Got a question for you
Oh, hi friends!
Are you the participant or the host in your life?
Put another way...
Are you playing the game?
Or are you controlling how the game is played?
This feeling can change, of course, depending on the day, your energy level, outside forces.
And sometimes you might like to be in one role over the other.
But noticing—and choosing—is the important part.
“Do it. You have the time. You can write and also pursue a version of your career that feels less like a day job. Stop telling tales of fear and failure and how little time you have. People who walk around talking about running out of time like the walls are closing in on them waste a massive amount of their time and brain power and energy on their own pointless horror stories. In fact, all of that noise is yet another side effect of the “This is just my day job” mentality. A tortured soul re-creates torture everywhere, in everything. Believe me, I know this from years of experience living that way.”
I really loved this Ask Polly column “Should I Quit My Day Job to Write a Book?” The day job question is one that I think about a lot, and her biggest piece of advice is to first ENJOY YOUR DAY, which means feeling good about how you spend your time. And that there is time for everything. There really is!
The creativity and inventiveness on Vincent Bal’s Instagram astounds me every day. This one is called “Window of Opportunity.” (h/t John Fitzgerald)
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara