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The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource

What I want to be…

by admin on April 20th, 2008

This entry was chosen as one of the best for the Business Channel “Take Your Sons and Daughters To Work Day” contest.

Your comments will count as votes - the most commented post between now and April 30 wins! The commenter wins and the blogger wins. So comment away!

What do you want to be? What do your kids want to be? How do childhood experiences affect your career?

I’ve worked at home pretty much for 30 years. When my son was a little over 1 1/2, we lived out in the country in a nice cedar home. My office was in the basement just off the rec room. One afternoon I heard the lad squealing with laughter in the next room. When I went to investigate what he and his mom were up to, he met me with a stern look and pointed to my office door. “Work,” he said. “Work.”

Now he’s 18 and a fine writer all on his own. He’ll sometimes lean over my shoulder and let me know that I’ve misplaced a comma or committed some other offense…but no one has ever sent me scurrying back to the keyboard quite as efficiently as that finger-pointing tyke those years ago.

Celebrate Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day on April 24!

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