Yes, It’s Scary to Talk About Your Creative Dreams
But you’ve got to be okay with other people not getting it
For the last few years, I’ve had an underlying worry about people asking me about work. About what I’m doing, what I want to do, and, if I’ve expressed my lack of passion for a current job, what my plans or ideas are for finding work I actually want to do.
To this date, I’ve not found a job or ‘career’ that feels truly right for me, instead, working a bunch of jobs that fit my circumstances at the time but never reflected any real dream or career-plan.
I know a huge part of that is because I have a long-standing dream of working for myself, at home, as a full-time writer. It’s always been the dream.
I’m getting better at telling people about this dream, mostly because if I didn’t, they’d look at what I’m currently doing for work (part-time housekeeping) and wonder why I’m not doing more with myself. Wonder why I left my previous job in a school to clean 2 days a week for minimum wage.
However, if I know I’ll be seeing family or friends I’ve not seen in a while, I expect to be asked about work, and I still find it so difficult to articulate what I’m actually doing or aiming for with my writing work.
