Or trying to? I want to be self employed. Would like to have a farm one day.
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I ran a moving business for a few months. It was difficult to find workers. I picked up an illegal from Home Depot to help once. The worker was paid more than a chic fil a employee. If you know anything about entry level jobs chic fil a is one of the higher paying ones. It’s not hard to share especially with your employees.
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I am currently in the process of rebuilding the business I once had, before I became unwell.
I tried to be a freelance graphic designer for years. I failed spectacularly at it.
I am a self employed Landscaper
What factors do you think contributed to that and do you think you would ever try again?
I was terrible with people (super shy) and could never figure out what they wanted. Design is very subjective. I was too shy to market myself properly. I made mistake after mistake, because of poor concentration, and a bad memory. I could never make enough money to move out on my own. I didn’t manage money well. The business side (making estimates and invoices) was too hard. Projects went to print with big mistakes in them. These repeat failures contributed to the onset of my condition. I tried to get a full-time job at a design agency, but they were never happy enough to renew my contract. I was so heart broken. A lot of people tell me to try it again. Hell no. There’s so much failure tied to it that I’m never doing it again.
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@Cloudy If you want… only if you want. Perhaps we could slowly work on our projects independently but also encourage one another. I do have experience in your field ( per se) and I could provide some support. I will be returning to a notorious industry after running away and imposing a self-exile, when I was diagnosed. I think we all need to give ourselves more chances. I am trying to. Believe me when I say, if you had seen me a few years ago in comparison to now… You would not only agree but also believe, anything is possible.
I don’t believe anything is possible. There are limits to what I can do. Sorry, but I’m never going into that field again, unless I stumble upon some fantastic cure. I also have diabetes, and am dead tired a lot of the time. I’ve been ill with sz from the of age 24 to 47 (my present age). I’ve combed through a whole row of self-help books over the last decade, over and over, and they’re only another type of treatment, not a cure. They can’t get rid of the voices. They can’t fix my terrible concentration. On the bright side, I’ve written several full-length unpublished novels (it’s a hobby but even for this I can’t spend more than 1 or 2 hours a day, or my brain starts to get overstimulated).
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I am sorry to read this and can relate to a lot of what your write. I have many of the symptoms and experiences you have described. I sympathise and I do hope one day I get to read one of your books!
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Ah I feel your pain, when the voices are there it’s almost impossible to do anything productive. When you get comments on everything you do you can’t really focus… What kind of novels are you writing?
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Yeah, the voices make things a challenge. So far, I’ve written an urban fantasy, a YA sci fi novel, a regular sci fi novel, and a fantasy novel.
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What industry are you in if I may ask? I plan on funding my future farm with a crypto project I’m sketching out on this new dlt platform that I got conviction in, the problem is regulation is a big barrier to entry, I need 100k to a million to get approved as a regulated investment company. Through the power of the apes, this kind of money is possible but you can’t start before you get the money. So I have to figure out a way, to skate around the legislation :). Hope I succeed one day, and be an inspiration… The idea is a crypto platform where people can trade profit shares in green companies, I got it all sketched out but I might have to find another way. Anyway i’m riding this crypto train no matter what, biggest transfer of wealth in our lifetime man. If I make it I want to get out of the system and live on a farm and just grow stuff.
@anon40973946 Great to hear, you see things are possible :). Maybe one day you’ll write a great book, or maybe you’ve written it already and don’t realize it ;). Have you read the war of art?
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Well that sounds interesting. Good Luck!
In answer to your question, I was referring to the Fashion Industry
What’s possible? That I can barely concentrate for an hour a day and then I get wiped-out tired? I’d never be able to support myself with writing. I don’t want to sound like an Negative Nancy, but I’m not even good at writing. Several people on a critiquing site told me several of my books were “good for a first draft.” I’ve heard this seven times for three of my books. Yes, the books are sooo bad people think they’re first drafts (and I had been working on my books for six years).
I haven’t read War of Art.
I don’t mean you need to support yourself with your writing, just that it’s quite an accomplishment you managed to write a couple books. I tried, never made it past the first chapter. Don’t underestimate writing, it’s hard. Most people who want to write even one book don’t succeed. Don’t let the critics get you down. But we can’t expect to much… I know I dream big I might fail, but idc as long as I got something to keep me going.
Anyway, maybe you misunderstood, they’re good … for a first draft. So means you got something interesting to write, there is some good in there. Alas the execution might not have been perfect, due to maybe your concentration issue, or something else.
Nevermind the critics, just keep writing, someone may find value in your stories 
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Thanks. This makes me feel better.
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