Comments on: Community Contemplation: Get Paid For Doing What You Love?

By: Zoë

Zoë — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:53:33 +0000

@ Pace – Wow, very relevant! I’ll have to go check it out now — thanks for the link .

By: Pace

Pace — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:02:52 +0000

@Zoë: Yes! It talks about the myth that many entrepreneurs believe, that they can do more of what they love if they start a business to do it. But then they end up doing business instead of doing what they love, and get burned out. It’s a really good book; I recommend it! (:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Myth

Pace´s last blog post..Transformational.

By: Zoë

Zoë — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:30:42 +0000

@ Tiara – I’ve heard that from friends who did MFAs in creative writing… that the workshops drained the joy from it. I’ll have to agree with you that being sponsored to write sounds ideal .

@ Pace – No, I haven’t — does it address this whole topic?

By: Pace

Pace — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:06:07 +0000

Zoe, Have you read the E-Myth? Pace´s last blog post..It’s okay to need what you need.

By: Tiara

Tiara — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:57:58 +0000

I faced that at uni with my creative writing. I had a lifelong passion for writing - university killed it. I realised that writing for me was therapy, a way for me to express the mess in my head. I *hated* being graded and judged on my writing, being told that my characters were "unrealistic" (they're me!!). Now I'm slow to start writing again. What would be nice is to be subsidised and sponsored for my creative ventures. Still maintaining freedom, but having enough to live on. Tiara´s last blog post..Shifting centers

By: Zoë

Zoë — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:40:27 +0000

@ Urban Panther – Really, really good examples. I think we can have different types of passions, or different ways of loving and being absorbed by things. Some things feel “right” as a career, some things just don’t quite fit…!

By: Urban Panther

Urban Panther — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:49:23 +0000

Would you want to combine your passion with your career? - yes, but my passion is not the physical creation of something. So also, no. Let me explain. I LOVE to write. that is a physical creation, but no, I would not want to be paid to write for the reasons you listed in your post. I LOVE to facilitate and help people reach common goals. For the last two years I was in a job that did not allow me to do that. I have finally moved to a position in which that is my sole task. I am HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY. Or would you rather keep that passion safe from the burdens of business? Same as above, yes and no. Don't pay me to write. Do pay me to facilitate. What keeps that thing you love doing from becoming that thing you have to do? So, since I am paid to facilitate, and am HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY about that, lets take writing. I like the freedom to write when I want, about what I want. So, blogging works perfectly for me. I do not concern myself about monetizing, or readership stats, or SEOs. I just write. And that also makes me HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY Urban Panther´s last blog post..It’s all about the stats

By: Zoë

Zoë — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:07:28 +0000

@ James – Our approach/attitude certainly plays a huge part. I think the tough part is resisting those possibilities, and understanding how to be loyal to your own vision. Most worthwhile things are tough for a while .

By: James | Dancing Geek

James | Dancing Geek — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:31:45 +0000

I'd like to think of the example as a cautionary tale, rather than a prediction. So long as you guard against getting sucked into trying to make what you love as a business into a business model that you don't believe in then why should you end up with shoulds and have tos and accepting more orders than you can fulfil? James | Dancing Geek´s last blog post..Spring is in the air, epiphanies are in the brain

By: Zoë

Zoë — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:41:26 +0000

@ Melissa – Yes, I know exactly what you mean about blogging!

@ Ruchi – Sounds excellent — it’s really good to hear a positive story about that.