It’s been an interesting year, during which I have barely written anything. Certainly not anything productive. I’ve focused on my day job and my daughter going to college and all of a sudden the year has gone and we’re staring at the holidays and that time of year when we all sit down and look at our accomplishments and make resolutions to do better.

My epiphany came a few weeks ago. I had started to write more, but was still primarily focused on my career job, as I have been for the last 20-odd years. It’s the easiest thing to do, really–I’m at the office 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, and I’ve always put all my energy into that. I’ve fought and scrapped and clawed my way up into leadership (in case you’re wondering if it’s difficult for a woman to climb the ladder, I can tell you with certainty that it is), and now I’m tired of the fight. So I got an 8-5, which is incredibly freeing, even though it’s an on-site job. I don’t normally work overtime, and the people I work with are very nice (a little quirky, but nice); I’m very blessed to have found this job. But as I always have, I’ve been killing myself to be perfect–anticipate things people will need before they do, be everything to everyone (which reminds me of a Tasha Layton song), and this just will not do anymore. I chose a job like this for a specific reason–so I could have a life again–but I haven’t been living it.

SO–as a result of several annoying conversations at work which I won’t go into, I’ve decided that I want to attack writing as a career instead of a hobby. It’s a very liberating decision. My day job is now my side hustle to make a living (playing the lottery having not paid off yet), and writing is where I put my focus. That being said, I’m ashamed of myself for not blogging or working on the book until now, but we all have to go through our unique processes, right? So I’ll be writing. It may not be good, and it may not lead to anything, but the point is to write more, you need to write more. This is my jumping-off point. I hope you stick around to see what happens next.