You see, I had somehow become an online writer, working on my websites, writing articles and selling my own products as well as affiliate products and earning money through advertising.
This meant that I spent my days working on keywords and always checking on what my online competitors were doing.
But I wasn't happy.
So I decided to shut down most of my sites and concentrate more on book writing.
But...then I wondered if it's the right thing to do because mine is the only income and my husband is busy working at home everyday on our house renovations (which is a huge task). So we need enough money to not only live on, but to pay for the renovations too.
So was this a good time to follow my dream of being a full-time book author?
Then a read a really inspiring article written by one of the most prolific writers I know, Mridu Khullar Relph. This woman has one of the most amazing hard work ethics that I've ever seen.
Her article is called Writing Saved Me and in it she talks about how we are told (and we always believe) that we can't have it all. We can have a great life or a great career. Or we can write what we want and be as creative as we like, or write for the majority, but we can't do both if we want to earn money.
She says that none of this is true and that we can have it all.
But...we must own it on our own terms and own it all, the downs as well as the ups.
Where we are in our lives and in our writing careers is through the choices we have made so far, and if we're not happy where we've ended up, then we have the freedom and the control to change things.
But we have to be true to ourselves and forget about societal obligations, because we CAN have it all, if we want it badly enough.
And I do want it badly enough.
I want to write many books and earn money as an author.
And I do believe that if I'm true to myself and work hard, then the money will come.
So here I go...
How about you?
Are you living your dreams?
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