If you are an independent, creative individual, the modern world has been designed and built to work against you.
No matter how hard you try, without community support, you cannot win.
Being a creator is a full-time job.
You cannot be a writer, a painter or whatever creative work you do in your spare time. Creativity takes your full time and all your energy. It’s a 24/7 job.
Usually, I wake up around 5 AM and go to bed at 10 or 11 PM, but I often wake up in the middle of the night because I’ve got an idea and have to write it down immediately.
There are no Saturdays or Sundays, no holidays, no birthdays, and, as is the case for me, no vacations either.
However, all that work is meaningless if it doesn’t find its audience. Read more Fly on the wall ›