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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 1974823" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>I know... It <em>is</em> frustrating. I'm supposed to be a journalist, but I can't even leave the house on my own. Was offered a "job" editing the local homeless paper back in Tilburg, but it freaked me out that they even asked, because meetings... Nuh uh! Then my articles weren't welcome anymore. (Which I find ironic, because weren't they supposed to be able to work with people who were vulnerable in one sense or another?) I translated press releases for a few months, but then they kept paying my earnings to the wrong bank account and they didn't respond to my e-mails... And I just couldn't call them, so I was fired for being difficult and "whining" about my lack of payment. If I could only do stuff alone. And it's not just in tourism, rest assured.... Journalism isn't about being able to write, it's about a Master's in Communication. Not even journalism. Go figure. I did get the journalism papers, but only after I'd been published in the UK, Canada, the Netherlands and the US... But all that was unpaid work. And by the time I was technically qualified, I was mentally too far gone to hold a job. I know stuff, I can do stuff... But a whole lot of good it does me. </p><p></p><p>And I'm not saying all that to throw myself a pity party. I just hear you, I know where you're coming from. That's what I mean.</p><p></p><p>So even if things look grim... At least you can leave the house. That's something. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>Freemasonry... Interesting too!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 1974823, member: 401801"] I know... It [I]is[/I] frustrating. I'm supposed to be a journalist, but I can't even leave the house on my own. Was offered a "job" editing the local homeless paper back in Tilburg, but it freaked me out that they even asked, because meetings... Nuh uh! Then my articles weren't welcome anymore. (Which I find ironic, because weren't they supposed to be able to work with people who were vulnerable in one sense or another?) I translated press releases for a few months, but then they kept paying my earnings to the wrong bank account and they didn't respond to my e-mails... And I just couldn't call them, so I was fired for being difficult and "whining" about my lack of payment. If I could only do stuff alone. And it's not just in tourism, rest assured.... Journalism isn't about being able to write, it's about a Master's in Communication. Not even journalism. Go figure. I did get the journalism papers, but only after I'd been published in the UK, Canada, the Netherlands and the US... But all that was unpaid work. And by the time I was technically qualified, I was mentally too far gone to hold a job. I know stuff, I can do stuff... But a whole lot of good it does me. And I'm not saying all that to throw myself a pity party. I just hear you, I know where you're coming from. That's what I mean. So even if things look grim... At least you can leave the house. That's something. ;) Freemasonry... Interesting too! [/QUOTE]
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