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A Senior's Guide to Finding the Right Business Model for Your Content Creativity  - Part One When it comes to launching a second career, many seniors find that they have a knack for creating content. They may have accumulated this talent during their service for a corporation or earlier in high school or college.   “The State of Gig Work in 2021” - 16% of Americans have ever earned money from an online gig platform. But now, they have the opportunity to put it to use for online earnings. There are many different business models that you can consider if you want to tap into your creative talent and make content for others to consume or even use as their own. “Earning money through these apps or websites varies by a number of factors – most notably by age, race and ethnicity, and household income. Three-in-ten 18- to 29-year-olds have ever earned money through an online gig platform, but that share drops to 18% among those ages 30 to 49 and even smaller for those ages 50...

Write A Way: Journey to Creativity   "You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you."     ~ Joseph Joubert   Poetic Spam? The Quest for Inspiration Where do you find your inspiration? Some people pull it deep from inside them. Others glean it from life experience. Or you can find it on the side of the road. When you are ready to express your creativity how do you do it? Do you write for two hours every day or grab your time on the bank line? Do rules govern your creativity? In a writing workshop, a participant refused to do one of the exercises because she didn't create it that way. She couldn't write unless she did it just her way, thus missing the opportunity for exploration. A schedule can provide you with a successful framework for a writing life or it can make writing dull and ordinary. Keep to your schedule but shake the tree every now and then and see what kind of fruit hits you on the head.   "Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the ...

Write A Way: Journey to Creativity Start Your Story Now  by Sandra Lee Schubert Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.  John Barth When I created the course,  Writing for Life: Creating a Story of Your Own , I wanted to give people the opportunity to share their stories in their own way. Creating your life story is easy. You already know the main characters, the storyline, locations. Not only that you have complete control over how your story unfolds and how it ends. Most people worry about telling the truth, hurting the feelings of family and friends, or that it will be boring. Remember you are valuable. You don’t have to be a rock star or even a good storyteller to share your story. You can keep your story completely private or choose to share it more broadly. First of all, decide what you would like to do with your story? Do you want to record the events of your life for personal use? Share a family history? Or do you envision your story being an insp...

Spring to me is the perfect time to make plans and set goals. The air vibrates as everything wakes up. The birds are perkier, and lunchtime is for walking outside and not just for huddling in warm offices. The ground has thawed enough for planting to begin. What we plant now will blossom and bear fruit in the summer and the fall. It is also the time to seed our creative gardens. My grandmother’s garden took two forms. Her front lawn was manicured and beautiful. A wayward dandelion knew not to rest in her grass. Flowers lined her house, leading to the backyard. At first glance, it mirrored the front lawn with well-placed bushes and trimmed grass. But toward the back, there was a line of demarcation. Behind the careful planning, she gave her garden over to its natural desires. The garden was a riot of color and textures, a cornucopia of sensory pleasure. Wildflowers grew with abandon, trees linking with shrubs. Bees had their choice of nectar. My grandmother loved her perfect garden ...