To day job or not to day job, that is the question. Writing is a high-wire act, and making a living at writing means juggling while crossing the wire, and the other end of the wire may not be connected to anything. I’m in the generation that likes to use the world “adult” as a verb, a thing you do rather than something you are. Other generations have mocked that usage but it does describe something that feels more like a process than something intrinsic to my age. I’ve often wished, after reaching one milestone or another, that I could say
To day job or not to day job?
To day job or not to day job?
To day job or not to day job?
To day job or not to day job, that is the question. Writing is a high-wire act, and making a living at writing means juggling while crossing the wire, and the other end of the wire may not be connected to anything. I’m in the generation that likes to use the world “adult” as a verb, a thing you do rather than something you are. Other generations have mocked that usage but it does describe something that feels more like a process than something intrinsic to my age. I’ve often wished, after reaching one milestone or another, that I could say