working so hard, at the detriment of having a personal life. Not anymore. Now I can see it was all worth it because I'm doing what I love to do and am working WAY less hours. The hours I work are at home in my sock monkey slippers next to a snoring dog.

Karma; it's a wonderful thing.