Personal opinion: If it's a secret, it's probably wrong. SM

• Way off subject, but I need opinions... - hope this doesn't get deleted...sm
  • Cheating = anything you're doing with - sm
  • I thank you all so much...sm - OP
    • we make mistakes - aj
    • Boredom does, sometimes (sm) - MT
    • Good luck to both of you. Just be honest - honey
  • it's not only in actions - nee
  • If you wouldn't do/say it in front of your spouse, it's wrong. - Busy MT'ing
  • the easiest way to decide (sm) - my penny's worth
    • That's how I would decide also. Treat others the way you - honey
  • I'm not going to remove this thread but ask that religious discussion be moved - Administrator (sm)
    • this isn't a religious discussion...sm - in my opinion...OP
  • Even if you have a lustful thought in your mind, it is considered sinful. - nm
    • No, it is you act on that thought. nm - MT
      • Not according to my NIV bible. It says even if you have lustful thoughts, they are considered sin. - nm
  • Momma always told me that if it looks and feels wrong, - shades of grey
  • Any kind of intimacy emotional or physical - mt
  • for what its worth - my opinion
  • being faithful - sm
    • Gotta say I agree with above. I was in the same - not right
  • As far as it being wrong, well who defines right and wrong? On the - Dancinn Shoes
    • God defines right and wrong. - nm
  • Whatever you are thinking of doing, DON'T! It's not worth it. nm - Anonymous
  • Personal opinion: If it's a secret, it's probably wrong. SM - Becky
  • If it's something you wouldn't do with your spouse - or SO standing right there, it is cheating. nm
    • Absolutely right. I use this philosophy - when I am tempted to
  • emotional adultry - dls
  • No, I don't think you have to have sex to - be unfaithful. I think definitely
    • Gambling, excessive drinking, working too much, etc. - Nancy
      • Yes, but being with a spouse who does those things - sounds like my ex
  • Emotional involvement worse, sm - Love my mind
  • I think that any form of indiscretion with someone - Wannie
    • I think that while its true that most men - My 2 cents
      • Can't help being attracted to people but - sgh
    • I think Wannie is exactly right. If in doubt, - Nancy

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Is that it is a side effect of spending so many hours alone.  I worked in one office (in-house transcription)  for 8 hours a day second shift.  I seemed to be better when I walked to work (3 miles to work one way) and could get regular exercise, sunshine, fresh air.  Then I started a business and was unable to do anything more than work, work, work.  Over the next 5 years I wasn't paying attention to the signals.  It wasn't until I cut back and started dating (have since gotten married this year - I'm 41 - yes, there is happiness after 40), and started relaxing that I began to recognize the symptoms.  I think it is a symptom of working too much and being alone too much, and losing a sense of self esteem from becoming a slave to corporate America. 

Symptoms like not wanting to write out the bills even though there is money enough to cover them, not wanting to take the kids out for fun activities, and instead dropping them off so that they can have fun while you return to "things that just gotta get done", discontinuing use of makeup, or ceasing to wear nice clothing and just "bumming it" all the time, no more time with girlfriends or family, procrastinating grocery shopping until you absolutely have to get some, etc.  The symptoms are similar to depression, and it may be part of the solution, depression therapy.  Music therapy, aroma therapy, light therapy, color therapy, church time, friends time, hobbies, play with babies (even if they are borrowed babies).  I think Kissing helps too, but not everyone has that available. 

yes, PCDI is a joke, and you don't get what you pay for... Career Step probably would have been the better choice.  BUT, you are in it already, and my advice would be to just try to squeeze out every ounce of knowledge that you can....  OSi and DSC have great mentoring programs, and I myself have mentored girls and they have been very successful...  I wouldn't mind seeing what you know and perhaps advising on your next step.  I am just an MT that has worked this field for ten years, but I have learned a lot, and I am not a recruiter looking for a bonus or whatever it is they say it is...  I talk to a lot of people who want to know about this field because for some reason sometimes it is really hard to get honest direction from long-timers...  protective of the field I guess... worried about flooding the market... My thoughts on that is that if you got the gift (which is exactly what it is), you will be successful... It takes a special person to be able to do this work and do it WELL.  Not everyone can just pop up and say "TA-DA, I'm an MT - HIRE ME"... anyway, I drone on...  contact me if you want some info... don't mind at all...  Bobbie   

You need to have an extremely good memory.

Whether you use SmartType, Instant Text, Shorthand, Fast Type, or follows all of the suggestions books such as "When The Name of the Game is Keystrokes," or www.productivity.com. It will always boil down to having an extremely good memory. Without one, you will never have a high line production when you use the keyboard. --- Knowing how to write macros and templates certainly helps.

Anyone who says otherwise is not paying attention to their own capabilities.

Did you ever think of telling the person that hired you?  Daaaaaaaaaaa.LMAO

Make a list of what you want in a job.  What do you want to earn and how can you structure the job to conform to what you want?  Platform or no platform?  Do you want to work from a pool or get a dedicated acct?  Don't settle for someelse's idea of a great job.  Pick your job, don't wait for a job to pick you.

Next, do your homework.  Peruse the job sites and see which jobs have the characteristics you are looking for.  Research those jobs.  Research how other MTs feel about that company, keeping in mind that one person's dream job could by another's slave labor. 

Never leave a job until you have a replacement up and going. Try to ask the pertinent questions before testing.  The recruiters I have dealt with have been more than happy to answer key questions, thereby saving company and myself wasted time. 

Is the link on this page the right link to enter? 

Any of you who are making 17 dollars or more an hour in an 8 hour day at the line rates that are posted - and I have ever see posted is jobs that pay about 8 cents a line or less.  Please share with us your secrets.  A lot of us have been doing this for 15 years or more, and cannot do that in 8 hours.  I have a hard time believing it.  When someone says how much they make in an hour, or how many lines they do per day, it is the assumption that that is in an 8 hour period since that is what the general population works on a full time basis.  My point being, is that it is misleading to people saying that you can make 20.00 to 30.00 an hour at 8 cents (I am assuming 8 cents a line, maybe I am wrong) if you are working 10 hours or more a day.   If there is a way to do this please tell us the secrets, because seriously we  would truly like to know.  I would also like to know who pays 10 cents a line anymore.  How do you find them.  I cannot - I have searched and searched.  We need to all stick together and be honest, otherwise I say let them send it overseas.  There are kids in high school making more than some of us.    

transcribing go a LOT easier:

A big bowl full of freshly-made, sweet, kettle-corn popcorn!

Oh....... YEAHHHHH !!!!  

Everyone will be doing the same! I work nights and weekends, have for years and years.  Don't worry - you will get used to it, and its GREAT! Most companies will pay a higher rate for nights, you NEVER run out of work as long as you're on acute care, dictators are usually GREAT - don't know why, but have always been for me, and same on weekends.  Never a lack of work on my end for over 10 years!  You won't find me scrambling to literally pull the dictation out of a doctor's mouth, along with 100 other MTs signed on waiting to get 1 poor report to trickle thru...But remember - its our secret!