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This is from the About page of the This Post Life Facebook Group, updated March 1, 2021.

This Post Life is a community about transitioning to your life’s passion and why it may be the hardest thing you’ll ever do in your life. Stories from people in film and TV post production and from life in general.

Join this group if you’re in Post Production and/or are thinking about making a creative change in your life and would like to contribute to the narrative or are just interested in following along.

Follow our journey from “Day Jobs” to Dream Jobs in the TV and Film business.

Who I am:
Eric Francis Harnden – For 14+ years I worked in a data center. But in 2008 I discovered what I wanted to make my career. Since then, I’ve been faithfully studying and in 2018 made the decision to spread my wings and pursue my passion in post production. But while doing that, in 2019, I was suddenly dropped from my “steady” job. And the pressure was on….

There were various small jobs that “got me through”. Then 2020 and the pandemic (which is still going on and affecting many).

Out of nowhere though, in October 2020, I got my first longer than a couple weeks or a month gig, an assistant editor position for a reality show that would go about four months! Starting out in an office but then being able to work from home/remotely. Life was going great. Then something happened that would change my life forever and almost take it in the process.

January 10, 2021, I suffered a heart attack and 5 days later had a quadruple bypass open-heart surgery (and I still had time left on the show I was on….).

While this was bad enough, a month into my recovery I had a bad reaction to one of the medicines I was on and was rushed back to the ER. This was compounded in urgency, as it turned out one of the other patients in one of the many rooms I was in in the hospital tested positive for Covid. So under the cloud of possible death for a third time already in 2021, I am striving to continue to A) not only survive but B) still try to transition completely to my career of choice.

March 1, 2021 – I am back home and updating this description. One of my goals in life is to help people and especially to help them do what they want as a career, and especially those who are looking to pursue a creative career.

Since my passion is in post production, especially editing, I am going to concentrate on that journey more.

I want to share that journey and hopefully inspire others to follow their dreams.

http://thispostlife.com/

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https://www.instagram.com/thispostlife/

Regarding any Amazon links I may post: “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.”

Please read entire post.

I made my first ever Amazon affiliate sale!

I made 90 cents. But it’s a start and I’m uber-excited about it because it IS a start!

But I need two more qualified sales to stay in business!

I created This Post Life at first with the idea of a podcast to help guide others along their transformation into a creative career. I found that it was hard to keep that going alone, but I still wanted to do what I could to help people. And believe it or not, I’m really an introvert who has a hard time meeting and talking to people.

With Covid, and the explosion of online events, especially in the field of editing, I decided to provide a place where people can find out what’s going on and this group was created.

It’s hard to do all of this alone but it’s where my passion lies, so I enjoy it. And I love to hear when the things I do help people. I want to grow this into something bigger and help as many people as I possibly can. It takes a lot of time and resources to do this but I press on, with my own time and money.

As we grow, I hope more resources will become available because that would be a benefit to everyone. But as I continue to pour my heart into this group, there will be things that I ask you to do to help, if you can.

Here’s one way you can help:
If you happen to be looking for a book on editing or need anything on amazon, if you click below first (that is an Amazon affiliate link) and then click around and buy something, you can help This Post Life stay “on the air”.
I need two more different buyers and the This Post Life Amazon associate store can stay in business which will help me develop a bigger better community for us. So, please help by clicking below and buying something! (Yes, this is a call to action.)

I still have bigger plans for This Post Life, including bringing back the podcast, more job listing resources, career help and classes. My mission is to help as many people as I can in life. I know that the better I can make This Post Life, the more people I can help. Not only does it help others but doing more, helps me become better because I can come out of my shell more and more with each thing I create. Which is what I want from others too. We have voices and we need to contribute.

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