[Blindtlk] Going forward

Fri Aug 11 13:06:17 UTC 2017

Thanks, I was just trying to get people to tell their story, no matter
what it is, so that we can learn from each other.

 As for me, I live in Macedonia and work as a teacher. What helps me
greatly is my family and friends who are always there for me and even
though I only attended a year of blindness skills training at the
Overbrook school for the blind, I do my best to use what I know. I
prepare materials for my students on the computer, as well as braille
some on my perkins brailler and also use the computer for research and
to communicate and stay in touch with people. I sometimes find I have
to experiment and think of ways to do certain things and come up with
my own ways of doing them, because not much here is accessible for the
blind and devices and equipment is hard to get and too expensive as
well.

On 8/11/17, Julie Johnson via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> What do you mean?  I'm a bit uncertain of what you are getting at here.
>
> If you are asking about blindness skills...I had the opportunity to attend a
>
> training center for 3 months, where I learned all sorts of things.  Probably
>
> most important among them was to face the fear and do the thing anyway. You
>
> can't possibly learn everything you'll ever need to know at a training
> center, but if you learn how to figure things out for yourself, you're
> pretty much set.
>
> If you mean in employment...I'm highly motivated by learning new things.  So
>
> every few years I change jobs/careers.  Right now I run my own business.  I
>
> like it a lot because if some interesting opportunity comes up I am free to
>
> explore it without needing anyone's permission.  Also seeing sales numbers
> is motivating because it's a very tangible way to know how well I'm doing
> and how much I'm improving.  I struggled with this when working for others.
>
> The yearly review was one person's opinion and too infrequent to be of real
>
> use to me.
>
> If you mean the day to day mundane things, cleaning, paying bills, cooking
> etc...honestly I'm not good at staying motivated with these.  As much as I
> possibly can I try to do minimum effort required.  I have bills set up to be
>
> taken care of automatically.  I put reminders in my phone of when the dogs
> will need a bath or whatever.  I tend to do marathon sessions of cleaning
> out closets because then I can get it done and over with.
>
> I tend to prefer project based work, where there's a specific goal and a
> time frame of a few weeks to a few months.  So I structure my life around
> how I know I work best.  This year I started a shop in the blind mice mall
> in the beginning of the year, I was a vendor at convention and now the next
>
> goal is to start selling on a new platform like eBay or Etsy.  I'll get that
>
> going by the end of the year.
>
> Perhaps my best advice is to capitalize on strengths and to delegate or
> automate the rest as much as possible.   Your question is interesting.  I
> hope I guessed at what you meant at least a little.  Looking forward to
> understanding your situation a bit better and seeing what others have to
> say.
>
> Julie
> On The Go with Guide-and-Service-Dogs.com
> http://www.guide-and-service-dogs.com
> also find my products in the Blind Mice Mega Mall
> <https://www.blindmicemegamall.com/bmm/shop/Directory_Departments?storeid=1916046>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: adrijana prokopenko via blindtlk
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 6:06 AM
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> Subject: [Blindtlk] Going forward
>
> I am sure that there are many people here of all ages, from different
> professions and with different experiences, so it would be interesting
> to find out about what it is that usually helped you and still helps
> you go forward in whatever it is that you do?
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