About a week ago I finally surrendered to the fact that I will always be balancing between writing and everything else. I was waiting for the time when the business part would stop taking time away from the creative part. Well, that's not going to happen. There will always be something else to be done or to be created or to be maintained.
When I was in IT I gave up writing. Deciding it was just a hobby, I turned my full attention to working long hours in the corporate world. It paid well, at times. Other than that, I don't have very much to show for it. However, the creative part is still here and always will be. It's part of who I am no matter what else I may be doing. There's no running away from it anymore.
I'm a writer and a coach and a photographer and whatever else I decide to try out. One does not have to win out over the other. They can all coexist peacefully. The struggle is over.
