Comments | duchy: Today I'm going to quit

duchy

Today I'm going to quit

Mar 26, 2004 06:58

I nearly lost it at work yesterday- and I never lose it at work nowdays. They have promoted a really young kid with a really big attitude problem in an adjacent department to mine. She's always sticking her nose into our department issues and now she's promoted it's got worse (and it hasn't even been officially announced yet !)Life's too short so I ( Read more... )

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Good luck! chernabog March 26 2004, 04:15:30 UTC

Age is irrelevant. I know you can do anything you put your mind to. Plus it is better to try than to live with the "What if...?"

Go for it! :)

Re: Good luck! duchy March 26 2004, 05:58:27 UTC

Yes you are right oh wise doc.....I'm NOT too young to write !!! ;)
Actually my boss asked me to stay....so for now I've agreed to work three hours a week for them-hardly seems worth it but it means they are happy and I keep my company benefits (discounts etc) so what the heck.

Re: Good luck! chernabog March 26 2004, 07:57:21 UTC

You get benefits working only three hours a week?? Oh, you mean discounts. Your health insurance is already "covered," correct? :)

Over here you'd be a writer who had better not get ill. ;)

Re: Good luck! duchy March 26 2004, 09:18:05 UTC

Actually I have private health care cover too ,paid for by the wandering alley cat ;)
The NHS is great for urgent major surgery but poor for minor or non life threatening treatment.

jtoomey March 26 2004, 07:53:35 UTC

Good luck!

duchy March 26 2004, 09:21:49 UTC

Thanks......
Gotta be better than WROK ;)

unteins March 31 2004, 09:52:49 UTC

If you are going to be a full time writer you should set yourself a goal of commtting at least 30 minutes of actual writing to paper every single day. That's not 30 minutes of holding a pen, but actually typing/writing for those minutes. Don't worry if it is good or bad or whatever, you can always rewrite and refine what you put down.

Most people who fail at a creative endeavor fail because they don't actually ever do the creative thing. So, just write a minimum amount each day and you will be good. The other big tip is don't throw away anything. Create a file of stuff you don't plan to use now. You can study your own work and look for things to improve. Plus you never know when a character you tossed out might be the perfect person for the next thing you write.