Find Peace In A Digital World
Do not fear technology. Let me handle it for you.
My name is Eric S. Gale, thus the name of this site.
I’m a follower of Jesus Christ, a husband, and father of three girls young ladies. And because of that last one, I renewed my training in the martial arts and now am a third-degree black belt in Tai Chuan Do Karate.
As the only male in a house of ladies, I have learned more than I thought I could about how similar but also how different men and women can be.
I am a guide who helps Christians understand the complexities of self-employment so they can live the life God has called them to
I’ve had a fascination with truth from an early age- I was always “asking why?” and wanting to know the answer to things.
In high school, I wanted to become a pastor and preach/teach the Word of God. While at Messiah College, I rekindled my love of Star Wars. I blog about Star Wars and Faith at TheChristianJedi.com.
When I moved to Maryland in 1997, my wife and I started attending a local church and soon became a member.
In January 2007 I started doing web design on the side.
My Journey To Self-Employment
My journey is similar to many others that I know that have started the journey.
Years ago I feared to be self-employed. Others told me it was too risky to be “out on your own.”
My view was to be like my grandfather, who worked 40 plus years for the railroad and retired. I didn't want to be a small business owner like my dad. I saw the long hours. The employee problems, the inability to take time off without having to do more work before and after taking time off.
So after college, I joined the ranks of the corporate world and after years of going to various soul-sucking jobs I came across this quote from Charles Bukowski.
How in the hell could a man or woman enjoy being awakened at 6:30 am by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force feed, p!ss, brush teeth. Fight traffic to get to a place where essentially, you made lots of money for somebody else. And were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so.
This was the beginning of the end for my desire for a quote, safe employment. A “safe corporate life,” even though I knew corporate jobs or anything, but safe.
I worked for a Fortune 1000 company and survived the company's first layoffs. It's more than 80 years of history.
The next company I worked for had been in existence since the 1850s. It was bought out, and I avoided the first two rounds of layoffs before I left.
The next company decided the political environment was not conducive to their future expansion decided to move four states and 500 miles away.
This was my last corporate job.
In July of 2012, I went full-time as a self-employed web designer.