Thread: Harder for authors to make a living.....
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Old 03-05-2014, 06:49 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by Pangolin View Post
...As for the fact that they should have known better, planned better: well the article is about the goalposts shifting and catching people unawares as they approach late middle age.

Just to say if anyone gets cross with me I'll not be drawn in. Disagree by all means, but no aggressive stuff - how could there be on Mobile Read, we're all far too nice.... Oh well, here goes....

I'm sorry but the Goal Posts have NOT moved. They have always been there for writers, painters, musicians etc.

My father was a professional musician, who knew he couldn't support himself and his soon to be wife by playing his violin in clubs or wherever. So he went and got a job that could and give him benefits & a pension BEFORE he married her. This was all the way back in the 50s! He kept that job until the day he died, but he also pursued his dream and got a Masters in music and taught music in public schools in Watertown for the last few years of his life. The pension he got from his first job is what allowed my mom to retire early a few years after he died.

Both of my brothers could have been professional musicians but both of them realized that they couldn't survive on it, so they got real jobs so that they could live. NOTHING has changed from then to now. You need a full time job and do your "art" in your spare time and pray to get "discovered."



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Originally Posted by pl001 View Post
That is part of the problem, yes. But there is more to it than that.

Employers are generally treating employees like dirt since 2007. 6+ years of declining benefits and increased expectations takes its toll.

Jobs change as time goes on. My job in IT today is very different from what it was 14 years ago when I started, and not in a good way.

Family also has a big impact on job satisfaction. When you're fresh out of college your job is typically the most important aspect of your life. Once you are married and have kids it becomes secondary, a means to support the things you want for your family. With increased responsibilities at home it becomes difficult to put forth the effort required to advance or change your career and a rut can develop.
Right on the money pl001
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