What’s Stopping You From Being A Happy Writer?
What would happiness look like as a writer? In this post, we ask ‘What’s stopping you from being a happy writer?’
It’s a Tuesday morning. The sun has barely crested the smog of the city. You’re eating a four-cheese muffin and looking out the traffic building outside the café window. You take a sip of a good cappuccino. But the day already feels heavy on your shoulders.
Suddenly a voice, deep inside and exquisitely clear, says: ‘Somehow I expected more from you.’
OK, my flair for the dramatic aside, I do sometimes feel that my unhappiness is so heavy. I don’t feel like carrying around with me. But if I give it up, what will I have left? What will I replace it with?
I don’t know. The voice doesn’t seem to have an answer for that. And maybe, just maybe, that’s part of an unspoken fear. There’s a vagueness about what would happiness look like for me. As a writer. As a person.
What’s Stopping You From Being A Happy Writer?
The truth is that I’m scared of the hard work I’d need to do make that picture clearer, to bring that happiness closer to me.
Sometimes we all drag around baggage around that we simply don’t need. Perhaps it’s an expectation a loved one has for us. Perhaps we’re unable to let go of a dream that doesn’t make sense anymore.
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The Last Word
What would happiness look like as a writer? Put down the heavy bag. Write it down. Find the steps that will take you closer to it.
by Anthony Ehlers
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