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What does it mean?
Some professions seem worse than others but aren't really.
In plain terms
Being a writer is not worse than other hard jobs.
What can you take from it?
Perspective makes work seem worse.

Where it applies

  • family expectations
  • career choices

Putting it to work

  • career counseling
  • family communication

Questions to consider

  • How do you judge a job's worth?
  • What do parents expect?

Another view

Writing can genuinely be worse than some traditional jobs.

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