Would You Really Write More If You Didn’t Have A Job?

I thought I would — but I haven’t!

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Have you ever wished you could escape from your day job and just write? Does it feel as though your job holds you back from making progress with your writing?

If only you didn’t have to work.

I used to think like that too

I used to look at all the bloggers on Medium who were putting out several articles a week and be envious of them. If only I had the time and energy to do that.

I was jealous of authors who had shaken off the shackles of the day job and were able to work full-time on their books and book marketing.

For the last few years I worked on a yearly contract and spent many a December fantasising about it not being renewed so I could be free to just be creative (though the little matter of earning a living didn’t enter into these fantasies.)

This time last year, after going through a severe burn out, I made the decision to take what I called a sabbatical from my day job. (In reality, I resigned). At last, I could experiment with a writing life and see what could come of it.

But I haven’t written as much as I thought I would. I started off with very grand plans but soon realised that having…