Comments on: My Business, Your Business https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html a freelance writing resource. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:05:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html#comment-10101 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:05:41 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html/#comment-10101 More to the point, do they have a healthy attitude, Allena? I see so many people – writers and otherwise – who are financially rich but so busy chasing that wealth that they forget to put the people in their lives as a priority.

]]> By: allena https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html#comment-10100 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:34:38 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html/#comment-10100 love this post! found it from anne on twitter… It bothers me when other writers hint that you're doing something wrong if you don't x, y, z. Resume, for example. So you don't "need" one. Find. I don't understand that, because 90% of mine clients have seen mine. But, whatever. We approach people differently. It doesn't mean that my using a resume is "wrong."

I talked at About about what success means to me. If I work more than about 25 hours per week, I don't feel like I'm being a successful mother, wife, runner, volunteer and friend. Things like working out are important to me. If you make a million dollars but are unhealthy, I'm decidedly unimpressed. Those are my values… Others' are different. It's fine.

]]> By: Cathy Miller https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html#comment-10099 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:15:51 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html/#comment-10099 It's a love fest all around. 🙂

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html#comment-10098 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:48:29 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html/#comment-10098 Love you right back, Anne. It was a discussion on our forum that made me think twice. 🙂

]]> By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html#comment-10097 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:47:05 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html/#comment-10097 Very well put, Wade. It's why I've never really pushed coaching or my e-books – it just feels weird. Probably a stupid thought on my part! LOL

You're right – single versus married, kids versus none, starting out versus caring for parents….we all have different life situations. One income level won't work for us all.

Leave it to you, Cathy Miller, to come up with the most important factor. 🙂 Thank you. I agree. I also agree that your goals are personal. Money doesn't necessarily measure success to everyone. To me, success is doing what I love every day and earning the living I expected to earn.

Balance – good one, Paula. Right now, my life feels balanced. I'm earning great money and loving what I do without stressing like crazy. That's my balance.

]]> By: Anne Wayman https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html#comment-10096 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:43:57 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html/#comment-10096 Lori, I love you… you recognize when you're a bit off base, and you're never very far, and admit it for everyone to read. Trust you totally. And those are super-great questions.

Paula, love your response.

Love Wade and Cathy too.

]]> By: Paula https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html#comment-10095 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:55:41 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html/#comment-10095 I bet I'm not alone in saying I've had ham-handed sales pitches from a couple self-professed writing "experts" with far less professional experience than I have. There's one particularly pesky person, and the next time I get a sales pitch about his or her e-book/webinar/coaching my reply will me along the lines of, "We'll talk once you get a little more experience – unless you want to hire me as your writing coach."

These are often the same folks who regularly leave comments on writing blogs, clearly intending to lure readers to their own blog (often with a slap-dash post on the same topic). It's fine for commenters to include the occasional link to their own blogs – the people I'm talking about seldom make a post that doesn't try to poach readers. (I think Lori has discussed that here a time or two.)

My own measurement of what's right for me is probably more about balance than anything else: Balancing projects, balancing time, balancing my marketing efforts, and balancing the checkbook. (Right now the marketing efforts are out of balance, and if I don't correct those soon, the checkbook could be teetering next.)

]]> By: Cathy Miller https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html#comment-10094 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:54:45 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html/#comment-10094 You and Wade have many great ideas on how you measure what is right for you and your business.

Wade's right, your example of the $30K is perfect. But, beyond the practical (paying the bills), there is another kind of need – your emotional need. For someone else living in the exact same place with the exact same bills might find $30K was not enough.

I find that in where I am right now in my life. I read the posts about How I made 6 figures and I think so what? Good for them, if that is their goal. And I mean that. But, for me, been there, done that, but it's not a goal for me now.

Don't get me wrong – if I could live my life the way I want – which means having a life – and happen to make 6 figures doing it, I won't turn it down. 🙂 There was a time in my corporate life where that was a goal. Years after achieving it, I left to start my own business.

I've rambled far too long. But, you are so right, Lori. Your goals may not be my goals and thank the Lord for our uniqueness. 🙂

]]> By: Wade Finnegan https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html#comment-10093 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:01:06 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/02/my-business-your-business.html/#comment-10093 The trust factor is a huge one for me. Many of these "experts" give advice in hopes of selling their product. If someone is asking me to buy constantly I ignore them. I understand that occasionally they will have a book or class to take, but if at the end of every blog post or email is a sales pitch I'm skeptical. I believe writers should be supportive of one another and not trying to make their living off the community. Find someone you trust, build a relationship with them, and help each other out when you can. That's what being a part of the writing community is all about.

I also agree that you need to find what works for you. Your 30k example illustrates that perfect. Realistically I need to make at least 70k in order to afford my home, health insurance and save for my son's college tuition. If I was single living in a condo my needed income would be way less. There is not one mold or plan that is perfect. Take some advice from a trusted professional and tailor it to what you need.

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