Am I on (the right) track?

It’s been roughly six months since the sleepless night that kicked off this blog. The insomnia struck again Monday night.

Doing what you love has become something of a meme in the blogosphere. The sermons at church this month have been about knowing God’s will for life decisions. It’s even turned up on Slashdot. All the buzz eventually kept me awake wondering what my next step should be. I know I want to write, but I’m no closer to knowing what sort of writing I want to do. Writing for one of the bigger sites I read would be a blast. In fact, I applied to one of them. Didn’t make the cut, this time, but at least I was in a position to try — thanks to this blog. That’s a form of progress, I guess.

I’d love to be a novelist, but who wouldn’t? Last I heard, no one was handing out huge advance checks to first-time authors. I have yet to try my hand at characters and plots. In the meantime, I’d jump on just about any paying writing gig. Assuming I have the time.

Money and time. If you have one, you lack the other. I spend an awful lot of time making someone else rich. If I could support my family by writing, I’d be out the door yesterday. Even if I had to do some freelance software development for awhile, at least I’d be in transition mode, and my time would be my own.

I know what my passion is, and it’s not what I spend most of my day doing. When do you get to the tipping point? When is it time to hop off the old train and catch a new one? When does the desire beat out the dollar signs? Or — best of all — how do you keep both?

I need a lead, a business plan, an idea, some kind of open door. The clock’s ticking.

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