Integrity
When I decided to put ads on my blog a few weeks ago, my girlfriend cried, ‘Sell Out!’. I have to admit unashamedly that I have done so to earn a quick buck. In my defense, I shall say, I have done it to protect my trade as a writer.
I think it is tough making a living as a writer anywhere in the world let alone in Singapore. So If I were to start, I think I need to start earning some doe through it. Remember, those skills in which I have learnt cost me thousands of dollars and heartaches.
But let me say this.
Even though I like writing, a.k.a. fun it may be, it is also a craft. It is a craft that I intend to market as a skill that I possess. On a higher level I intend to make writing my profession. So the question is, am I wrong to do so when writing jobs are almost unavailable?
A loose interpretation of integrity is the refusal to engage in lying, blaming or other behaviours generally associated with the evading accountability. In other words integrity is upholding one’s morals and true to one’s word.
Placed against this yardstick, I have not said and written anything contrary to what I feel or think. So how is it possible that I be branded a sell out? I am perplexed. I have managed to maintain my integrity and sincerity so far and I shall continue to do so.
I think it is tough making a living as a writer anywhere in the world let alone in Singapore. So If I were to start, I think I need to start earning some doe through it. Remember, those skills in which I have learnt cost me thousands of dollars and heartaches.
But let me say this.
Even though I like writing, a.k.a. fun it may be, it is also a craft. It is a craft that I intend to market as a skill that I possess. On a higher level I intend to make writing my profession. So the question is, am I wrong to do so when writing jobs are almost unavailable?
A loose interpretation of integrity is the refusal to engage in lying, blaming or other behaviours generally associated with the evading accountability. In other words integrity is upholding one’s morals and true to one’s word.
Placed against this yardstick, I have not said and written anything contrary to what I feel or think. So how is it possible that I be branded a sell out? I am perplexed. I have managed to maintain my integrity and sincerity so far and I shall continue to do so.
Finger Acrobatics Performed
On Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at 9:07 pm.
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