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<p>Questions to answer:</p>
<p>1. Where do you get your joy? What sparks you, motivates you to
get up and burn psychic energy in the morning and can propel you
through good times and bad?</p>
<p>2. What are your monetary/sustenance needs?</p>
<p>3. Where do 1 and 2 intersect?</p>
<p>People and tech have always been interesting to me, although I'm
an introvert. All along, I've also been a writer and enjoyed
documenting what I did. My editors will tell you I'm not
completely perfect at the art of communicating to civilians, but I
indeed have little fear of technologies, indeed enjoy embracing
what I believe to be useful (rather than useless) tech. Ex: gaming
is useless to me as I'm not a gamer. I'm a classically-trained
data processor, but enjoy python. My early life was in QA, which
gave me decent critical values. Several thousand articles,
reviews, and a dozen or so books later, I look back (now in
semi-retirement) and know that part of the reward was the journey
(and my children/grandchildren/family). <br>
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<p>You're not crazy to stay where you are, until something else is
up to speed. See #2. Being motivated by hunger is compelling, and
no fun. Best to accentuate the positive, rather than be motivated
by fear. Anxiety is what often holds us back, and so the mirth of
pursued interest is always the better propelling emotion.<br>
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<p>Tom</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/29/19 11:03 AM, Liam Kelly wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hey all,
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<div>I'm thinking to leave my position as editor of a
crypto-centric blog to pursue a few different options. </div>
<div><br>
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<div>Likely I won't find anything as well-paid as this for a few
months, but I've been at this publication for a few years now
and I have the impression it's time for a bit of progress.</div>
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</div>
<div>The idea is to leave editing to the side and gather as many
bylines as possible in hopes of landing a staff position at a
larger publication. </div>
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</div>
<div>But I was curious about a few things:</div>
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</div>
<div>- If not writing, what other skills would <b>you</b> develop
during a similar break?</div>
<div>- Am I crazy to leave a position in which I'm paid a flat
rate to both write and edit?</div>
<div>- And, finally, any general thoughts on some personal
experiences related to this subject.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I've got savings, a handful of smaller clients that I've
been working with, and a dreadful feeling of stagnation. All
of this has culminated in this plan. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Thanks in advance for any suggestions, relevant stories,
and/or links to things I should read before making the "leap."</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Liam J. Kelly</div>
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Tom Henderson
ExtremeLabs, Inc.
+1 317 250 4646
Twitter: @extremelabs
Skype: extremelabsinc</pre>
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