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@Kim: I have the opposite problem, my glasses are jade tinted. I tend to get a little too cynical at times and have to stop myself from saying things like, “Back in my day, we had to walk ten miles to school in ten feet of snow, uphill – both ways!” I’m not that old (after all, isn’t 40 the new 30?), but sometimes I have moments where I wonder if I’m getting too old. That lasts for all of two seconds.

@Jansie: One thing I promised myself when I first entered the workforce as a teen was if I had to work, it was going to be something interesting. I hated retail, couldn’t sell my way out of a paper bag; refused to flip burgers or other food service industries; and never had a paper route (my parents did and I still can’t stand the smell of newsprint). I think my first real job was working in a t-shirt print shop. After that, I worked for a locksmith, did a summer lifeguarding, taught martial arts, worked in a veterinary office, drove carriages, and worked in the production department of a small local publishing company. Through it all, I’ve always written, but never considered writing as a career. Now, so much of what I’ve done lends itself to what I do today.

@Christie: I’m not done yet either. The way I look at it, I won’t ever have to retire. With writing you can just keep going, and going, and going…

Therefore, I am more of a writing machine than I was ten years ago but my objectivity has to be kept in check!

Thanks for the great topics!

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