My perception of myself has changed. When I worked as an editor, I thought of myself as an editor. When I was unemployed, I was self unemployed... an unemployed freelancer who was mostly a failure.
How do you perceive yourself? Wife, husband, worker, player, force for good in the universe? All of the above?
Earlier today, I signed the contract to write Car Audio for Dummies, so now I can see myself as an author. I never wanted to be a writer. I was afraid of the uncertainties.
Earlier today, I signed the contract to write Car Audio for Dummies, so now I can see myself as an author. I never wanted to be a writer. I was afraid of the uncertainties.
I should have been afraid of the uncertainties of being an editor... especially an editor covering a dying industry.
My dad wanted me to become a teacher. I had two reasons not to be a teacher:
1. It was pointless... kids just got old and died.
2. I didn't think I could do it.
3. I didn't believe I could do it well enough.
4. I didn't believe I could do it as well as my father.
So I worked for magazines instead. Magazines that get thrown away before, during, or after being read.
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