Re: Ibid. Re: Ditto Hack, Hack, Hack!

August 16, 1998

Hi Ken!!

> At any rate, nice to know that you are still alive!. Glad

> you can still

> drag yourself out for music.

The music is great. Mostly therapy for me ( but not much fun when I get a

coughing fit during rehearsal... at least I only get to perform one song ,

NEW YORK GROOVE).

So anyway, I get another horror week at work ( travel time alone is over 3

hours a day on public transport ); but then I get next Saturday with the

accountant to sort out financial messes since a breakdown in late 1993 ...

the tax office finally caught me right at the wrong time, and then next

Saturday nite I get to go to a Mauritian Cultural Evening.

Now all I need is a job that did not involve me hearing Telecommunications

problems 8 hours a day.

Regards

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August 17, 1998

,

If ( & when) you're up to it, maybe you might want to volunteer in a social

program like a hot line of some sort. There also must be social agencies

who could use volunteers live. With your law background, a drug treatment

program might be an idea. The private agencies never have enough funds to

meet their needs, and may run whole programs (like information & referral,

a sort of clearinghouse to point people in need toward the right place).

They have the information, and often some training or preparation.

I don't know what the practices are where you are, but here the agencies

usually have the facility to send employees for social work training- MSW.

They don't have actual money to do this, but they get " credit " for

supervising interns from the various schools, and this allows their staffs

to get free training & degrees. Also, here there are a number of entry

level human services positions in government, often with paid schooling

(and time for it) for people who stay 2 years. This is true of the public

welfare agencies & courts. Who knows, a night a week when you're feeling

better might turn into something. At any rate, it could offset some of the

frustration you are banging your head against.

Also, might you be qualified to work as a paralegal? Here it is a

professional position.

Ken

At 08:37 AM 8/18/98 +1000, you wrote:

>

>Ken

>>

>> Is there some sort of other problem you would prefer to

>> listen to (work)?

>

>Yes.

>I have had a number of experiences where people come for me for advice which

>borders on counseling.

>To talk with someone who actually wants to listen to my responses, and who

>also needs a ear to hear, well I love that.

>It means that I can help and that I feel needed.

>

>Plus if I was dealing with different work, then I would probably like the

>different challenges AKA problems too.

>

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August 17, 1998