Comments on: Diary of a Wage Slave Rebel: Why I Killed Myself

By: alycia101

alycia101 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:09:35 +0000

Just another hidden talent you have there. LOL

By: Gary Ryan Blair

Gary Ryan Blair — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:17:43 +0000

I really appreciate all of you for sharing such excellent thoughts.

By: Levi

Levi — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:50:21 +0000

i appreciate you reading them and thinking they are excellent. pass 'em on?

By: Levi

Levi — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:10:01 +0000

thanks! it was a huge revelation when it occurred to me. I just happened upon another great talk loosely related to the subject:

http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_gen...

By: @kaizantweets

@kaizantweets — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:01:46 +0000

Your observation that self-employed people define themselves by achievement was so true!

I hadn't thought of it before, but when I was a wage slave, I was defined by my job title. Now that I'm self-employed, it's all about what I can or have achieved. Much more pressure!

Great post!

By: Levi

Levi — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:23:48 +0000

thanks! see? now that is exactly the kind of thing I would rather hear. : )

By: Levi

Levi — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:22:58 +0000

p.s. checkitout – i learned how to get an avatar!

By: Levi

Levi — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:22:16 +0000

ha! i LOVE it. I struggle with that very thing. Maybe it's part of the reason it took me so long to write another album. I identified myself with the last album just like I identified other bands with certain albums of theirs. OK Computer was one of my favorite albums, and I didn't get "Kid A" the first time I heard it, but I knew I liked radiohead, so I gave it a second and third listen until finally I got it.

a lot of my favorite albums are that way. Didn't get it quite, the first time. But I gave it a second or third listen.

That's one of the few downsides I see to the ultra-availability of music on the internet today. Those albums got those second and third listens because I invested money in them, so darn it, I don't want to feel ripped off. Now if I don't like it on the first listen, it's rare that it gets that second chance.

(don't get me wrong, there's a lot of good about the "new" music industry, but that is a downfall)

above all - thanks for sticking with it. : )

By: Levi

Levi — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:09:15 +0000

i don't know if this article is necessarily that commitment, but it's something that I've been mulling over for a long time. So yes. the commitment is there.

By: Levi

Levi — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 07:49:33 +0000

i think i'm up to the challenge.
stay tuned next week.