I was just inspired to write a comment on some Asian Photography blog, i have included it here below. I write alot each day, often in computer/accounting jargon, i like it more than i would've thought, and i am better at it than Mrs. Nelson would have thought(she was my high school English teacher, i had her 3.5 out of 4 years, she challenged me and was my nemesis for quite some time but she somehow invigorated my interest in English and writing).
Things are grand, last weekend i was in San Fran, Berkeley, Oakland with my friends Marf and
E-Lease. I have wanted to visit them forever, and a few days before it worked out. On 8/24 i saw that none of my coworkers had asked for off over labor day weekend. On 8/25 my boss was on vacation so i couldn't ask him if i could have off. On 8/27 i asked my boss he said yes, i asked Mark, he said yes as well, i bought my tickets. On 8/30 i flew out, and arrived in san fran.
It was a fabulous trip~ biking around Berkeley, eating the best sushi i have ever had, playing video games with mark, walking san fran, eating at an old school German restaurant, searching for a photography bookstore in Japan Town (after the word in red is the letters "an" in white, for the Japanese colors), drinking in Buddha bar in china town, and eating Thai for dinner, wandering Napa Valley drinking our way though amazing vineyards, fighting a freeway of miniature ants, making cyanotypes, meeting a burning man, biking around Berkeley some more, and eating the best spaghetti and veal meatballs @ chez panisse.
Thanks again,
Mark & Elissa
Marf & E-Lease
M & E
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There are many things to consider, and everyone considers different things. i had a similar choice and these are some of the things i considered.
Which is easier?
~there are many benefits of having a job that you don't Hate, and i job that is less Grueling.
Which is more lucrative?
~Like it or not, Money is important. Money affects almost everything, and it is a source of major Worry, for everyone.
Which do you Enjoy more?
~Obviously important, but I think most people don’t consider enjoyment enough.
What job will be more Challenging?
~Significantly more important than people realize, if you can be great at your job in less than 5 years it probably isn’t challenging enough.
Which job has longer hours?
~The longer you spend working for someone else the less time you can be doing what you love.
Which job inspires more creativity?
~a tough question, because I have found my non-creative job often inspires much more desire and inspiration for creation than some job using creativity. I feel that being surround by an environment of logic and lack of creativity 8 hours a day invigorates my joy of creation.
For me, I choose to go the business route doing software support for some accounting software. It sounds horrible, i admit, but it has been a great choice for me. A day spent at a desk is easy, more lucrative, likely more challenging, shorter hours, and may likely inspire your creativity more than many of the other jobs you would have to do to supplement your creativity.
i’ll admit you may not enjoy it more than doing photography all day, but I don’t think that’s the only question to ask.
