Comments on: Setting Deadlines & This Blog http://www.starvingcollegegirl.com/hello-world/ Follow my journey as I strive to become a Public Relations professional on a student budget! Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:48:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lesley http://www.starvingcollegegirl.com/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Lesley Thu, 28 May 2009 05:06:40 +0000 http://www.strugglingcollegegirl.com/?p=1#comment-8 Awww... Thanks Michael :) I'm glad things are working out well for you with your freelance writing. Seems like ages ago when I first made your site! Awww… Thanks Michael :)

I’m glad things are working out well for you with your freelance writing. Seems like ages ago when I first made your site!

]]> By: Michael Kwan http://www.starvingcollegegirl.com/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Michael Kwan Thu, 28 May 2009 04:54:07 +0000 http://www.strugglingcollegegirl.com/?p=1#comment-7 That's the typical Asian mother response when you are still relatively young. They'll tell you that you should be working to do better in school. You should study harder. You should learn to make your own money. After they see that you are making a living, they'll well up with pride when you decide to pick up the bill for dim sum. I know my mom did. As I noted during our conversation the other day, my parents didn't exactly approve of my freelance writing ambitions at first either. They thought it was a waste of time and it was little more than a hobby that I could pursue "until I found a real job." My dad would always say things to me that inevitably ended with "when you get a real job again." Fast forward a couple of years later and I'm making twice as much as a freelancer as I did at my last full-time job. These days, my parents recognize that I am not simply pursuing a hobby; I am running my own business. This is something that took them a long time to understand, because it would have been unfathomable for them to achieve the same when they were my age. The approval will come with time. You just have to prove to them (again and again) that you have something worth approving. Even if they never say it, they will always love you. That’s the typical Asian mother response when you are still relatively young. They’ll tell you that you should be working to do better in school. You should study harder. You should learn to make your own money. After they see that you are making a living, they’ll well up with pride when you decide to pick up the bill for dim sum. I know my mom did.

As I noted during our conversation the other day, my parents didn’t exactly approve of my freelance writing ambitions at first either. They thought it was a waste of time and it was little more than a hobby that I could pursue “until I found a real job.” My dad would always say things to me that inevitably ended with “when you get a real job again.”

Fast forward a couple of years later and I’m making twice as much as a freelancer as I did at my last full-time job. These days, my parents recognize that I am not simply pursuing a hobby; I am running my own business. This is something that took them a long time to understand, because it would have been unfathomable for them to achieve the same when they were my age.

The approval will come with time. You just have to prove to them (again and again) that you have something worth approving. Even if they never say it, they will always love you.

]]> By: Chef Patrick http://www.starvingcollegegirl.com/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Chef Patrick Mon, 25 May 2009 15:45:46 +0000 http://www.strugglingcollegegirl.com/?p=1#comment-4 First off I had no idea you were 27. Though you were younger, you look so young. I believe everything happens for a reason. Getting laid off from your job will open up time for you to concentrate on your Paper Garden which has some very cool stuff. Best of luck to you. First off I had no idea you were 27. Though you were younger, you look so young.

I believe everything happens for a reason. Getting laid off from your job will open up time for you to concentrate on your Paper Garden which has some very cool stuff.

Best of luck to you.

]]> By: Chris Robbins http://www.starvingcollegegirl.com/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Chris Robbins Mon, 25 May 2009 14:43:47 +0000 http://www.strugglingcollegegirl.com/?p=1#comment-3 I'm watching James Blunt sing a song about triangles on Sesame Street to the tune of his song "Beautiful." This is a blog. This is your blog. You're a girl. You're in college. You're starving. I like this blog. I think I will keep reading it. I think I will subscribe to your rss feed. Thank you. It is cloudy today. I’m watching James Blunt sing a song about triangles on Sesame Street to the tune of his song “Beautiful.”

This is a blog. This is your blog. You’re a girl. You’re in college. You’re starving.

I like this blog. I think I will keep reading it. I think I will subscribe to your rss feed.

Thank you. It is cloudy today.

]]> By: Joanne http://www.starvingcollegegirl.com/hello-world/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Joanne Fri, 22 May 2009 20:50:22 +0000 http://www.strugglingcollegegirl.com/?p=1#comment-2 Love that comic u have. It's too bad ur mom doesn't support you but what's important is that she still loves you. Parents sometimes don't understand their kids sometimes. Maybe later on she'll understand. You're doing what you want to do and that's important. =) Love that comic u have.
It’s too bad ur mom doesn’t support you but what’s important is that she still loves you. Parents sometimes don’t understand their kids sometimes. Maybe later on she’ll understand.
You’re doing what you want to do and that’s important. =)

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