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Luxury vs. Necessity
16 years ago
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It's weird to realize how little I've been subsisting on for the longest time.
I look around at other shoppers and notice how much they splurge, even in this recession. They buy Xbox games at 50 bucks a piece, DVD's at 10-20 dollars, and masses of food to make gourmet meals.
And then here I am buying so little in an attempt to stay on budget. I've tried so many different ways to use ground beef that I'm sick of it. Beef sandwiches, beef burgers, beef with spaghetti, lemon pepper beef, seasoned beef, and who knows what else.
When I stop to think about it, I realize I've been focusing so much on food that I've left room for little else. Video games? I'll be lucky if I can buy the occasional book or two from Half-Price. Television? I'll have to make do with internet shows. A night at the theatre? If I'm lucky, I get to do this once every two or three months.
Funny thing is, I don't even want those things. I just want to be happy with what I do and what I like is writing, but it's common knowledge that selling fiction is usually a side-job compared to daily work. People tell me to look for jobs related to my love of writing, but I've always found writing as a job which accents whatever main work you happen to be doing at the time. Some happen to have writing as their primary source of funding, which if they're lucky, pays for the bills and allows some leeway for a comfortable life, but the truth is, writing is not easy to break into to. Authors often spend years trying to get published, and when they do, their earnings are often small. J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, and others are exceptions to the rule.
So again I prepare myself to go through another round of searching for writing opportunities while still supporting the writing community I hold so dear.
-Vaperfox
I look around at other shoppers and notice how much they splurge, even in this recession. They buy Xbox games at 50 bucks a piece, DVD's at 10-20 dollars, and masses of food to make gourmet meals.
And then here I am buying so little in an attempt to stay on budget. I've tried so many different ways to use ground beef that I'm sick of it. Beef sandwiches, beef burgers, beef with spaghetti, lemon pepper beef, seasoned beef, and who knows what else.
When I stop to think about it, I realize I've been focusing so much on food that I've left room for little else. Video games? I'll be lucky if I can buy the occasional book or two from Half-Price. Television? I'll have to make do with internet shows. A night at the theatre? If I'm lucky, I get to do this once every two or three months.
Funny thing is, I don't even want those things. I just want to be happy with what I do and what I like is writing, but it's common knowledge that selling fiction is usually a side-job compared to daily work. People tell me to look for jobs related to my love of writing, but I've always found writing as a job which accents whatever main work you happen to be doing at the time. Some happen to have writing as their primary source of funding, which if they're lucky, pays for the bills and allows some leeway for a comfortable life, but the truth is, writing is not easy to break into to. Authors often spend years trying to get published, and when they do, their earnings are often small. J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, and others are exceptions to the rule.
So again I prepare myself to go through another round of searching for writing opportunities while still supporting the writing community I hold so dear.
-Vaperfox
I'm getting into the electrician trade maself, pays the bills and can write on the side. If I'm lucky.
If I remember correctly, writer John Grisham was a lawyer and politician before he became known for writing legal thrillers. It seems that a job can truly add to one's writing if you work at it.
-Vaperfox