Coming Clean about My Earnings in May and Turning my Dreams into Reality
This is the first month I took writing seriously. How did I do? Surprises + Insights
So, I’ve finally taken everyone’s advice and decided to write (nearly) every single day on Medium. I figured: why the hell not? I’m not exactly employed currently, since I’m hellbent on making writing work for me.
I’ve been told for years — literally — to start writing. Encouraged by many, though I listened to nobody. Until now.
Why’s that?
Fortunately, I’ve been blessed with the risk-taking genes. To be clear, I have no idea if there’s a real genetic basis for taking risks. All I know is I’ve adopted a really oddball relationship with ‘safety’ as a concept due to certain folks I’ve befriended and situations I’ve gotten wrapped up in.
After enough bullshit something clicked. I kind of started wondering if I could redirect the BS current into something that would result in a net-positive.
All my life I’ve felt cornered into making decisions that weren’t what I wanted. Sometimes I would stop to ask myself: wait a second, where am I in this choice? More often than not, I was used as a tool to fulfill the fantasies and dreams of people who didn’t have the…
