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#34504 - 10/29/04 07:26 AM
Re: Back to work????
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Da Queen
Registered: 07/02/03
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Loc: Alabama
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I can only give you my opinion as it would apply to me. If I didn't HAVE to work, you can bet your sweet bibpee I wouldn't. But...on the other hand, if you feel that you have a need to work, or want to, then structure you writing time to gain the most from it. Like what is your peak time for writing? Are you fresher in the mornings or evenings? If it's mornings, for instance, then set aside whatever you can spare in the morning time to do nothing but write. Treat it like you would any other job and DO NOT let anything else interrupt that writing time.
If it's evenings, do the same thing. By structuring your time, you are writing consistently, and not taking anything away from your family, or your new job.
Personally, if I were in your shoes and didn't have to work, pigs would fly before I would take a job outside the home. I would be a writing fool if I had the time.
JJ
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#34508 - 10/29/04 03:33 PM
Re: Back to work????
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Registered: 09/03/04
Posts: 2538
Loc: North Carolina
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Thanks for the advice and encouragement, JJ and Smilinize! I heard about a job yesterday that sounds like it might work. Unfortunately at this time they aren't in need of my services but I'm going to persue it. Yes, it is health benefits I'm the most concerned with. SAS is a huge company in my town something like 4000 employees. I heard that you can work part time as a receptionist and still be able to get bennies.(they cost more but it might be worth it) I'm told that most of the girls who do this, spend a lot of time reading. If they can read while doing it, then I should be able to write, right? Wish me luck! I'm going to need it. I hear the jobs there are very difficult to get as everyone and their brother wants to work there. That is very interesting about the journal that guy kept. I wouldn't be able to go to work that early as I have to bring my son to school, (he gets a bus but needs to catch it like an hour before school and I don't think that's fair to him. They start so early as it is.)But I could get up and work at home that early, trouble is, I like my sleep It is something to consider though, if I have to work full time. Thanks again ladies!
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#34510 - 10/29/04 08:55 PM
Re: Back to work????
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Registered: 09/03/04
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Loc: North Carolina
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Thanks again Jawjaw, That's pretty sneaky advice.... Sounds like it might just work! It's worth a shot in any case.
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#34514 - 11/05/04 05:42 PM
Re: Back to work????
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Registered: 10/09/04
Posts: 83
Loc: Maryland
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TVC15, I agree with Dotsie that being home for teenagers is just as (if not more) important as being home when they're babies and toddlers. I've been home full-time with my girls since my younger daughter was 6-months-old (they're 16 & 14 now). I was scared about the $, and scared that I'd end up depressed on the sofa like my mother was, and scared ... well, I was just scared. But, everything ... and I mean everything ... has worked out. My girls tell me that they are glad that I'm home when they get home from school. They "unload" on me as soon as they walk in the door. I am glad that I'm here to listen to them. I feel like I really know my girls. They even tell me that they love me ... now if that isn't the coolest thing a teenager can tell a mother, I don't know what is.
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