New take on blogging

I don't think anyone reads or follows this blog (don't think they ever did) but it's linked to my gmail forevermore, so I've decided to start using it as a writing collection. I will be giving myself various writing assignments and just working on the practice that leads to the art which is Writing.

I just like the name of this blog. No need to change that even though my career has shifted focus for now. I am still a student and a teacher and a reader. I just need to write. In addition to all of my job duties, I perhaps could have still been working on a fantastic piece on the side, in my "spare" time. Every source of career advice hinted to me that I should not quit my day job, but sometimes one must be a quitter to make room for new habits.

I don't feel a need to censor myself here. For now, most of the writing is going to be pretty personal, and very rough. A blog is not a place for edited content to me as a writer. I would love to be a Steve Pavlina, but at this time I just want to find my voice and figure out what exactly it is I have to say.

On top of that, freelance work as a writer might be the change in work ethic I've needed. I am looking for jobs outside of the education field; the tech field is growing exponentially and I am primed to program or be trained in any type of software or design necessary. When I hear people my age say things like "I'm terrible with computers! I can barely check my email!" I realize there is a gap between us and that my vantage point allows me some power in the digital marketplace.

One of my experiments last year was to open a vector graphics company. I have made three sales, and need to work on my stock a bit before I can get major attention, but I really like the work. My significant other is entrenched in 3D modeling and CAD, and getting remarkably better each day, so this could be something that we have in common, yet accomplish separately.
My craft with selling other items is doing even better, but needs rebranded and less personal marketing. My mother suggests that I don't want people to see me, which could be why I started my business on ebay/craigslist/etsy in the first place.

Freelance work is tricky. Yes I get to sort of hide from the customers to a degree while I am creating, but finding clients has not even begun. If I had custom work to hash out with someone over the phone it'd be another matter. Now I work on my own schedule, but offering my services to someone means that they will have expectations of my use of time and quality of work. Being home by myself has been a blessing and a curse; to tell the truth there are many days when I play video games for hours without changing out of my pajamas or I log on to the internet only to get sucked into twitter/pinterest/tumblr for hours and hours. Such is digilife.