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cheloya
23 January 2009 @ 08:03 pm
I can't make polls on this, but.  
So, guys, it is Hard Decision Making Time.

DO I:

- take three weeks (or more) off with arm splints and then go back to it
- try to get Centrelink to support me in taking even more time off and get used to a life without hands
- take those three weeks off with the splints and use dad's birthday offer to get a kinesis keyboard, voice recorder, and decent speech-to-text software
- spend a year legally dead for tax purposes like that guy in the restaurant at the end of the universe (only in my case for health purposes, which I think is funnier)
- pack up my computer for those three weeks and see how long it takes me to go stark raving mad

?

Other suggestions are appreciated. Note that I have not yet discussed any of this with my mother and any of these plans may not meet with her approval.

[EDIT] Mum's decision on my behalf: quit, take three weeks off to get my hands back on track, and then start applying for Real Jobs. Quotes from that conversation involved the favourite you aren't writing anything IMPORTANT anyway, which I'm sure you can all guess makes me feel SPARKLY AND SUPPORTED.
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ignite: Doumeki and Watanuki [speak in silence][info]ignite on January 23rd, 2009 04:23 am (UTC)
Option number three sounds like a really good idea.
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[info]narnizzle on January 23rd, 2009 05:03 am (UTC)
How about a combination? XD
Take a month off, get a speech-to-text thing so you can still technically "write" (because I *know* you will go stark raving mad otherwise).
If you have a medical certificate, Centrelink should help you. I went through hell and high water with them until my doctor wrote me a proper medical certificate, stating that I needed time off from work, and possibly wouldn't be able to work for a long time.
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teacupscientist: Gina: The prettiest toaster[info]teacupscientist on January 23rd, 2009 05:24 am (UTC)
I vote option three, since it isn't going to do you any good if you're off work but still on the computer, though you really would do the stark and the raving and the bonkers if without a computer full stop. =D;
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Karen: Wolf : Pups Wagging Tails[info]howl_for_words on January 23rd, 2009 06:48 am (UTC)
Are those three weeks with the understanding from HN that you are planning to return to them after?

If so then I say yes to taking three weeks off, yes to trying to get some decent software etc and learning how to use it...

You need to write, that's just fact.

If you can get money from Centrelink then that's great too but sometimes they're more trouble than they're worth XDXD
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Rave: TRC >> no you[info]cheloya on January 23rd, 2009 05:02 pm (UTC)
Well, not according to mum. -_- (Re. both returning to HN and that writing is a need.)

Yeah, I think Centrelink can go fuck themselves. =_= On the bright side, I have the equivalent of three weeks' pay saved, so...
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