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!
Hey Carolyn,
Well, we’ve already chatted about this, so you know I already think you would be a success at whatever opportunity you pursue. On the other hand, you like doing SO many things that I can understand how it would be hard to pick just ONE and go with that. On the other other hand, why narrow your choices to just one or two lanes? Perhaps you’re the type of soul who is never fully satisfied unless you have several pots on the stove. (Some folks are like that.) Would you really be happy if you spent most of your time on just one or two things?
Personally, I like having many projects and passions going on at the same time. (On the down side, this means that I often don’t finish any project to its full potential, so there’s that.) But I like waking up every day and pondering “what do I feel like working on today?” And then I go do whatever has the most appeal, in that moment. I don’t think I would be happy if I woke up every day and went to work on the same thing. I did that during my career, and it got old, over time. But that’s just me.
Hope this helps, at least a bit.
Cheers!
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Thanks Brian,
I’ve now had a good think about who I am, and what I’m doing, and realised at my age, most people have retired, or and moving toward retirement.
I have the money side of my life under control, so I can see there’s no real need for me to do anything to ‘earn’ more money. I can just continue on as I currently am, and things will be fine.
Given that, what I’m going to do is what I’ve been doing – looking at life and doing whatever the heck I feel like doing!
Life is good for me and those I love, I have a close circle of friends I explore my creativity with, and I am proud of who I currently am and what I do.
Who wants a job anyway, all that boring paperwork, no thanks! Life is too interesting to do that!
Many thanks to you Brian for the way you understand me, and help me better understand myself!
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