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Robert Crain

Hours Added

Well, that didn’t take long. 10 weeks to be precise.

Due to demand, I’ve had to provide additional days and hours, and my hourly rate has been adjusted.

My new hours of availability are;

Weekdays – 9am to 6pm

Saturday – 9am to 3pm

Sunday – Closed

Public Holidays – By Appointment

I’d been contacted by several [ potential ] customers, requesting work outside of the hours I’d said I’d be willing to work [ As per a previous Post ], and because of this, I’ve completely ‘revamped’ the hours I’m available for hire, along with my rate.

Please take note; I’m not willing to work nights anymore though. I want to live a bit.

My hourly rate is now $100 per hour. I’ll be maintaining this hourly rate up until the day I decide to once and for all retire from this, but that is some time away [ Years ].

Contact me if you require my services, I look forward to working with you :)

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Robert Crain

I’m Retiring* From WordPress

So, it’s been almost 12 months since I last posted here, and hasn’t time flown.

I’ve made several posts, on my website(s), as well as on forums about me thinking about this decision, because there are quite a few things outside of WordPress, that I want to do.

Anyway, a few weeks ago, I made the decision to give up Social Media. I still have my Facebook, Instagram and Twitter Accounts ‘active’, although I’ve made changes so I cannot log into them.

The past few years has ‘forced’ me to be a bit more private, and not share things online. I used to enjoy taking photos around the house, be it with my pets, or home improvements that I felt proud of, and publish them, but I am just so much happier not to, now.

I get more enjoyment out of life, from being private. I can get out on the Kubota and mow the strip whenever I want. My partner can get her hands dirty in her acre of gardens that surround the house, which cannot be seen from any direction. We are secluded, yet not far from Mittagong, Berrima and Bowral, in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. We get more enjoyment from people not knowing anything.

Thankyou, stalker.

WordPress has been good to me, and I’ve enjoyed dealing with some very nice people. I believe there are going to be challenges ahead for newbies entering into this field, purely based on the fact that there are so many competing businesses out there, hoping to get your business. I’m not going to name them, but you know who they are.

I’d rather retire from this now, while I’m still reasonably young, and can enjoy life a bit more. I’d actually considered walking away from WordPress for about the past 4/5 years, but decided to continue with it, at reduced hours and days.

So, today – February 1, 2022*, is my very last day. The funny thing is, I was going to give 4 weeks notice here today, but whilst writing this, it has changed my mind.

Jobs that have come in over the past 2 weeks will be passed onto another developer, and I will no longer be accepting any jobs.

It’s been fun. You will still be able to contact me via this website, until I decide to remove the page, which will probably be in around 6 months.

Here’s to a private life.

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Robert Crain

WHERE have I been?

It’s already June, 2020. Where has this year gone, and WHERE have I been?

Well, I’ve been busy. Busier than what I’d hoped for, actually. There was an increase in the need for my services due to the uptake in online trading (re pandemic), placing excess loads on websites that I manage, but all has been running smoothly, and I can now begin to breathe again. I’m still working nights, albeit at reduced hours. I need a break now.

We moved into our new house (it was built over 2017/18/19), and we sold our old place, late last year.

This blog post was not meant to be too long, I just wanted people to know that I’m still active on the forums, and providing assistance to theme developers.

I do want to begin stepping back from this a little this year. I want to focus more on living.

Anyway, that should just about do it for the moment.

I’ll be back, soon.

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