Becoming a Full-Time Author (Even When I Want It Now) ✍🏽✨

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to become a full-time author—not just the dream of it, but the day-to-day reality.

And recently, I made a decision that felt both terrifying and necessary:

I quit one of my part-time jobs.

Not because everything is perfectly lined up.
Not because I’m already where I want to be.
But because I need the time to build the life I’m trying to step into.

So what does that actually look like right now?

It looks like being intentional with the extra time I’ve created.

Instead of splitting my energy into too many directions, I’m actively choosing to pour more of myself into author-related work, like:

• 🎥 Filming YouTube videos and showing up more consistently there

• 🖤 Posting more

• 📱 Being more active on social media (even when it feels vulnerable)

• 📚 Marketing my books and building visibility

• ✍🏽 Continuing to write and move my projects forward

And I’m expanding, too.

This month, I’m leaning further into teaching and community-building by adding workshops alongside my writing retreats. I want to create more accessible ways for writers to learn from me, connect, and grow—whether they can travel or not.

Here’s the honest part:

I know this is going to take time.

I know becoming a full-time author isn’t something that happens overnight. It’s built through consistency, through showing up again and again, through trying things, failing, adjusting, and continuing anyway.

But if I’m being real with you…

I’m impatient.

I want this life now. I want the stability, the freedom, the ability to wake up and know that writing and creating is my full-time reality.

And sitting in that tension—between where I am and where I want to be—is hard.

But this is me choosing it anyway.

Choosing to:

• Bet on myself

• Use my time differently

• Show up more consistently

• Build something sustainable, even if it’s slow

This isn’t a perfect, polished journey. It’s messy. It’s uncertain. It’s a little scary.

But it’s also the most aligned I’ve felt in a long time.

Thank you for being here while I figure this out in real time. Truly. Your support—whether it’s reading this, engaging with my content, or simply being part of this space—means more than I can put into words.

We’re building this together 🖤