A Mole Hill

Three Hundred Thirty Third Post: A Mole Hill

In the book “Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Designer,” a method of calculating cost is shown. Basically the cost to run the business for the month is divided into the number of working hours. That gives the amount of money charged to break even. That is then multiplied by the percent of profit, usually 20% (0.20) to get the amount to bill the customer. It sounds complicated then it really is. The hard part is that every job is different and pay might not be steady. Another thing to note is that when the costs to make the product and profit are figured in the price charged becomes high. In the books example they took $7000 to run the business and divided that by 160 working hours per month. The minimum hourly rate is $43.75. After 20% profit it became $52.50. That seems like a lot of money. That artist must produce good work. But if you are working from your home computer some of the costs would be lessened.

Well after putting in a French drain last week. We decided we need to get some topsoil and fill in spots around the house. We also planted some grass seed. I had 10 ton of dirt delivered. The hard part was spreading the dirt from one huge pile to the areas around the house that needed it. Note that we were using shovels and a wheel barrel. We moved over half in one day. However I think I ordered too much dirt. I guess you can say a made a mountain out of a mole hill. Having the dirt delivered was nice, but I did not take into consideration the effort required to move and spread it. On the bright side it was easy to shovel and is quality soil.

Tomorrow’s project is finish moving the soil. But until then... May the Creative Force be with You