Some of you were gracious enough to comment on my recent post about my job dilemma. Basically, I freelance and after taxes make nothing. I work in journalism, but it's becoming harder and harder every year to make a living doing that.
I've taken your advice, and done a lot of soul searching, and I'm quitting my freelance gig for the newspaper. The pay is terrible and hasn't gone up in six years, and I spend a fortune on childcare to free up the time to do the work. It's also become clear I will not be returning to full-time work in the field, due to lay offs and industry problems.
It's time for me to take some time and think of ways that I can more substantially and meaningfully support my family in both financial and emotional terms. Let the soul searching begin.
And thanks to all of you for your candid advice. I think the extra voices gave me the courage to look to something new.
Decision made. I'm quitting
March 5th, 2015 at 10:19 pm
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March 6th, 2015 at 09:12 am 1425633179
there's always something freeing when you quit a job!
What's next?
IPO for latest disposable airline cutlery?
Consulting on Llama hair quality for swimsuit imports?
Second hand denture recycling?
The world is your oyster :P
No seriously. . . . . . What are you looking forward to ?
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March 6th, 2015 at 01:19 pm 1425647940
It sounds cheesy, but I have nearly finished a YA novel, so I'm going to polish it up and send it out to be rejected. (Life long dream!).
I'm also going to write a nonfiction garden book and I have a couple of gigs teaching garden and preserving classes lined up. (In the distant past, I was the garden writer for the daily newspaper, and I have an urban 'homstead', so this is in my wheel house).
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I may write some myself, if I can ever find the time...