and for my next trick…

Posted by sherrah on June 29, 2010 · 3 Comments 

Several years ago, after about a year or two of working an 8-5 desk job, I complained to my mom about early mornings. She, in her ever-so-loving way, told me to deal with it. I was an adult, and that was what it meant to have a job, and that I’d just have to get used to it. To which I responded that this work thing wasn’t for me.

I’ve been incredibly blessed in my ten years of working to have jobs that I liked (some of them more than others, that’s true, but I have liked them all). I’ve had jobs in which I felt I wasn’t just working and bringing home a pay check, but in which I could also help and serve others. I have always believed in the mission and values of the companies I’ve worked for. I have been incredibly blessed to serve my God and His people these last ten years.

But, as I mentioned in my last post so many months ago, at the end of the summer I’m moving to Wichita, Kansas. I will be leaving another job that I have come to love. (Fortunately I’ve been so busy at that job, I haven’t really had time to dwell on this fact, otherwise I’d probably be a weepy mess.) I will miss the people and the work I’ve been doing; however…

I am beyond excited about the opportunity I’m being given. I have often daydreamed about what it would be like to not have a full time job, to have the freedom and time to pursue a writing career. I have had some very lovely daydreams about this, but I’ve never been able to see it as an actuality. Until now.

Financially, I can’t completely quit working, but, starting in August, I’ll only have to work on a part time basis, and thanks to an opportunity my current employer is giving me, I’ll be able to do that part time work on a freelance basis. I’ll be able to work from home. I’ll set my own schedule. I won’t have to be at work at 8 o’clock in the morning! (Most mornings, I won’t even have to be out of bed by 8 o’clock in the morning.)

This could potentially only be a temporary arrangement. At the end of my husband’s year-long internship, I may have to find some sort of full-time employment again, but I have some big goals for this one year. If I can find enough freelance writing and editing work, I’ll be able to do this long-term. So goal numero uno is to find more clients.

Goal numero dos is to write. And write some more. I’m going to finish a book. I’m going to revise that book. I’m going to look for an agent. And then I’m going to start writing another book. And I’m going to write and write and write.

I can’t wait!!

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