[Jewelry making - Article 00100] - Re: [Orchid] Truth or dare survey

[Noel Yovovich]

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>      Interesting idea Noel, how about you? Are you going to tell? 

    I was afraid someone would ask me. For me, it continues to be a
    struggle. I was a professional potter for 20-odd years (and, believe
    me, some of them were plenty odd). I contributed probably 30-40%
    early in my marriage (25 years ago), when niether of us earned
    anything to speak of. Then I had four kids, and many other
    life-interrupting events and processes. I have been jeweling for
    about 10 years now, but my earnings come mostly from teaching. It is
    very difficult for me to be in the studio reliably enough to produce
    reliable quantities of work, and, as my past posts have indicated, I
    haven't totally found my market yet. So I'm contributing only maybe
    15-18% of our needs now, with two kids in college (plus one
    independent, mostly, and one still at home). I am beginning to see a
    clearer way ahead, at age 51, and hope to do much more work in the
    studio this year. On the other hand, my husband, a freelance
    writer/consultant, seems to be picking up income at last, so I don't
    expect to be raising my percentage, even as I raise my income, I
    hope.                            --Noel 


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