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Don’t Wait to Follow Your Dreams
What did you want to be when you were a kid?
Something amazing, I bet. Did you achieve it?
I didn’t. I had a few different dreams as a kid. First, I wanted to be a police officer. Then an archaeologist (because of Indiana Jones). Then a paleontologist (because of Jurassic Park). Then an astronomer (but that dream ended when I found out maths was involved).
But then I discovered books. Late at night, teenage me would read The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, and I decided I wanted to be a writer.
Did I achieve it?
No.
Well, not quite. I write, but I don’t consider myself a writer. I write here on Medium, and I’ve had pieces published elsewhere online. Sometimes I even get paid.
But am I a writer?
No.
On my CV, sure. On my bio on various websites, absolutely. In my head? No. The writing I do is freelance, with a significant emphasis on the free. Any payments I do get are small and irregular. As such, my writing is done during whatever hours I can carve out at night or the weekends away from a day job.
