Omg I really feel you. I just got propelled to the time I used to wonder if it was ever possible to have a consistent writing practice. It is hard. Much harder than people think.
I'll get back to you on the making money but haha.
This is coincidental timing. I found myself yesterday talking with a random lady. We were both volunteering at the same place. I mentioned I hadn’t seen her name before and she said that she had recently joined. She then detailed all the events in her life that brought her here.-to this physical location but more so to this place mentally. I listened, responded to her by validating and sharing my own experience. But as I spoke, I was a bit surprised at what I was saying. It was all true, it was very recent though and I hadn’t really processed it yet. It was this same topic around following passion and leaving behind “other stuff”. A job, people, things that don’t align. It hadn’t occurred to me that the monetization and “success” tainted the journey. That’s a slightly new lens on the conversation we had. I don’t have a point. Just that this resonated.
I needed to read this. The timing couldn't have been perfect.
I too quit corporate
I started writing
I also decided to make money from it
And now I am doing neither - writing or making money.
Still grappling with what's more important. I havent found an answer yet. It was nice to read about what you thought of it.
Omg I really feel you. I just got propelled to the time I used to wonder if it was ever possible to have a consistent writing practice. It is hard. Much harder than people think.
I'll get back to you on the making money but haha.
This is coincidental timing. I found myself yesterday talking with a random lady. We were both volunteering at the same place. I mentioned I hadn’t seen her name before and she said that she had recently joined. She then detailed all the events in her life that brought her here.-to this physical location but more so to this place mentally. I listened, responded to her by validating and sharing my own experience. But as I spoke, I was a bit surprised at what I was saying. It was all true, it was very recent though and I hadn’t really processed it yet. It was this same topic around following passion and leaving behind “other stuff”. A job, people, things that don’t align. It hadn’t occurred to me that the monetization and “success” tainted the journey. That’s a slightly new lens on the conversation we had. I don’t have a point. Just that this resonated.