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I have been thinking a lot about this very same thing. When I was writing my book, my life was very peaceful. There was nothing for me to do except write, go to work, and have a lovely life. But promoting my book has been a different thing, and now I feel stressed more often than I feel peaceful.

I thought that once my book was out, I’d be able to go back to writing and back to feeling peaceful, but my life was disoriented during that time and now I have so many responsibilities beyond just writing (a newsletter, social media accounts, two discord communities).

I actually don’t want to be stressed. I just want to write and have a fun and joyful life. But I also want my writing to be read, and thats the part that is tricky. I still need to create the boundary that says, “this is how far I will go to accomplish that and I will go no further.” Because without that boundary, the things I need to do are endless.

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