I Quit My Job to Chase My Dreams

I never thought that this glorious day would truly come. I mean, it hasn't yet, however it is approaching super fast. I'm doing something that I have constantly desired to accomplish, but have been too much of a coward to make happen. I'm proud to announce I am quitting my job to pursue my dreams as a writer. Creative writing and frequent travel are undoubtedly something I have longed passionately for—for such a long time. The sole problem is I've been only doing just that... Longing. I haven't fought for any of it, and now it's a marvelous time to get started.

I know, it sounds super insane, but most serious writers will genuinely understand where I'm coming from. Of course, quitting my job probably seems like the dumbest thing I could ever do, but today I'm explaining why it's not.

Throughout last year, I had been struck with a pretty traumatic series of events. If you have kept up with my articles, you already know I'm enduring a trial that no human should ever be forced to undergo. However, I digress—I passionately love writing. Writing, honestly, has been one of the very few remarkable things that kept me alive this past year. I'm grateful for these trembling fingers of mine. Today, I am going to be explaining to you the three crucial things you'll need to understand during the promising start of this joyous journey.

Endless amounts of constant confusion will consume you.

You will carefully question if this is a decision you absolutely want to consider for what feels like forever. What if you don't generate any money? What if you'll have to crawl back to your job? What if this is the wrong decision, in general? I harboured these feelings. All of them.

Every single time I sat down and really thought about what I ideally wanted, the ambitious idea of quitting to persistently pursue my dreams outweighed all of the other factors. This is super risky, and I know that there is a significant probability that I may not succeed. Your will should always outweigh your considerable confusion. If it doesn't, my guess is that you're not really ready for a full-time commitment to whatever your dream is.

It's better to start this journey living at home.

This isn't a must, but it definitely comes to make things a lot easier. My family has always been super supportive of my dream to become a world renowned author. It's been something that I have been working towards since I was a little nappy headed girl fighting for her spot on Wattpad. Going through what I experienced this recent year, my mother was happy to allow me take a mental health break as well as quit my job. I've been helping her with bills and such, but she knows how important this is to me and has offered to lessen my contribution to the household. Can I just say I love her so much for that?! However, I want to pull my weight too and challenge myself by still contributing, but through money I've made off writing. I'll have to bust my ass, but I'm honestly so ready for that responsibility.

Embracing an opportunity to heal and get yourself going in whatever field you dream of rocking is always worth it. Whether you have been through things or not, following your dream is evermore something you should consider. If not now, when? Having your family support you will make all of this worth while. When I say support, I don't mean support financially. I mean your family is supportive of your decision. You will struggle. I know I have and I'll surely continue to.

However, you need to take this time to put work in every single day for an entire work day to make the money you'd be generating at an ordinary job. Freelance writing, vocal.media, and other outlets of making a little cash is always great when you want to write full-time.Your family should endorse you one-thousand percent. It makes the process a lot easier.

Have a gameplan.

You need to meticulously plan out your every possible move during the two weeks before your last day at your job. My plan is coming together nicely, and I am hopeful that it will be a successful one. I am absolutely in love with this process, and I can't imagine walking any other path. Like I said, freelance writing and vocal.media are two key components of my extraordinary journey. I'm carefully researching a few more viable options for paid writing this week.

I'm going to be diving into writing each and every day with two days of a break at some point in the week. I haven't decided what days the breaks will be but it will most likely fluctuate each week. I'm going to be busting out articles and executing writing jobs each day (articles every day, writing jobs as found) with the hopes of becoming a full-time writer as I work toward the publication of my first novel. I humbly hope to have said novel on the KDP (kindle direct publishing) store by no later than early 2020. I'm praying that this plan will go at least a fraction of the way I want it to. I'm ecstatic to say that I finally have faith in something.

Conclusion!

Regardless of what your gorgeous dream is and as scary as it is to let go of familiar comfort, sometimes you have to do scary things to get big results. I will work until the death of me to become the author that I know I can be. This first step is scary, but so worth it.

Also, tips are always appreciated especially now that this journey is becoming a reality. I love every single person who has taken the time to read any of my work. Much love. Chase your dreams!