Re: FLASH: OT: Rates

[Bob Schwartz]

Joost,


>>Think about what you really want for yourself............<<


as a person who has spent many, many years doing something I didn't want to

do......just for money....I can attest to the paramount importance of this

advice.


fortunately in my case, some years back I began to see how unhappy I was, and

in a variety of ways, began to prepare myself for the computer work I am going

to be doing one day in the very near future.


I know this is said so often that it is trite to most, but money alone cannot

make "you" happy..no matter how much one gets, unless one is so shallow that

owning things really *is* the most important thing (a life largely wasted

IMNSHO) and I cannot define such a life as "happy" in the truest sense of the

word.


This is no dress rehearsal for another life and it is literally illness-causing

to spend a lot of years doing something unfulfilling.


Before they know it, people who do "it" just for the money have lost 20 years,

not saved nearly as much as they had planned (love of spending often goes with

love of money)......and they don't realize how easy money could have been to

accumulate had they been in love with their work..............or such love may

even make the money largely unnecessary as poorly paid anthropoogists may still

love to get out of bed everyday.


Either way, "happy" results and "your" life and those of people around you are

infinitely better.


I apologize for this preachy email (you shouldn't have struck such a

nerve<g>)...........this is, after all, for learning Flash, and especially as I

am new, I don't want to make a bad impression on my fellow students or the

teachers here to help us.


But seeing your post, I couldn't help myself............apologies to all.


Regards,


bob


 And if you don't know

>yet, find out

>by experimenting a lot. Find out what your qualities are. You are free

>to do what you want

>and don't do what others expect you to do, but do what you expect from

>your self.

>Keep your own iditentity. And your work will be unique. Don't copy work

>from others.

>Do not make it easy for yourself and explore everything there is to

>explore. Be a spunge.

>The only money you need at first is for the roof over your head and for

>the food.

>Do not block yourself by having higly monthly cost. The only thing you

>need is time to create.

>I work for almost six years by my self now in the Netherlands as an

>designer/illustrator and 

>saw a lot of guys and girls from scool doing work that they don't really

>like and commercial 

>agencies, "but it pays well" they said. They are not happy and still

>doing the same thing that 

>they did 5 years ago.

>

>The girls and guys that I know that are really happy are the ones that

>are free and working

>as a freelancer or for themselves and giving themselves the time to

>experiment with new stuff

>and develop themselves and interact with other creative people.

>

>The beautifull thing about our job is that it its moving all the time

>and opening all new

>possibilities. You can expose your work on the internet and the whole

>world can be your audience.

>Because of the digital work webdesigners make, it is possible to work

>with clients all over the

>world and work together with other designers and learn from each-other. 

>

>I know that a lot of people say, well thats something for the future,

>you have to see each-other

>in real life. I say its just a matter of time. Right now, with the ISDN

>and internet I have

>1/3 of my travelling expenses then i had before. I have more time now to

>create, less cost and

>be more productive. My clients know i work like this and for them

>eventually it works faster too.

>

>I hope i can help anyone with on there FLASH-journey in cyberspace.

>

>Sorry about this long e-mail but i had to say it.

>

>

>

>

>-- 

>Greetings,

>

>Joost van Schaik

>Studio van Schaik

>The Netherlands

>http://www.schaik.net

>

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