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A vocation is what you want to do with the rest of your life. It is your calling.
A career is the line of work you are in and the work you do. You change careers, but rarely change vocation.
A job is what you are doing at this moment.
An extract from Career Management for the Creative Person by Lee Silber
…And the last I checked, this moment often changes.
I’ve just had a new client whose nature of business requires a lot of map drawing skills. He owns spots all around the country which he rents to others and earns money from rental. So we met up and discussed, and I found myself sitting in front of my computer having to draw at least 12 maps in a week’s time.
Maps are easy to draw, but it requires a lot of patience. While patience is something that takes time to cultivate, knowing the 3 simple steps I use for map drawing on Illustrator would definitely make things easier for you – (1) Look for the map, (2) Trace the map, and (3) Beautify the map.
Traffic flow has never been my concern when I started off as a blogger in 2002, and it is still not one of my concerns with Cybermate’s Dungeon simply because of my passion for blogging. I do not make money from my blogs because I don’t want to, and I’d like to keep it that way as long as I can. But that doesn’t mean I don’t monitor the traffic flow in my blog.
And so, you have heard how writers earn a living just by penning down their thoughts and sharing their words; how they sold millions of books and bought new bungalows with them. It all sounds too easy for them – all they do is write their thoughts, you start to wonder why you are working so hard to earn cash. If only you can write, if only you can be like them. And yes, you can!
You don’t have to be a writer to write for cash. You just have to know how to write and write well in the language of your choice. And you will be able to write for cash. Look at all the blooming bloggers around you. Some of them have even gone into blogging fulltime because it earns them enough cash for a living. They are not even as popular as J. K. Rowling (author of Harry Potter) but they are earning from their writings/postings on their blogs. And the secret behind their success is they know how to blog for cash. If you want to earn some pocket money from writing, you will have to know how to write for cash. And here’s how to do it.
Just two months into fulltime freelancing and my friends are asking me, “How can you be so busy working from home? How do you get so many clients and projects on your own?” – They think I am playing busy so that others don’t have to worry about me, but I AM BUSY. I am a workaholic in nature, and being a fulltime freelancer turned me into an even greater workaholic because I get to work anytime I want for as long as I desire to. Then again, I can only work if there are projects to work on.
I have to admit that I haven’t been actively pursuing new client leads since I started fulltime freelancing. But I have done little things that surprises myself, because these little things brought in projects and workload beyond my imagination. And I want to share these tips with you so that you too can generate new client leads for your own freelance career.
What does the word ‘disgusted’ means? From the Thesaurus dictionary, disgusted means sickening. WordNet dictionary says that disgusted means having a strong distaste from surfeit. Other synonyms for the word ‘disgusted’ are like displeased, fed up, sick off and tired off. How about delighted? What does it means? It means filled with wonder and delight, or just greatly pleased. Other synonyms for the word ‘delighted’ are like captivated, charmed, enchanted and pleased.
So as you can see, the word ‘disgusted’ and ‘delighted’ are totally of opposite meaning. That is strange, how some people find me disgusting and some find me delighting? Worse still, how come some just find me both, disgusting and delighting? I am confused! Well, I guess I am always confused! Haha! But seriously, I really don’t understand why some people can find me so lovable and so non-lovable at the same time. At times they just want to slap me on my face, and at times they just want to put their arms around me to give me a hug. I guess we can really love and hate someone at the same time.
