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Posted by ClearSkies on November 12, 2006, at 11:20:05
I want to work. I haven't been able to work face to face without crying for several years. Depression and anxiety are under some control but not enough so much I feel that I can successfully get myself out there yet.
I have thought about maybe trying freelance journalism. No training, no education, but I have many ideas and there are local newspapers that are always looking for pieces.
Any advice or experiences people can share? Tips?
ClearSkies
Posted by Damos on November 15, 2006, at 21:14:56
In reply to Do any of you work from home?, posted by ClearSkies on November 12, 2006, at 11:20:05
Hi CS,
Sorry it's been so long.
> I want to work. I haven't been able to work face to face without crying for several years. Depression and anxiety are under some control but not enough so much I feel that I can successfully get myself out there yet.
Yeah I have the opportunity to work from home if I want/need to and have several colleagues (Project Managers) who do so full-time. Whether it works out well or not seems to be very much an individual thing. Some miss the interaction with people, others are just so glad not to have it, and to just come in for special events.
Basically in many jobs these days as long as you have fast reliable access and a phone you can be pretty much anywhere and it's the same as being in the office anyway.
> I have thought about maybe trying freelance journalism. No training, no education, but I have many ideas and there are local newspapers that are always looking for pieces.Well I'm thinking that'd be a great idea. Reader's Digest and all kinds of publications are always looking for stuff. Think you'd be great at that. There's a place here called the Australian College of Journalism that does correspondence courses, so I assume they'd have similar in the States. Basically just teaches you about the different styles and requirements for different types of publications, and how to submit articles and get published and stuff (there's assignments and stuff of course - which I guess you don't have to submit if you don't want to). I'd say go for it.
> Any advice or experiences people can share? Tips?Our main public affairs person works from home and she says that the main thing is just being disciplined around deadlines for stuff and dedicating enough time for what needs to be done. She said it works out well 'cause sometimes she's just in the mood and in the zone and churns through heaps of stuff and then can go easy or treat herself the next day because she's been really productive.
Hope that helped a little.
Just in case you need one,
(((((CS)))))
Posted by Dinah on November 18, 2006, at 10:20:19
In reply to Do any of you work from home?, posted by ClearSkies on November 12, 2006, at 11:20:05
I know nothing about journalism, but I've been working from home at varying degrees for years. I think there are good points and bad. It's all too easy to get distracted by clothes that need washing or things that need picking up. Or by Babble or other computer distractions.
The key for me is to turn off all the distractions I can. Turn off my email notifier. Shut the door to my study. Sit down to a chunk of work, and when I'm finished, get up and walk around a bit. Eat a snack or lunch, maybe toss those clothes in the washer. Then get back and do another chunk of work.
I've found it way more difficult to do small pieces of work at home, and way easier to do large projects. Switching gears at home leaves too much room for distraction or just plain trailing off.
Now we're back in our old office (if we ever in fact have a stable place for me there) I think I'm planning to divide my work into two categories, projects and other stuff, and only bring project work home while going in in the morning or a couple of days a week to do the other stuff.
I don't know how writing would fit into that, but if you're as prone to distraction as I am, setting up a quiet place where you can shut the door from the rest of your world might be a good idea.
Posted by ClearSkies on November 18, 2006, at 23:12:17
In reply to Re: Do any of you work from home? » ClearSkies, posted by Dinah on November 18, 2006, at 10:20:19
Next I'll want to be a lion tamer
CS
Posted by Phillipa on December 6, 2006, at 22:19:25
In reply to I think I'm getting ahead of myself here, posted by ClearSkies on November 18, 2006, at 23:12:17
Oh I got one for you Chloe our now 6 month old lapsapoo. Coming to Florida for Christmas East Coast to Stuart where my successful Daughter lives. You know Wilmington trust she's a VP there and also has a doctorate in religion and does hospice. And Chloe is an ADD puppy . I could drop her off think you could train her? She has me trained to feed her out of my hand. I think nursing was easier. Bring on the benzos or something. Love phillipa
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