One of my main freelance gigs, which happened to be a steady paycheck for a couple of years has reorganized and I've been "reorganized" out of said steady gig. meh.
Instead of panic I choose to look at this as a new beginning instead of a setback because the only 2 things that I can think of to say is:
Well, that sucks - and - #fuckit
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I've really been through worse things and I knew it was coming but I held out hope that it wasn't going to be a full expulsion. No ill will to my former team. They are an amazing group of people and I hope that once the dust settles, we'll be called back to do more work again. Seriously. No one's burned any bridges.
Maybe the universe was telling me something when I woke up this morning with a migraine.
Normally I can get ahead of a migraine once I start to feel the pain and pressure on the left side of my head behind my eye. This morning, it was full on with nausea and vomiting so all I could do was chase it down and try to kill it.
I'm not in panic mode...yet.
I've already got 5 applications out and all the big bills are covered for February so technically, I've got about 2-3 weeks before I need to be generating some kind of income.
And now that I have some time, I'll be going full bore with MY projects that were put on hold because work stuff.
So... Yeah... FUCKIT. This is an opportunity not a setback. We just have to tighten our belts until something works itself out. A YES would be great. If you pray or talk to the universe, please put in a good word for me. I'd appreciate it. Thanks!
* cross-posted from Whaleshares
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That's an amazing attitude! I like it.
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There's bigger and better around the corner, keep your focus :)
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Thanks, @karenb54
I put in 5 applications today and I'm going to take another half hour to search some more this evening.
There are other options like eBay, looking for more writing gigs, updating Fiverr (wow, I haven't been there in YEARS), and putting feelers out. Thanks to our previous experiences, I've been pretty frugal so Feb. bills are covered. I've got 1 month maximum to find something. I'm focused! And thank you for checking in.
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You are more than welcome :)
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You'll find something good... because you've been playing the self-employed and freelance gig for a really long time. And that makes a difference.
Yeah, something amazing is around the corner!
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Thank you, @denmarkguy - it's so good to see you!
And what have you been doing with yourself? Hopefully you've rebound from the shop and on to bigger, better things?
I have to admit that I got complacent because I'd had that gig and was pretty happy with steady money. I did it to myself but you're right, I have been doing this for a while and something always comes up. The big bills are paid and I've still got a few weeks of breathing room. By then, I'm confident that things will pick up. I've got a lot of feelers out.
I know I'm a hard worker. Why dedicate time and soul to someone else's dream? The problem is, my vision is going to take time. LOL The struggle is real!
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There is definitely life after shopkeeping! For the most part, I'm back to being an editor; books mostly. It has been a slow start and pretty slow going... it's what I used to do, but there's a lot more competition these days from people in SE Asia with English degrees from US Universities.
I still write. I still work on art. My wife and I still have our non-profit. I'm still pretty active with this-and-that on eBay.
The struggle is definitely real! But then again, nobody ever said that Living the Creative Life was going to be easy...
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I'm really glad to hear that you've rebound. There was a point in time that it seemed we were both going through parallel hardships. The unknown, quite frankly, sucks. Editing is definitely a competitive field. Is there a genre that you lean toward?
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Least you got the migraine and the work cut out of the way in one go x_x hope something awesome comes your way if that needed to be cleared out first :)
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