Why Did The Creative Life Choose Me?

Whatever the reason, I’m deeply grateful and exploring that here.

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I have some amazingly creative friends. My wife can crochet and knit anything she sets her mind to. I’m on a Discord with a group of talented sci-fi authors. One friend does amazing leather work. Another friend does beautiful papercut art. I have friends who make gorgeous glasswork, pottery, clothing, calligraphed and illuminated scrolls, hand-wrought chairs and boxes, and more. I’m surrounded by creatives.

Many are hobbyists. Although a lot of them could do something professionally with their art, they choose to do it on the side. I can relate to this. Recently, I started to get things together for my own woodshop, since that’s a creative hobby I sometimes indulge in (and would like to do more).

But the creative life, working as an author/authorpreneur? I believe that this is my calling. The creative life chose me. As I have been working on what author Steven Pressfield calls “Turning Pro”, I feel more and more that this chose me as much, if not more, than I chose it.

Everyone has creative abilities

The world of creativity is vast. It takes on many sizes, shapes, colors, and forms. While we tend to look more closely at authors, painters, actors…