Heart in two places
So, I've noticed I've been lacking a great deal on this blog. It's really sad, but now as a professional writer, I don't really feel like writing on a personal level. Well that and I have to find the time for it.
Dude, it's weird to think of myself as a professional writer. My editor said that yesterday— well, he was actually telling us that we need to get our stuff in earlier and we should be able to do that because we're all "professional writers."
Just to think about it... I'm being paid to write. How awesome is that?! It's exactly what I wanted to do up here. Write, be paid for it and gain fulfillment by what I'm writing. So 1. Write— definitely, aaaalot 2. Be paid for it— I could be paid more, considering I get paid less than a Census 2010 worker and a teacher 3. Gain fulfillment— I definitely do. I love what I'm writing about, even if it is little events at schools. Sometimes I get touching pieces, like the high school student who was burned in December and how the whole community is helping to raise money for the medical expenses. Or the cover story I'm working on today about the job market, and gaining personal points of view to put faces on the issue.
I do love my job at Ottawa Delivered, but it keeps me from Rayce, which is the downer. I hate leaving him on Monday mornings. And I hate spending my Sunday nights dreading the morning b/c I don't want to leave. I especially hate the weeks I can't go home on Wednesday nights. Just one night during the week with him cooking hamburgers and us laying on the couch, sharing a blanket, watching TV is all I need to help the week go by faster, so I can get home quicker on the weekends. If I have something to cover that night, the weeks takes twice as long to pass.
So that's my dilemma. It's working right now, but I realize it won't be able to work forever like this. Compromises will have to be made, on both our ends. Just not sure when those will be made.
Dude, it's weird to think of myself as a professional writer. My editor said that yesterday— well, he was actually telling us that we need to get our stuff in earlier and we should be able to do that because we're all "professional writers."
Just to think about it... I'm being paid to write. How awesome is that?! It's exactly what I wanted to do up here. Write, be paid for it and gain fulfillment by what I'm writing. So 1. Write— definitely, aaaalot 2. Be paid for it— I could be paid more, considering I get paid less than a Census 2010 worker and a teacher 3. Gain fulfillment— I definitely do. I love what I'm writing about, even if it is little events at schools. Sometimes I get touching pieces, like the high school student who was burned in December and how the whole community is helping to raise money for the medical expenses. Or the cover story I'm working on today about the job market, and gaining personal points of view to put faces on the issue.
I do love my job at Ottawa Delivered, but it keeps me from Rayce, which is the downer. I hate leaving him on Monday mornings. And I hate spending my Sunday nights dreading the morning b/c I don't want to leave. I especially hate the weeks I can't go home on Wednesday nights. Just one night during the week with him cooking hamburgers and us laying on the couch, sharing a blanket, watching TV is all I need to help the week go by faster, so I can get home quicker on the weekends. If I have something to cover that night, the weeks takes twice as long to pass.
So that's my dilemma. It's working right now, but I realize it won't be able to work forever like this. Compromises will have to be made, on both our ends. Just not sure when those will be made.
Posted by Kera at 2/25/2010 8:28 PM 
Categories: Personal Reflections
Tags: writing Ottawa job professional writer
Categories: Personal Reflections
Tags: writing Ottawa job professional writer
Good post. That definitely is a dilemma. You'll figure out what you need to do to make everything work out. After all, you're awesome.
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