I felt so constrained. I was giving so much of my creativity to something I wasn’t actually creating.
I have always had this hope to do things on my terms as a creative person. I’ve always had this passion for creating something from the ground up that was totally mine.

I was initially worried this article would go the way of so many others and tell you to chase your dreams while showing you a single creator that managed to survive and become successful while missing the thousands of others that didn’t make it. It’s not quite that article though.

Hailey stuck with client work and built the creative business over 3 years until she’s now almost entirely working on it now. She still does some client work even with a successful book club.

Years ago I fell for the “follow your dreams” trap launching courses and a bunch of other stuff while slacking on my regular job work. With 3 children under 7 it almost put my family out of a home. The stress of failure caused my worst days as a parent to happen, days that almost bring me to tears still.

I’m all for trying creative stuff, heck this is my blog and I have a book club that gives some extra perks to members, but I’m still programming daily as my job and my creative stuff is extra side income.

Maybe one day I’ll be able to read and write, but that day isn’t today and it doesn’t appear to be coming any time soon. I’m okay with this.