Should I Do It For Fun, Or Make It A Business?
I’ve been slowly moving the things I do because I enjoy doing them more into a business, and while I’m definitely keen to ‘widen my horizons’ so to speak, and one day actually make a profit from it all, I’m not so keen about whether or not to get that serious about it.
One day I feel ‘Yes, I’m ready, bring it one’ another day, it’s ‘Oh, but I’d have to actually do work with tbe boring paper and accounting things … Yuck.’
So two sides of the coin, being a Creative, and creatively coming up with ideas to not do what serious side of my wants to do, because, hey, who doesn’t like making money from what they do? I had a book launch recently, and while I gave away books to those who’d provide me with material for the book (an anthology), I also sole copies of the book, so I had actual money in my hand from selling that book.
I liked that, but I also liked talking with people about what the book was about, especially where it connects with another important part of who I am and what I do. So yes, I’m a writer, but I’m also an Art Installation Creater and Curator!
There are other parts of who I am, and what I do I could potentially make money from too, especially the Stand Up comedian, and Publisc Speaker side, which I feel I’ve barely begun to explore, but still feel very much what I want to do more of, lots more!
Or I could just go on with my writing group friends, writing things, thinking about books I might write, or creative writing I want to do, and maybe doing itl if I fell like it …
Decisions, decisions. I’m not young, but I’m not so old I can’t still move into business, plenty of others have done that at the same age I am, early sixties … So Yes? or No?
I welcome any thoughts about this -please leave a comment to let me know how you think I could spend the rest of my life! Twenty more years, if I’m lucky, plenty of time to become rich, or to simply have the ‘funnest’ life possible!
Cheers!
