Comments on: 3.5 months late http://arielwaldman.com/2009/03/21/35-months-late/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:38:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Shannon http://arielwaldman.com/2009/03/21/35-months-late/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Shannon Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:37:55 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2009/03/21/35-months-late/#comment-778 I think you are doing great! Pico projects sounds amazing! I think you are doing great! Pico projects sounds amazing!

]]> By: Greg Turner http://arielwaldman.com/2009/03/21/35-months-late/comment-page-1/#comment-777 Greg Turner Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:04:49 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2009/03/21/35-months-late/#comment-777 It's a weird thing, isn't it? I didn't go to a high school reunion because I'd just come out of grad school and hadn't yet found a job. Of course, I'd just finished grad school and wasn't really expected to be working. The other time I was unemployed I spiraled down until I was eating Fritos off my belly, my T-shirt all grease stained, watching some game show on over-the-air television. That was a serious wtf moment. I think the most important thing is to have a schedule. That's the real difference between being unemployed and self-employed. From n - p, you look for work, from x - z you work on your own projects. You take lunch, you clock out at the end of the day. Seriously. I think it's the best thing for sanity, for creativity, for happiness. It’s a weird thing, isn’t it? I didn’t go to a high school reunion because I’d just come out of grad school and hadn’t yet found a job. Of course, I’d just finished grad school and wasn’t really expected to be working.

The other time I was unemployed I spiraled down until I was eating Fritos off my belly, my T-shirt all grease stained, watching some game show on over-the-air television. That was a serious wtf moment.

I think the most important thing is to have a schedule. That’s the real difference between being unemployed and self-employed. From n – p, you look for work, from x – z you work on your own projects. You take lunch, you clock out at the end of the day. Seriously. I think it’s the best thing for sanity, for creativity, for happiness.

]]> By: Halia http://arielwaldman.com/2009/03/21/35-months-late/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Halia Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:00:16 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2009/03/21/35-months-late/#comment-776 You've still done more than the average geek in the last few months! I've been ill for 2 years and should have created much more than I have with all the spare time on my hands. But, like you say, when you're sick your priority lies in taking care of yourself rather than being productive. Learning to do both is tricky but I think 2009 is the year for it. Looking forward to a shit ton of awesome stuff! You’ve still done more than the average geek in the last few months! I’ve been ill for 2 years and should have created much more than I have with all the spare time on my hands. But, like you say, when you’re sick your priority lies in taking care of yourself rather than being productive. Learning to do both is tricky but I think 2009 is the year for it. Looking forward to a shit ton of awesome stuff!

]]> By: Matt Neale http://arielwaldman.com/2009/03/21/35-months-late/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Matt Neale Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:35:12 +0000 http://arielwaldman.com/2009/03/21/35-months-late/#comment-775 It's a good point about the difference between self-employed and unemployed. I've just recently finished a 6 month stretch working on my own project. At the beginning I set-aside the money and planned for the 6 months, and I always considered I was self-employed - that I was paying myself. That finished 4ish weeks ago, and since then every moment I've not been looking for work feels like time wasted. It's been making me irritable, even though of course nothing has changed at all. It’s a good point about the difference between self-employed and unemployed. I’ve just recently finished a 6 month stretch working on my own project. At the beginning I set-aside the money and planned for the 6 months, and I always considered I was self-employed – that I was paying myself. That finished 4ish weeks ago, and since then every moment I’ve not been looking for work feels like time wasted. It’s been making me irritable, even though of course nothing has changed at all.

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