How about a working breakfast?
By Macy
@almostoveryou (4954)
Philippines
November 7, 2019 7:11pm CST
I just finished a massive editing project for a graduate study center based in UP. It took me 3 weeks to copy edit all 300+ pages. I enjoyed it so much i didn't want the book to end! Lol
Anyway, here's a picture of my 'working breakfast.' I start work promptly at 8am and take breaks throughout the day. I'm thankful I'm able to work from home and in my jammies.
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@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
13 Feb 20
@JustBhem i edit for clarity and brevity if necessary using a word processor.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
13 Nov 19
It's so good to have a job at home, so you can stop and eat when you like. I had a big fried rice yesterday. I added some zucchini slices, onions, bacon bits and leftover brown rice. It was so good!
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@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
12 Feb 20
Zucchini and bacon together sounds delish.
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@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
13 Feb 20
@oahuwriter weather's been fine right where I am.
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@oahuwriter (26773)
• United States
13 Feb 20
@almostoveryou
It was! It's such a nice day today, how about your neck of the woods?
@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
13 Nov 19
Indeed. Though I miss going to coffee shops for business meetings. I used to do that a lot back when I was freelancing in Manila. But since I've moved to a province, I have been limited by time and horrendous traffic.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
13 Nov 19
@almostoveryou You live a healthier life, the traffic causes pollution that is very bad for our health.
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@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
12 Feb 20
@LadyDuck true. I wouldn't trade traffic and pollution for a heftier paycheck.
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@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
13 Nov 19
thank you. i enjoyed it so much and learned a lot from it, too.
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@yoalldudes (35030)
• Philippines
8 Nov 19
Wow! You must be a very good editor. Oh but you wouldnt enjoy your breakfast if you are distracted and working at the same time.
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@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
13 Nov 19
most days i eat my breakfast in peace. haha. i just had this 'working breakfast' because i wanted to get ahead of my editing work.
@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
12 Feb 20
@yoalldudes it helps that both my girls are in school already. It was hard to freelance when they were toddlers.
@yoalldudes (35030)
• Philippines
13 Nov 19
@almostoveryou I'm happy you got psyched up about something. I hope it is more eustress than distress.
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@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
13 Nov 19
thank you, jaya. hope you're well.
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@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
13 Nov 19
it's a compendium of various researches so it's quite voluminous.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
8 Nov 19
i would love to do that, too. do you just check spelling, punctuation, capitalization and paragraphs? or do you also do fact-checking, the flow of the topic, restructure sentences, substitute words, etc?
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@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
13 Nov 19
i do all of those except fact-checking as this publication has been peer reviewed by colleagues in their industry. but i do bother to verify web sources in the references list. :)
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