www.inkthinkerblog.com — I love this post from Bosshatch so much that I’m actually blogging it here AND at Biz Chicks Rule! 20 reasons being an entrepreneur rules? What’s not to love? Here are my favorites from the writing perspective:
16. You get to make an “I started out of my garage with no electricity, food, or water – and built my way up” story. — Except for writers, it’s “from my kitchen table with 3 kids under 5 and only dial-up”
12. Degree? What degree? –– We don’t need no stinkin’ degrees, just motivation and something to say.
11. Because Dilbert comics aren’t funny, and everyone in your office seems to be obsessed with it. It’s not that you don’t have a sense of humor – it’s that office humor makes you sick, and seeing a dissatisfied low level employee say the same dry jokes on everyone’s cubicle gets very old and ironic. — Because there’s nothing funny about being MISERABLE in your job. And seriously, we write better than that guy anyway, right?
8. You have the freedom to be creative. You can think so far outside of the box, you’re hitting yourself in a parallel universe. — Yup, and creativity is what this biz is all about!
3. You get to see all of your ideas materialize in front of you. You grow it, then turn it into something that could be very profitable. — Nuff said.
Why do YOU love being an entrepreneur? Share your favorite things about the creative life in the comments.
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Very amusing and honest post, my friend! You are an excellent writer and enliven many reader with your wit.
Cheers!
– Jo
Thanks, Jo!
kk
I love not having to deal with office drama and politics. However, I miss working with people and having somewhere to go every day.
Double edged sword I guess.
-Melissa Donovan
Writing FORWARD
Hi – (I recently discovered your blog and am enjoying it!)
I’m an office worker and am completely miserable in my job – and you’re right, there is nothing funny about being miserable! The Dilbert cartoons, and films like Office Space, are not funny because they are TRUE!
I am taking “steps” to go it on my own… but in the meantime, it’s becoming harder and harder to smile at various, uh, jokes around the office.