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Can you say “sidetracked?”

Loosely Speaking

Or I could share my heartfelt excitement over working into the wee hours, creating homespun (handknit) holiday gifts. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Or I could explain how my child’s recent health scare derailed my focus. Work is slow or non-existent for everyone, and troubles abound. Loose Ends.

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Realistic Freelancing |

Men With Pens

I am not a freelancer as such but I do work from home and I’ve training my boss and colleagues to stop arranging meetings after 4pm (still working on that one), I’ve been forcing myself to step away from the keyboard and to stop checking work emails after hours. You have plenty of time left for that client. Those days are better.

2009 40
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Three Ways to Start a Revolution | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

It’s up to us to stop allowing others to make decisions for our industry, our careers, and our lives, both as a group and as individuals. I feel the gift of speech need to be leveraged. What follows is me thinking into my keyboard. That they do have control. They can provoke change. Move people.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

A Story of Strength, A Cause For Hope Reply Darren December 14, 2009 at 6:47 am Most of my friends who have a degree ended up working in the same industry they studied for but those who had a communication degree didn’t always end up working in a communications related field. Going back to school was the best gift I could give myself.

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

Many people take advantage of that openness on another level, which is to say we’ve all had trouble with copyright law and keeping our work our own. How do you deal with copyright infringements and people stealing your work? I think that’s what we’re there for. It’s funny. Just grasp that moment, eh? And I like me.

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