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Confession:
I have an irrational fear that if I try to use my gift to earn a living, it’ll be taken away.
I have an irrational fear that if I try to use my gift to earn a living, it’ll be taken away.
For years, I’ve been inconsistently moonlighting as a writer. Close friends and loved ones have never been shy about complimenting my prose. And in rare defiance of a childhood filled with identity issues and paralyzing insecurity, I agree with them. I think I’m pretty good too.
It’s a talent that comes naturally and flows like Terrance Howard when I get in the right zone. Sometimes I’m the trap hustling cinema version, others I step into the role of an Empire-building Lyon. Either way my pen game is formidable.
I can cover a pretty broad spectrum too, from corporate communiques to creative writing. Here’s an example of the latter: https://soundcloud.com/the-originalz-904975035/08-dru-dude-5000-saucy-ft
It’s funny, I’ve long ruminated over the fact that I don’t have this burning passion everyone else seems to have found. Seek as I may. All the while this natural talent — that I absolutely credit to Lord Christ Mohammed the Universe — has been quietly beckoning.
I’ve indulged it at times, working on personal projects whenever I can break the mental chains my corporate overlords have shackled me with. But I’ve never considered writing a viable option to build income around.
Perhaps because it comes too easy, and I’m running a program that requires me to “work hard” for my Roubles. That, and the irrational fear that kickstarted this thread — fear of losing my magic.
All that said, I’m finally ready to overcome this self-limiting belief.
All that said, I’m finally ready to overcome this self-limiting belief.
