What a piece of total fluff this story is… it ignores the most challenging problems faced by people adjusting from “workin for the man” to running their own show.
The commenter then listed items like “Closing time” (keeping clients at bay during off hours), “Taxes” (not putting enough away to pay them, “Focus” (avoiding distractions), and “Cash flow” (suffering without a regular paycheck).
To put it bluntly: in this short reply, that commenter did more for the article’s focus than the original writer!
Now normally I don’t pick on other bloggers (part of my Golden Rule: “Treat other thin-skinned writers as my thin skin would wish to be treated”). But in this case, the author is #1:anonymous, and #2:paid for his/her work. With the paycheck should come some responsibility – and I think it’s a shame when the commenter is more informative that the writer.
Now not every blogger is like this – after all, if a blog is uninteresting, people leave, so it’s only paid writers that can consistently write bland. But I often find that comments can be quite informative – like this example.
Sadly, while someone takes home a paycheck, the writer I’d like to thank won’t – and to the best of my knowledge, no one has successfully parlayed ‘blog comment writer’ into a paying profession (ethically, at least). But still they soldier on – and I for one appreciate it for enhancing the web, sometimes with more quality than the original writers.
So to “Losing it” of Aldergrove, BC, I appreciate the info. Keep it coming.
