I was at my favorite coffee shop today. Sitting at a table by the back wall, I let my mind race. It's been doing that all week, might as well give it some room to run before reigning it back in. Things have been busy. Which is why I'd come to this coffee shop: to clear things up.
Writing is what I absolutely love to do. Podcasting is a close second, then working on website configuration is further down. And today, while taking a deep breath and enjoying my coffee, something clicked... client service is at the very bottom of things I "love" to do. It's only slightly ahead of sales, which I actively dislike but am working on warming up to (there's a reason I like building the sales systems rather than doing the outreach)
In that moment at my table in the coffee shop, I was finally ready to admit that I don't want to write as a means of marketing an offer anymore. I want my writing to be the product. Full stop.
I’ve been circling that same fork in the road for years. Because, on one hand, consulting work is something I'm good at and that pays well. But on the other hand, writing is something I’d do whether it paid or not. And I'm noticing traction with my writing in ways I haven't before— even while opportunities keep showing up on either path.
But every time I chase consulting as the main thing, writing gets pushed to the side. And I’ve decided I don’t want that to be the case anymore. Because when the writing is the product, everything else seems to fall into place.
So, here's to choosing it now!
Our Daily MAP Year Prompt
04/365
What do you keep choosing—even when it takes you farther from where you want to go?
onward.
-dmac