Good grief you have a busy year ahead Alex... I truly applaud your enthusiasm, anticipation as well as your personal expectations... which I am sad to say are far above my own - how you find the time is incomprehensible to me!
A fact though does not stop me wishing you joy and every success for the new year ahead and beyond. 🍀
Argh! I knew I'd miss something to reply to! Honestly, I wish the Substack Activity feed was a bit better than it is.
Thank you and, yes, it shall indeed be another busy year! I'm a bit lucky (as in, I made my own luck), in that I have enough stories to share for all of this year, already, with very little extra work to do on my part.
As for time, it is always a struggle, true. Especially since I really need to find some more paying work too, which is eating a huge percentage of my days at the moment. Applying for things, whether short-term content writing or proper salaried positions, takes so much energy and time, and is especially demoralising when I hear nothing after. Sigh.
I'm wishing you joy and success for this new year and beyond too, I'm very happy our paths crossed, this is a very good thing.
I will only ever dream of being as organised and far ahead as you are Alex, but that ok... if I start to stress about it, I will never write another word and for me, much as I love the idea of it being so, writing will not ever provide an income for me so thank goodness I have a paying job! In fact I know myself well enough to realise, the moment someone wants to pay me for something I turn inwards in panic and fear and stop. It has happened before...
Ok so I’m rambling on, when all I really wanted to say is that I’m as delighted our paths have crossed, I truly hope you find something paid and worthwhile very soon. Meanwhile just keep writing!
Thank you. I really am trying to overcome my inherent fear of success, which is a ridiculous thing. My mind tries to trick me, telling me it is better not to try as hard as I could, as success (whatever that means) scares me, better not to try and it won't happen... However, I'm determined to switch that part of my brain off this year!
I shall keep writing and keep reading your words too, I'm so glad you share them with us.
Good grief you have a busy year ahead Alex... I truly applaud your enthusiasm, anticipation as well as your personal expectations... which I am sad to say are far above my own - how you find the time is incomprehensible to me!
A fact though does not stop me wishing you joy and every success for the new year ahead and beyond. 🍀
Argh! I knew I'd miss something to reply to! Honestly, I wish the Substack Activity feed was a bit better than it is.
Thank you and, yes, it shall indeed be another busy year! I'm a bit lucky (as in, I made my own luck), in that I have enough stories to share for all of this year, already, with very little extra work to do on my part.
As for time, it is always a struggle, true. Especially since I really need to find some more paying work too, which is eating a huge percentage of my days at the moment. Applying for things, whether short-term content writing or proper salaried positions, takes so much energy and time, and is especially demoralising when I hear nothing after. Sigh.
I'm wishing you joy and success for this new year and beyond too, I'm very happy our paths crossed, this is a very good thing.
I will only ever dream of being as organised and far ahead as you are Alex, but that ok... if I start to stress about it, I will never write another word and for me, much as I love the idea of it being so, writing will not ever provide an income for me so thank goodness I have a paying job! In fact I know myself well enough to realise, the moment someone wants to pay me for something I turn inwards in panic and fear and stop. It has happened before...
Ok so I’m rambling on, when all I really wanted to say is that I’m as delighted our paths have crossed, I truly hope you find something paid and worthwhile very soon. Meanwhile just keep writing!
Thank you. I really am trying to overcome my inherent fear of success, which is a ridiculous thing. My mind tries to trick me, telling me it is better not to try as hard as I could, as success (whatever that means) scares me, better not to try and it won't happen... However, I'm determined to switch that part of my brain off this year!
I shall keep writing and keep reading your words too, I'm so glad you share them with us.