Quote: (02-28-2013 03:43 AM)pitt Wrote:
BB funny that i was going through your posts on this thread and you just posted on it.
Just wondering, are you based in the US? Why do you want to get a job? I thought you dont like the idea of having a job. Are you not making enough money to sustain your lifestyle?
I'm in the U.S. for now but as soon as my vehicle sells am heading back over to Asia, though I may stop to see relatives in the south and on the east coast on my way. I'm shit at keeping plans...
I have toyed both with the idea of getting a TEFL job or an oil job (I can actually break down why they make somewhat equal sense lol), though I'd still keep doing this if I did either. Mostly because I always get into a rut with my writing business and let work sit forever without doing it or fail to keep up with the marketing. A part-time teaching gig would be best as it would allow me to live overseas, associate with people offline, and give something back.
A lot of my writing is in insurance, which bores me to tears, so that explains part of it. I'm going on a marketing spree next week using some email methods that have landed clients in more interesting niches in the past. It's also very easy to get burnt-out in this biz, especially if you start at lower rates like I did. It gets you going with bad work and writing habits.
I have some plans for mixing up my business enough to get rid of that issue, but we'll see how it goes.
Even with part-time I make plenty to sustain myself, but I also owe about $50K in college loans, hospital bills, and IRS at the moment (from when I first fled the country years ago) and am going to try to pay it off in a year. This tempts me to get a job on top of the freelance, but then I sit down and get my monthly work off my plate at well over $100 an hour like today and it reminds me that I've got all the money I need at my fingertips if I just take it seriously and don't fuck off, which I'm known to do relentlessly...
Hope that clears it up a bit. At the end of the day, a job would most likely make me miserable and remind me of what I'd be throwing away.
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"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe.
To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes
frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Kipling