Here I Go Again!
It's all one big (mis)adventure...
I really love the title of Fauzia Burke’s post today: “Writing in the Age of Suspicion is Getting Complicated”. Yep, totally resonates! You can read Fauzia’s post here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-163446092
That title just sums up my last several months perfectly! I was excited to grow my freelance writing business this year, but it seems as though the Universe has other plans for me. I’m still writing, just not as much as I’d hoped and definitely not enough to pay my bills. So, after much reflection (and a few financial reality checks), I’ve decided to return to a previous career: accounting.
It’s been almost nine years since I sold my accounting practice and rescinded my professional designation to find something I could do from home while my kids were small. Writing became that thing—first ghostwriting and blogging, then books. Last year, I began building an illustration portfolio and discovered how much I enjoy creating greeting card designs. That joy hasn’t gone away.
So now, I’m in this strange season of circling back—returning to a career I thought I’d left behind, while still holding space for the creative work that’s become such a big part of who I am. I’m rebuilding my accounting career, yes—but I’m also still writing. Still drawing. Still dreaming.
Even though I don’t technically have a gap in my employment history (I was writing, editing, teaching college, building a small creative business), it still feels like a gap. There’s something disorienting about stepping back into a more “traditional” role after years of forging my own path. It’s like coming home to a house you haven’t lived in for a while: familiar, but also different.
I guess that’s what this season is about—making peace with the in-between. Trusting that it’s okay to pivot (again), that there’s no expiration date on creative dreams, and that even detours can be part of the map.
Thanks for walking alongside me through this misadventure. More to come. More writing. More drawing. 🙂