As I took the elevator down and out of the skyscraper yesterday, a pang of nervousness nipped at me. Questions that I hadn’t thought about suddenly arose in my mind:
Why are you quitting a stable job right as you’re about to get a promotion?
What will you do for a 401k and benefits?
Why don’t you work just a little bit longer?
I pushed those thoughts out of my mind as I left the building for the last time, because in my heart of hearts, my head just wasn’t in the game of selling technology any more. I was very fortunate to have the job, don’t get me wrong.
But something hit me one day in December, and I realized every day I spent at the job was one more day less I would be writing full time–which has been my goal for a long time and is my goal to do forever. I plan on writing until I’m 90 or whenever my fingers stop working or people don’t want to read my crazy shit any more.
And I’m so damn happy about that.
For the last three years, this has been my office:
Two full winters passed sitting at that cubicle…I wouldn’t even see the sun during the afternoon, since as you can see the wall blocks it.
I liked my job, but the environment was a little bit depressing and drab, to be honest. Not like I won’t be using a computer when I write my books, but at least I’ll be able to use my imagination.
After writing eight books this year, including an Amazon bestselling romantic comedy and a few others that didn’t do so bad, this seemed like the perfect time to make the jump.
And then, of course, I realized that December is the month that no one reads. And I didn’t have a release coming out until the end of the month. I double checked my sales, and wondered, how the hell am I going to live off that? I’m going to be eating ramen for the rest of my life.
I even thought about telling my boss I wanted to reverse my two weeks and stay a little longer.
But in the end I didn’t really care. As corny as it is, I’m doing what I love which is writing books and writing romances.
But still, I wouldn’t recommend quitting to write–unless you are making many times what your day job is.
Or unless you’re a crazy man like me.
Come with me as I chronicle the journey.
This year could go down in flames, but hey, at least I can say I went for it.
I’ll be posting a lot more on the blog this year about writing, my books, and the mindset it takes to make it as an entrepreneurial spirit in this world. And sure maybe delving into the question I get asked a lot which is why would a guy write romance?
Here’s to a hellavu ride in 2018!
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