OUCH!

R.

Russ... or should I say "Bwana?" LOL!

Pick one or two you enjoy the most... and let the rest begin that long slide into infinity. As humans, choices are often difficult.

All the best, ----Dave

Russ- We are all replaceable, not the only apples in the basket. Frankly, clients and vendors will survive whether you jettison them, retire, or checkout..

The question is which do you want to happen first, while you still have control of the decision?

My Mother waited to long to have her stomach pain checked. She died a year after. My Dad had prostrate problem, the Doctors used radiation, they had it under control. He was told to have it checked in one year – he did not. He died shortly after. I lost my wife to cancer in 1994. After they found a dark mass she was told to go for a checkup – she waited to long. After hearing the bad news her words were, “You mean I’m a gonna”. (NY slang)

Included in my health plan I have primary doctor; His job is to OK my request to visit a specialist. When I find that he is hesitating I fire him. Fire him is the term that my friend uses – 20 years ago he was told that he had 10% chance to live. So he fired him and he is still with us today.

I do not live in fear, but I will not play the game of denying what might be, the odds are too high.

Russ, I’m your senior, listen (Smile) --- you are a precious human being.

John C.

I've been trying (unsuccessfully), to convince the Captain to take some time to smell the roses before those roses are being placed on his casket. Of course, that's like the pot calling the kettle black - I worked until health issues forced me to retire at age 75. When I left the profession of being a musical entertainer, I left kicking and screaming. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has a way of kicking us squarely in the nuts when it comes to heal problems.

With luck, I hope to take Captain Russ sailing when warmer weather returns to the mid-Atlantic region. Russ is among my many Synthzone heroes that I have yet to meet in person. But, when we do, I'm confident we will hit it off just fine.

Good luck,

Gary

My question to Russ would NOT be "why don't you take time off to smell the roses?" It would be: "What's the reason you work so much?"

I can empathize with him. I do the same thing. Only difference between he and I is probably $100K-$200K a year vs my mere annual pittance!

Mark, I think it's because I only do things I love. I graduated as an accountant nd hated it. Now, music leads to recordings.
Recordings lead to film scores. Film scores lead to video production. Video production merged into script writing, which lead to associated print and social media work. Keeping up academically lead to communication research, teaching and on and on.

I don't want to drop anything, and my son, who will inherit the business is a technician, and a very good one, but not a creative. He is a sound engineer, video editor and photographer (product).

I do all the prep....copy, photos, scripting, music writing and performing.

The agent I work with in Atlanta is a very dear friend who rely s on me for things like strategic planning, budgeting,all packaging, brochuring, film, social media, etc.

They both rely on me completely and would be hard pressed to even know where to look for a replacement.

This is what I want to do. Cutting back is hard. "Don't tell me about the labor pains, show me the baby", is the mantra for this kind of work. You're all in, deadlines and long hours....the whole ball game.

Thanks for the concern. I'm working on it.


R.

Russ, I think we both know that you will die with your boots on, in full gear. Hoping it's not for another 20 years or so. As good as you are, they will find someone to take your place, as they will for us all.
You love what you're doing, so why stop?