December 6th, 2011 
dave If you want to produce quality writing, you cannot afford the luxury of a soul-sucking job where you dread going to work every day. You will find it nearly impossible to keep your creativity flowing while immersed in an environment filled with griping, dysfunctional people.
At the same time, until you have developed as a professional writer, your fledgling creativity will not be able to bear the weight of your financial burdens. If you attempt to pay your bills by coming up with creative writing ideas, the experience will be somewhat like a car spinning its wheels in the mud. Your writing efforts will degrade into a job – one that doesn’t pay.
If your current line of work isn’t supporting your efforts to become a writer, find a new job. Start looking immediately. Get a job that allows you to do some writing at work, if you can manage to find one. More importantly, though, get a job where you look forward to going to work every day. Even if that means taking a giant pay cut, do it. If it means selling your house and moving to a much smaller one, do it. If it means giving up most of the luxuries to which you’ve grown accustomed, don’t worry. You won’t miss them. You will come to find the writing process much more rewarding than a flashy car.
Don’t quit your job and get yourself evicted. If changing jobs creates unmanageable chaos in your life, don’t do it. Find a different way. But don’t use this as an excuse to do nothing.
If you do nothing else this week, buy back your soul. It’s a good investment and it pays healthy dividends.
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