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- Tuesday, April 22, 2008: Publishing Careers Features Learning To Eat!
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Publishing Careers Features Learning To Eat!
In the midst of the plumbing craziness, I’ve received an equal and opposite jolt! Today Lori Cates Hand, who blogs at Publishing Careers, has directed her readers to Learning To Eat — and with glowing praise. Thank you, Lori!
In her post, Lori mentions that Learning To Eat is mostly a food blog, and I would agree. But food comes in many forms. Finding your True Work and doing it with all your might brings a very wholesome sense of joy, just like preparing and eating a homecooked meal. It fills you up and makes you hungry for more.
Working from home integrates my work life and home life into one giant 24/7 occupation 365 days a year. And at times it will look on the page to be about two parts food to one part publishing. As we dig into the busy season in the coming months, the balance will shift towards publishing shop talk. And then back again towards food toward the end of the year.
This is the annual cycle of my life as a freelancer. And the cycle of learning to find work, do work, get paid for the work, pay the bills, buy the groceries, keep myself motivated and working and growing forward — this is what I mean by Learning To Eat. I’m only just starting and the scope will unfold as I blog along.
I thank you all for reading and for your comments. And I especially thank Lori as one of my earliest inspirations and supporters for sharing my freelance life through this blog.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 18:48
Good for you, Julie! I will be very interested to learn more about the business side of your life (though as Lori said, there’s nothing wrong with food.)
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 19:09
That IS glowing praise. Congratulations!
Friday, April 25, 2008 at 08:27
Congrats, Julie! Isn’t Lori great?!
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 07:33
Way to go, Julie! I couldn’t agree with Lori more. You are an exquisite writer. Keep up the good work.