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Question of the Week

Lorena — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:42:26 +0000

Did you work through college?

Question of the Week

Lorena — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:10:05 +0000

With regards to work (whatever you do for a living), have you ever felt like a fraud or impostor and that others might find out that you are not quite as talented as you pretend, and that you may even have reached your level of competence?

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It’s funny that that’s the question I opened up to in my book, because that’s something I do think about a lot. Most writers I know feel some level of that (“I can’t believe I get to pretend things for a living! Some day someone’s going to wise up and realize what a fraud that is, and then boy-howdy am I going to be in trouble!”) and I do kind of feel that way myself some days with HaldeCraft (“I can’t believe I get to play with crafty things all day for a living! Some day someone’s going to wise up and realize that’s not really a job, it’s fun, and then boy-howdy am I going to be in trouble — I don’t think I could even hold down a *real* job any more!”)

QOTW – 2009/10/26

Lorena — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:12:38 +0000

And the Question of the Week is… Have you ever taken a sick day when you weren’t really sick?

I think the answer to this should be “duh!” Or “do hangovers count as sick?”

QOTW – 2009/08/24

Lorena — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:27:02 +0000

And the Question of the Week is… would you rather work outside with your hands, or inside at a desk job?

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My answer is after the cut…

Until a few years ago when I had a desk job (until then, my jobs had been in the retail situation) I would have said “desk job”; but now, having had one and grokking the dreariness of never being outside (here’s hoping I never ever ever again work in a setting without a window) and not being able to escape the view of the train-wreckiness of office politics… my answer is “outside, baby!”. I don’t care about the weather, I would much rather be outside than have my ass in a chair for nine hours a day. Having said that, of course, I’m absolutely happy back in the retail setting! It’s just the right combination of sitting and moving, being inside in the AC with having all the natural light from our windows that I could want.