I am not near the ocean. I want my own business. I am an artist. I do pottery and dishes. I have never been surfing. I do not live near the ocean. I have been snowboarding. I want a pet. I just finished making a vase.
I used to work in accounting.  I am now doing freelance work. I am a freelance graphic designer. I am living in a new city. I live near the beach. I want to learn how to surf. I have been snowboarding before. I have a retriever rescue dog named Daisy. I have had a dog for 3 years. I live by the ocean. My dog loves the ocean. I am a freelancer. I wish there were more benefits to being a freelancer.
So are you quite busy at the moment with freelance work? I have been very busy. I wish that my work would even out a bit. It seems like my freelance job is always feast or famine.  Is there anything I can do to help? I've been in that position before and I can only imagine that the down swing is very rough financially. It is tough financially, but it's even tougher regarding time. It seems like I'm either working 80 hours a week or 10 hours a week. It is impossible to budget right now, though. I can imagine. Your starting to scare me off from the dream of having my own business. Well, like I said, if you need any help just let me know. I have the time to do whatever is necessary to help you.  Thanks so much for your offer. And I'm not trying to scare you off. It's just growing pains, I'm sure. It will be worth it once I'm totally established and my business is humming along. It is great to not be working for anyone else, though.  The freedom really is the appeal to that kind of a business or job. Maybe I could come out there and take care of your dog the next time that you are busy? Or, if you aren't busy I could come out to visit you in your new place and we could try surfing!   That would be great! We could both be horrible surfers together. lol! I'm sure that you'll do great in your business. And I don't think you'll have the same time pressure that I do. I have to collect clients, while you're just planning to create pottery products and then sell them, right? You should have more regular working hours. Regular working hours is a must for me. I don't think I could do those random hours that you seem to be doing. When is the next opportunity that I could come out there to visit you?  Whenever is convenient for you. One of the advantages of being your own boss is creating your own time off. Just give me a couple weeks notice, please, and we'll be all set. I'd love to see you. How about in three weeks from now? I'll have to hammer out the exact dates that could work for me but does that work for you? It does. My current project that's keeping me so busy right now ends in about 2 weeks, so that would be perfect!