Hi everyone, I'm Galen, from the UK but living in Madrid. I provide IT related services to NGOs, which can be web development, custom development, or other IT support on solutions to IT challenges often faced by small NGOs wanting to expand their appeal, do outreach and raise funds. I also end up taking on other projects in completely different areas of IT, which often don't particularly interest me but help pay bills. A bit of a challenge honestly is that I haven't been in Spain massively long and my Spanish is okay but not wonderful for professional use, so I try to focus on clients that are from English speaking countries or other international organisations where the language in use is English. Another challenge is time management, particularly with a 3 year old daughter and significant time recently having been spent doing up a flat in Edinburgh, which needs to be done but has given me a lot of frustration as it creates a very stop-start feel to my business. So my top goals for next 90 days : Generically, get 2-3 more clients More specifically, get my website up. It's been in very slow progress whenever I get a few minutes free, but I need to find a way to prioritise it

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