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Turner
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 RE: Shop assistant? (in reply to constructordeguitarras)
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Ethan,
My most heartfelt condolences on your terrible loss.
From your posting and having seen your guitars I think it's a case of chemistry... shemistry... Why get a job your heart isn't in to hide from the pain? It won't work for you, it never does. If your passion is guitar making then that is what you should be doing. If you'd wanted to be in chemistry you would be doing that now, no?
At times like these people will often blame themselves for what has happened when in fact the choice made was not yours to make. Take time to grieve and realise that it is a process you have to go through now, hiding from it won't make it go away it'll only store it up for later, when it may be worse. Take time to celebrate the guy, talk about him, don't hide from him. Get it out.
Regarding the assistant, I don't doubt that you would have a bunch of applicants to choose from but do you want someone cluttering up the place and slowing you down?
It might be good in the short term but would it help you. Your decision my friend.
Using a therapist was mentioned above and is always something to consider, they work for some folks and not others and my guess is they don't come cheap. In many cities there is a 'distress centre' type of facility where you can phone (for free) and talk to someone as and when you need to. They are confidential 24 hour services so can be useful at the depths of the night. Seattle probably has one in the phone book. Again, your decision.
If you need us we'll be here for you.
Don't be shy.
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Date Sep. 1 2014 16:51:06
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gj Michelob
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From: New York City/San Francisco
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RE: Shop assistant? (in reply to constructordeguitarras)
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I will not dwell on the heartbreaking news you shared, Ethan, save for expressing my affectionate solidarity and prayers.
On the subject of an "apprentice" I will share my two cents:
An apprentice will rejuvenate you and your work, not unlike when you show around your city to a foreigner, and as you see it through the visitor's eyes, you rediscover every single and beautiful detail you were taking for granted.
Apprentices come and go, true; however, you want them to, because nothing will give you more satisfaction than to see your "disciples" unfold their wings as you taught them to, and take on their own flight. New apprentices will come and spin the wheel of the rejuvenation cycle again and again.
I have always kept "one" intern/apprentice at my firm. Most of them made it to prestigious law schools and are now at great law firms. But all of them, on occasion, will send me a thank you note for affording them that opportunity. A few things in life have repaid me more than those expressions of gratitude.
Every apprentice left a few words of advice for the next, always the same admonishment, creating a little tradition:
"if you work for gj, you'll go home crying every night for about a month, but if you survive, he will turn you into a lawyer."
They now are, each of them, somehow, my own children…
Godspeed.
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gj Michelob
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Date Sep. 1 2014 19:28:35
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: Shop assistant? (in reply to constructordeguitarras)
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Ethan,
My deepest condolences on your loss. I suggest you not make any quick decisions regarding an apprentice. What seems good now might not work out so well later, after your initial period of grief has run its course. give it some time, maybe a a month, and see if the idea still has appeal.
Best regards,
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white,
With the name of the late deceased,
And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here,
Who tried to hustle the East."
--Rudyard Kipling
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Date Sep. 2 2014 20:41:17
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