Well said...and for what its worth I waited until I was 46 to have my first.
On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@aol.com>wrote:
> **
>
>
> I don't doubt you made the right decision. The "right" decision is
> different for all of us - that's perhaps the point. Do we have kids or do
> we not? How old are we? How well established are we? Are we the primary
> financial breadwinners in our families or not? What health or income
> challenges might our families face in the near future?
>
> There's no one way to be an editor in this country. All of us have to
> advocate for the situation that's best for us, given where we live and what
> we're willing to do.
>
> Best,
> Shirley
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electropura212 <electropura212@gmail.com>
> To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sun, Sep 30, 2012 1:14 pm
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Editor Wellness Tips
>
> Cost me about 10 grand to be there the first month of my daughters life
> earlier this year. All in all, I think I made the right decision.
>
> On Sunday, September 30, 2012, Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
>
> > **
>
> >
> >
> > Indeed, freelancing makes me crazy. I don't think back when I got into TV
> > decades ago I envisioned being a graying, middle-aged person without a
> real
> > job. And you put it well - "out of work for the rest of your life." I
> have
> > no real guarantee that anyone will call me again, ever, and each time the
> > work stops I wonder if I'm off the edge for good this time. But I guess
> > nowadays no one has any guarantees. Places go out of business or
> contract,
> > and staff folks lose their jobs all the time.
> >
> > I've given up committing to vacations of any length. A few years ago I
> > honored a promise to family member to attend a camping trip birthday
> > celebration in Tahoe. I was just tired of putting the people I love
> second
> > all the time. As a result, I lost a bunch of work, and it ended up
> costing
> > me $10,000 to sleep on the Sierra dirt for four days; that was the end of
> > that particular social experiment. Clearly, the people I love must be
> > placed second. But it's been worse for others I know. One fellow's mother
> > was very sick, but he felt compelled to accept a big and lucrative gig.
> It
> > had been a bad year, and he really needed the dough. He had a plane
> ticket
> > to fly back east and see her, but she died before he could get to her.
> >
> > Happy Sunday.
> >
> > David, (the writer of the original post) are you now considering a career
> > in plumbing instead?
> >
> > Shirley
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Terence Curren <tcurren@aol.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> > 'tcurren%40aol.com');>>
> > To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> > 'Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com');>>
> > Sent: Sun, Sep 30, 2012 6:47 am
> > Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Editor Wellness Tips
> >
> > It's funny how many staff editors idolize the freelance life. But unless
> > you
> > have the right make-up for it, it's not a lot of fun. Staff editors think
> > it
> > must be great because you get those cool "breaks" between gigs. In
> > reality, each
> > time you finish a gig, you are out of work for the rest of your life. So
> > there
> > is a small panic that can set in and then the mad scramble to find more
> > work.
> > It's not a vacation.
> >
> > And speaking of vacations� want to guarantee some really good work will
> > come
> > along? Plan a vacation, pay for the whole thing, and then that cherry gig
> > will
> > certainly coma along for that exact time period. It's almost like
> > clockwork. :-/
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> > 'Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com');>, "john@..." <john@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm a freelancer, so a vacation is out of the equation. My last was my
> > honeymoon in '99... When I was a staff editor. Dodo mention that I'm
> > typing
> > this on my iPhone as I head to the city for a fun filled Sunday of
> editing?
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sep 30, 2012, at 2:13 AM, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> > 'Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com');>, Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > <<John, exactly. I feel the same way. I don't know how those other
> > editors
> > do it, the ones that go to Sicily, Switzerland, Africa, South America,
> and
> > places like that. But they do exist, those vacation-taking editors.>>
> > > >
> > > > They either have staff jobs (in very short supply) or they don't care
> > about
> > work and figure they can always pick up again when they come back (no
> > mortgage
> > or kids)
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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