Comments on: I’m So Grateful! http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/im-so-grateful-15/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:38:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kathleen L http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/im-so-grateful-15/comment-page-1/#comment-344756 Kathleen L Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:21:01 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/03/12/im-so-grateful/#comment-344756 John -- Well put. John –
Well put.

]]> By: Anne Wayman http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/im-so-grateful-15/comment-page-1/#comment-344752 Anne Wayman Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:18:05 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/03/12/im-so-grateful/#comment-344752 Was that Travis McGee? I actually lived on a houseboat in Sausalito for years... an ex boss said something like Anne didn't wait for retirement, she just went and bought her retirement boat and... well, you get the idea. Was that Travis McGee? I actually lived on a houseboat in Sausalito for years… an ex boss said something like Anne didn’t wait for retirement, she just went and bought her retirement boat and… well, you get the idea.

]]> By: John Clausen http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/im-so-grateful-15/comment-page-1/#comment-344755 John Clausen Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:19:05 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/03/12/im-so-grateful/#comment-344755 I went to a party at a very wealthy guy's snappy (complete with a clay tennis court and a carriage house) home a couple years ago. We were all sitting on the veranda sipping expensive liquor when one of the assembled financial elite turned to me and said, "What do you do, John?" I responded, "Why, Biff (or whatever his name was) I'm a freelance writer." Heads couldn't have turned faster. These captains of industry wanted to know what I wrote, what it was like to be a writer, etc. Nobody asked how much money I pulled down. A handful of them said their dream was to retire and start a writing career. In that moment, I knew what I liked best about being a freelance writer. I like the fact that I'm not sitting through some brutal, nine-to-five workday prying money out of the system doing things I don't love. I like the fact that I have not willingly postponed my dreams. Like the old Travis McGee character, I'm taking my retirement in small chunks while I'm still able to enjoy it. I went to a party at a very wealthy guy’s snappy (complete with a clay tennis court and a carriage house) home a couple years ago. We were all sitting on the veranda sipping expensive liquor when one of the assembled financial elite turned to me and said, “What do you do, John?”

I responded, “Why, Biff (or whatever his name was) I’m a freelance writer.”

Heads couldn’t have turned faster. These captains of industry wanted to know what I wrote, what it was like to be a writer, etc. Nobody asked how much money I pulled down. A handful of them said their dream was to retire and start a writing career.

In that moment, I knew what I liked best about being a freelance writer. I like the fact that I’m not sitting through some brutal, nine-to-five workday prying money out of the system doing things I don’t love. I like the fact that I have not willingly postponed my dreams. Like the old Travis McGee character, I’m taking my retirement in small chunks while I’m still able to enjoy it.

]]> By: Anne Wayman http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/im-so-grateful-15/comment-page-1/#comment-344753 Anne Wayman Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:33:39 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/03/12/im-so-grateful/#comment-344753 Well said, Kathleen... anyone else? Well said, Kathleen… anyone else?

]]> By: KathleenL http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/im-so-grateful-15/comment-page-1/#comment-344754 KathleenL Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:18:34 +0000 http://www.thegoldenpencil.com/2008/03/12/im-so-grateful/#comment-344754 What I like about Freelance Writing is the FREEDOM. There is a freedom to write what I want, for who I want, when I want! And better yet, freelancing allows me NOT to write when I don’t want to, avoiding people I choose not to deal with, and not accepting the pay, or the lack of it, that “they” are offering. Furthermore, freelancing affords me the freedom to wear what I want and only have me to sneer back at me… in the mirror. Additionally, freelancing affords me the freedom and opportunity to work with people not in my limited neighborhood. Kathleen What I like about Freelance Writing is the FREEDOM.

There is a freedom to write what I want, for who I want, when I want!
And better yet, freelancing allows me NOT to write when I don’t want to, avoiding people I choose not to deal with, and not accepting the pay, or the lack of it, that “they” are offering.

Furthermore, freelancing affords me the freedom to wear what I want and only have me to sneer back at me… in the mirror.

Additionally, freelancing affords me the freedom and opportunity to work with people not in my limited neighborhood.

Kathleen

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