2 Oct 2009
So in essence we come down to the same old scenario:
I’m not sure if this is satire but it came off that way to me so I’m categorizing it as one. (Plus, it seemed easy enough to serve as a placeholder since all I need to do in this case is to just copy and paste.)So in essence we come down to the same old scenario:
Due to how society has formed its constructs, those who can’t perform in the “socialization circus” are doomed to failure through no fault of their own.
I have generalized anxiety disorder. I’ve been unemployed since 2002 because I can’t find a job environment that will work for my skill set and anxiety requirements (no travel, no 7 days a week, no insane deadlines, no constant phone, no customer service, etc. etc.)
So I’m told, “Just work from home!”
What options are there for home-based CREATIVE computer work (and it must be creative, or I’d slit my throat)? Blogging or web design, really. No other choices unless you have the ability to make something from scratch to sell. I don’t, other than writing.
Obviously web design “requires” (again, under current societal constructs) travel, client meetings, phone calls, and all the other stuff I’m incapable of doing that also achieves little more than waste time in most cases. Not to mention it’s a career swap for me, and with the millions of kids coming out of college who know 8-10 of the scripting languages fluently, I can’t compete for a career, as my work was niche.
Blogging is the perfect career for me. I’m a professional-level writer, have never received less than an A+ in any English class, love to write, and have a superior writing style compared to a vast majority of what is found in other writing efforts.
Now you tell me to make money at it- I have to have a “non-meaningless” blog (my blog is on creativity and imagination- discussing/reviewing movies, tv, film, gaming and with a creative writing focus).
I don’t “solve” anything- I provide my personal take that is far less jaded towards entertainment than 99 percent of what is out there today. (To me that’s worth all the value in the world if I can go to a blog without reading, “That sucks!”)
Now you’re saying to do the one “perfect” job for me, I’d have to travel, try to meet people and form relationships, and all of the very things that I’m incapable of doing due to the incurable disorder I can’t get health treatment for under our current health system? “Gah!” Is all I have to say. And I’m not even sure what “Gah!” means.
I’m getting ready to find a tall bridge to leap from.
What’s a person to do in this world that does not require other people, to make enough income to live off of, doing something creative on the computer, utilizing writing skills, without all the rest of the social nonsense that often wastes time more than benefits anyone? O_o
