CREATIVE CAREERS UNLEASHED! #96 What happens when you actually do find “work that doesn’t suck” but then … that work — part-time, full-time, or contract — chews up most or all of your energy and time? Okay. Maybe, that’s a bit dramatic. But, it IS how it feels to me sometimes. As much as I…
I got some interesting feedback from my last post, “The Lure of Easy Money”. Here’s what my client Steve said, “One thing I might say (from my perspective) is that the money AIN’T easy… (If this is easy, I hate to think what hard money would be like :-0 ) and it’s not that I…
I’ve been there, done that, got the T-Shirt, and the Coffee Mug. Where? Doing a ‘job’ I hated, working a contract I loathed: justified by “the money”. When I turned 60, after spending 4 months in severe pain from my Fibromyalgia, I promised myself, “I’m not going to do work I don’t want to do….
Thanks all for your kind comments. I missed them cause I was busy getting ready for the teleclinc and the new gig. Oh, and I was also preparing to teach an Unsticking(TM) workshop to the writers who hang out at the Alberta Romance Writers Association. That one was called “Break Free … and Write!” It…
I recently read an article in the Globe and Mail on Twitter Stalking. While this article focuses mainly on the phenomenon of ex-lovers monitoring their former lover’s behavior via Twitter, the article — and concerns raised by a young female client — prompts me to talk about the importance of protecting your Internet Privacy, Security,…
In my last newsletter I described the 1st step you need to take in order to find work that doesn’t suck. Today’s article will detail the 2nd step: what to do once you have (even a very vague) idea of what you’ve like/love to do for a living. FIND Full-Time or Part-Time WORK THAT DOESN’T…
Unemployment Soars! Another Canadian Soldier Dies In Afganistan! 7-Year Old Girl Sexually Assaulted! Crud, I so love listening to the news on my radio — NOT! It’s not like I wasn’t already feeling mucho stressed — which I KNOW because my Fibro pain has returned … and with a vengance! So, on my walk this…
I am in a dark, dreary, place soaking in melancholy. And, I LOVE it! The part of my brain that has an ounce of intellect left recognizes this “feeling”. My old FAMILIAR: the “dark side” of my Muse. In her ground breaking work, “Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and The Artistic Temperament“, author and manic-depressive,…
A client just asked me what I thought of a possible name for her ‘new’ business. My gut reaction to the name was “wad da fa?” Ya see, I KNOW this client very well. I know the quality and value of the work they do. I know how their work really enhances their clients’ brands….
The Sadness Is With Me The Sadness sits with my heart. Alone I feel, So, much alone and, sometimes I want to die, and, sometimes I want to run away, For the Sadness leaches through my soul, Permeating: Soul, body, mind, and marrow, and fills my being with naught but pain. Yet, run I not;…