[Kim_Bruning]

6-7 months of 1 day workweeks is not a lot of time. They'll be over before you realize they started.

Definitely invest time in either/or generating recurring income, learning how to do so, getting other contracts, finding new customers, learning new skills that you think you might need in the near future, etc.

If you want to have a bit of a holiday for some of the time, fine, but try to keep some sort of rhythm to your activities; and don't slouch. This is not an indefinite time period.

You'd be surprised how many people don't mind that you're on call at times (if anything, knowing that you're busy somehow makes you more desirable? ). Just don't overload yourself with additional tasks, make sure you're doing your primary task well.

If you do do a good job doing the on-call, you might be able to negotiate an extension.

Whatever you do, make sure you have new/extra profitable things lined up for when this contract finally does peter out.